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Tesla Model 3 & Tesla Autopilot On ~1500 Mile Cross-Country Adventure

CleanTechnica EVs

Our Tesla Model 3 cross-country road trip state-by-state breakdown: Utah: 99 miles, Wyoming: 450 miles, South Dakota: 450 miles, Minnesota: 250 miles, Wisconsin: 240 miles.

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4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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The project would require construction of one of America’s largest wind farms in Wyoming, one of the world’s biggest energy storage facilities (compressed air energy storage, CAES) in Utah, and a 525-mile electric transmission line connecting the two sites. —Jeff Meyer, managing partner of Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy.

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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

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Four chargers at the first Starbucks location in Provo, Utah (East Bay – University & 9 th , 979 S University Ave.) The partners are planning the installation of as many as 60 DC fast chargers at up to 15 Starbucks locations along a 1,350 mile route between the Colorado front range and the Starbucks Support Center (headquarters) in Seattle.

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Salt Lake City wants to replace cars with this 8-mile-long sustainable gondola

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The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has a plan to replace a narrow, winding highway leading to a popular ski area with an 8-mile-long (13 km) electric gondola ride. more… The post Salt Lake City wants to replace cars with this 8-mile-long sustainable gondola appeared first on Electrek.

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More Adventures in Winter Driving During Utah Record Snow Winter 2022–2023

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Brighton is at the end of Big Cottonwood Canyon, only 14 miles east of Salt Lake City. The next canyon over, only a few miles […] As I’m writing this on March 26, 2023, Brighton Ski Resort where I teach Alpine Skiing has recorded a new all-time record of 772 inches fallen this 2022–23 winter season.

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Westward Ho! 1500 Miles in My Tesla Model 3 Long Range with 2 Mountain Ebikes: Cost, Supercharging, Tips

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My wife and I have just completed our annual 1500 mile trip from Three Lakes in northern Wisconsin to Lindon, Utah, 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. We take three days in our Tesla Model 3 Long Range just like we did previously with our Toyota Highlander gasmobile. This is true even with two […].

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Cross Country with Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised)

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My wife, our small dog, and our two large e-bikes recently made the 1500-mile trip from Utah to Northern Wisconsin in our Tesla Model 3 Long Range. It was our first cross-country trip with the new Version 12 of Tesla FSD (Supervised), V12.3.4. Supercharging The e-bikes on a tray-type bike.

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