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Silverado EV: The First 1,000 Miles
At the end of January, I bought a Silverado EV. I didn’t get the top-of-the-line RST truck with the 200+ kWh battery pack, instead opting for the more affordable LT trim with the ~170 kWh pack. I recently did some towing testing, which I wrote about in my last article, … [continued]
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NOAA Is Restoring A Pristine Estuary — With Help From A Lot Of Friends
When I first relocated to southeast Florida, neighbors invited me to watch the buoyant manatees lounge and dive in the marina area. Oysters clung to the Indian River’s shorelines and dock areas. Fish jumped around us as we kayaked through the mangrove channels. At sunset, we’d bike down the road … [continued]
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Tesla Bull Spends 4 Days In San Francisco Testing The Robotaxi
Tesla Robotaxi in San Francisco is cheaper than Waymo/Uber/Lyft, offers smooth comparable rides, but has longer waits and rare safety-driver interventions. Unsupervised rollout feels near with upcoming FSD update. Here at CleanTechnica, we have written a lot over the years on Tesla’s long path to an unsupervised robotaxi service. Most … [continued]
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How The West Lost The Automotive Industry And Its Mojo, Part 2
This is the second of three articles seeking to contextualise the failure of the West to grasp or even understand or manifest technological change over the past 15 years. The touchstone used here, and in our previous article, is “New Energy Vehicles” (plugin vehicles). The first article focussed primarily on … [continued]
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Is The Urban Cruiser Toyota’s Placeholder As It Pivots To BEVs In The Philippines?
Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) previewed the Urban Cruiser EV earlier this year before formally pricing it last week, positioning it as its most affordable fully electric offering. At P2.135 million (~$38,000), it undercuts the bZ4x launched last December at P2.699 million (~$44,700), offering a clearer signal of how the world’s … [continued]
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