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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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Tesla finally adds Waypoints, a long-requested feature promised over a year ago

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Waypoints have been long requested by many Tesla owners, and the automaker has finally come through after Elon Musk confirmed they would be added in September 2020. Tesla does not refer to them as “Waypoints,” however. ” The notes were provided by Tesla Motors Club member Spyderman09. .

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Review: “Getting Ready for Model 3”

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We have enormous respect for Tesla Motors, for their engineering prowess, their manufacturing abilities, and their forward thinking, risk-tolerant leadership. We were the first outside company in what I call the Tesla “ecosystem,” and we’ve had an opportunity to observe the company for quite some time.

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Tesla owners claim their radar was disabled during service visits

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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. Tesla started building Model 3 and Model Y vehicles without radar , hoping only to use cameras for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving.

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Will Tesla's 2017 3rd-Generation Car Be Called The Model E?

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Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has applied for a new trademark, with the name ''Model E'', specifically referring to "automobiles and structural parts therefor". From the ridiculous to the intriguing, today is all about trademarks, it seems. The company filed for registration of the trademark on August 5, serial number 86029275.

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

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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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