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Regarding FSD & Robotaxis, I Don’t Think Elon Musk Has Been “Lying” For A Decade

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 03:43:48 +0000

I’ve seen this claim countless times, and I understand where it’s coming from, but I don’t believe it. I normally brush past it, but given that a top computer scientist known as the “Godfather of AI” just said it, and also given the enormous controversy and confusion around Elon Musk … [continued]

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A Battery-Swapping Secret Is Behind The New Nio Affordable L60 Electric Vehicle

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:30:53 +0000

The Chinese automaker and battery-swapping enthusiast Nio is adding the new L60 electric car to its electric vehicle lineup under the Onvo brand.

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Tesla Cybertruck’s Manual Has Bad News About Hitch Capacity

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:09:26 +0000

A few weeks ago, WhistlinDiesel’s Cybertruck torture testing was the talk of EV social media. When the vehicle’s hitch basically snapped off under extreme circumstances, EV haters used it to lampoon all EVs. EV fans were split between Tesla fanatics, who blamed the unusually rough hits it took, and others … [continued]

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Carmaker Progress Towards EU CO2 Target in H1 2024 — New Report

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Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 06:00:41 +0000

T&E analyses the strategies that manufacturers are expected to use to comply. Summary The EU’s 2025 Car CO2 target is reachable and feasible After years of stagnant EV sales due to the lack of new car CO₂ targets, carmakers will face stricter standards in 2025, following the last targets set … [continued]

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New Mobility Congress — CEE Event You Can’t Miss

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Credit to Author: Jacek Fior| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:00:21 +0000

It takes years to build an event that attracts attendees without advertising and top speakers without invitations. It’s only taken the Polish New Mobility Association 5 years to develop such an event — The New Mobility Congress. The largest expo and industry event of this type in all of Central … [continued]

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Elon Musk Agrees To Brazil’s Orders About X — Is There Also Hope For A Tesla Turnaround?

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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 22:44:46 +0000

Elon Musk, CEO of X, has acquiesced to his legal team’s advice and has agreed to comply with directives from Brazil’s Supreme Court. Originally, he had refused to obey what he perceived as illegal orders to censor anti-democratic voices on his social network. Pressure finally forced Musk to give in. … [continued]

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10+ Years of Family Clean Energy Actions

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Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 21:56:53 +0000

I was a research scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for 30 years. I retired in 2005. While I was at NASA, I had ample time to see the evidence of global warming. With satellite imagery, we observed a nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer for the … [continued]

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BYD Brings Its E-Vali Electric Delivery Van To Europe

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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:28:46 +0000

BYD brought its all new E-Vali electric delivery vans to the IAA Transportation show in Hannover, Germany this week.

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Electric Aviation With Unlimited Range Is Getting Cheaper & Smaller

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:14:56 +0000

For the most part, we treat electric aviation like it’s something that we’ll see in the future. I mean, batteries are expensive and heavy, and they don’t hold that much energy per unit of weight. So, compared to, say, kerosene (jet fuel), batteries take up a lot more space and … [continued]

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Two Readers Explain Elon Musk’s Changed Role At Tesla Better Than I Did

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 03:57:20 +0000

Yesterday, when I wrote an article explaining what I think has happened with Elon Musk and Tesla in recent years that has led to the conundrum Tesla is in right now, or at least its latest “bet the company” move, I knew the reader comments would be great. As some … [continued]

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