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Tesla Model Y without radar gets the ultimate Forward Collision and Auto-Braking stress test

Teslarati

In an attempt to transition to a camera-based approach for its cars, a plan that Tesla set out many months ago , the automaker chose its two mass-market vehicles as the guinea pigs to accumulate data for future use. The Model S and Model X are keeping radar, but only for a short time.

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An Arsenal of Mysteries: The Terrifying Allure of a Remote Caribbean Island

Baua Electric

Instead of a website or brochure, he directed me to a private Facebook group where he maintained a meticulous archive of old maps, news clippings and personal photographs of artifacts he found on the island: a creamy conch shell with a hole drilled through it, the ornamental handles of a broken urn.

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What went so horribly wrong with California’s e-bike incentive program?

Baua Electric

CARB staff have reportedly claimed that 80 applications have been received as part of the soft launch, though no one is sure how they can become one of the lucky guinea pigs testing the program’s voucher system. A large part of the problem seems to come from issues with the program’s administrator, a program known as Pedal Ahead.

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Transport Ministers endorse 2009 MPG Marathon in Coventry

Green Cars News

Lord Adonis, a keen cyclist, who took up his post in the recent Cabinet re-shuffle and had been invited to take part in the 380 mile round trip, said: “I am only too sorry that I cannot attend and take part in person, however, I do hope that it proves to be a success.”. Also a first is the use of Lysanda’s Eco Log on every vehicle.

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