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VW ID.Buzz features, Supercharger network growth, Vinfast and Sony: Today’s Car News

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The Tesla Supercharger network is set to grow, even though the EV maker fired most of the people making its expansion possible. Vinfast debuts a new Sony entertainment interface. —but there’s still no price tag. And VW gets a little more specific about how its ID.Buzz vans will be sold in the U.S.—but

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VW ID.Buzz features, Supercharger network growth, Vinfast and Sony: Today’s Car News

Baua Electric

The Tesla Supercharger network is set to grow, even though the EV maker fired most of the people making its expansion possible. Vinfast debuts a new Sony entertainment interface. but there’s still no price tag. And VW gets a little more specific about how its ID.Buzz vans will be sold in the U.S.—but

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Tesla FSD is Now Significantly Cheaper Than Before

The Truth About Cars

The good news now, at least for Tesla owners, is that the automaker recently cut the price by 25 percent, making it significantly less expensive , though it’ll still add thousands to a new vehicle’s bottom line. Image: Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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BYD produces 200K units of its most affordable EV 

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It debuted at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2023 with a price tag of $11,300 in China. In 2021, news spread that Tesla might use BYD’s ultra-safe Blade battery for vehicles made in Giga Shanghai. Sodium-ion batteries are believed to be less prone to fires and cost less compared to traditional battery chemistries.

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Nissan Dealership Handed Over 400 Charges

The Truth About Cars

On this Friday afternoon, we find ourselves adding yet another post to our ‘Dealers Behaving Badly’ tag. The latter likely refers to temp tags that seem to have once been given out by this place like Tic Tacs. This time, some former employees at a Nissan dealer in North Carolina are on the hook for more than 400 charges.

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Alfa Officially States Mileage for Tonale PHEV

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engine which tag teams an electric motor and 15.5-kWh It is worth noting we’ve found through our own personal testing that some Stellantis PHEVs demand lighting the internal combustion fires in certain weather conditions even if the battery has ample charge, a trait worth keeping in mind if one lives in the snow belt. ft of torque.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

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In the case of the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the 2018 Camp Fire, and the 2020 August Complex Fires, high winds blasted flames through populated areas in the early morning hours while residents were sleeping. A sensor system that could detect a fire started in a forest does not have that luxury. The main reason is access to power.