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WVU NAFTC partners with Tesla Motors for professional development and electric drive vehicle first responder safety training

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The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) will hold its upcoming Electric Drive Vehicle First Responder Safety Training at the Tesla Motors headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. The suite of products includes instructor manuals, participant booklets and the quick reference guide (QRG). Scheduled for 6-7 Dec.,

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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

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A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. In some cases, dealers outright discouraged PEV purchases.

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Tesla owners claim their radar was disabled during service visits

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Tesla owners claim the radar apparatuses in their vehicles were unplugged during service visits, according to a report. Tesla has been working to transition to a camera or vision-only approach to its self-driving efforts, and this was launched several years ago with Tesla Vision.

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WVU Center develops electric drive and alternative fuel vehicle smart phone app and training program for first responders

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The NAFTC developed the smart phone app—known in the iPhone App Store as “QRG,” which stands for quick reference guide—for first responders who need to access information about electric drive and alternative fuel vehicles at accident scenes. Online courses will be available in 2012.

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Tesla Model Y: Lower-Cost Electric SUV? Deleted Musk Tweet Hints At It

Green Car Reports

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is famous for tweeting bits of key product and company information. Looks like he's done it again, referring to a 'Model Y' that may have falcon doors as one of two future products, the other being the Model 3 affordable sedan Tesla plans to put into production late in 2017.

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2016 Tesla Model X electric SUV: so about those falcon doors.

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But at a January presentation in Chambourcy, France, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said, "I'm not sure anyone should have built or designed this car, because it's so difficult to make." He was referring to.

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Parts order for Tesla Model 3 cut by 40 percent starting in December: report

Green Car Reports

But Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not like most other chief executives of auto companies. A tweet by Musk Thursday evening referred to the eighth circle of Hell and suggested he'd slept on the. Relatively few auto-company CEOs would publicly mention sleeping on the roof of one of their factory buildings.

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