California is an EV heaven and it looks like it is getting a little crowded. An autonomous Nissan Leaf crashed into a parked Toyota Prius in San Francisco. The technology did not come from Nissan, and the best part was that the crash occurred after the human driver took over the steering wheel. Great save!
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Reading tip: Alberta Oil, an oil industry magazine, has put Tesla on its cover. The title: “Hell on wheels” is supported by the question if this is the beginning of the end. Well spotted, indeed.
albertaoilmagazine.com, treehugger.com
Video tips: Austrian Milan Milic owns a cab fleet of 200 hybrid Toyotas. He recently billed 1 million kilometres in a Prius taxi. For Toyota Austria, he publicly displays his love for the car in a 4-part series with subtitles.
youtube.com: part one, part two, part three, part four
Read and watch: Daniel Sparks spent three days with a Tesla Model S P85D, mainly to see if the company’s ambitious sales targets stand chance in real life at all. They do, he happily informs his fellow investors.
fool.com (with video)
Video tip: The Tesla Model S P85D had to brave through yet another drag race. This time however, it was beaten by the electric Mustang ‘Zombie222’ from Bloodshed Motors.
youtube.com via gas2.org
Reading tip: “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” the word of Neil Armstrong echo somewhere in the back of the mind when looking at Pavegen Systems and its vision to generate electricity wherever humans put their feet. The latest project could see London’s busy Oxford Street be paved with enough energy generating tiles to power a Tesla.
teslarati.com
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Video tip 1: Consumer Report once called the standard Tesla Model S the best car out there – that was before they tested the all-wheel drive variant! And what could be a better way to start testing the car than stepping into it to see how well the AWD Tesla accelerates?
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Video tip 2: Students of the Delft University in the Netherlands have tested their hydrogen racer on a closed circuit. The Forze VI has a top speed of 130 mph and goes from 0 to 62 mph in under 4 seconds.
youtube.com via hybridcars.com
Reading tip: There are many ways to compare electric cars. Brooke Crothers chose to put the dealer experience to the test. While he does love his Volt, one wonders how he got to own one, as GM dealers seem anything but keen to sell the EV, esp. when compared to the futuristic Tesla stores.
forbes.com
Video tip: This new challenge for Tesla comes in the form of a drag race against a Ferrari F12. Well, Ferrari’s 730 hp versus Tesla’s 691 hp make all the difference in the long(er) run.
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Much has been said and shown about the accelerative power of the Tesla Model S P85D but this video puts electric power to a new use. Watch this iPhone being “glued” to the back seat when stomping the acceleration pedal. What is that good for? Just because…
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Just 2.8 seconds to go from 0 to 60 mph? If you believe the rumours based on informations from Tesla insiders, a new firmware update will give the Model S P85D the extra boost to make the “insane mode” even more insane. How insane that already is, can be seen in the video below.
teslamotorsclub.com via insideevs.com, youtube.com (video; viewer discretion advised)
The Tesla Model S P85D left a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat in its dust at a drag race at Palm Beach International Raceway. And since it was already on a roll, the Tesla also set a new record with a quarter-mile time of 11.6 seconds and a speed through the finish of 114.6 mph.
youtube.com via greencarreports.com
Video tip: CarAdvice pitched the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV against its diesel counterpart to find out which performs better in terms of fuel economy. Ratig included both motorway and congested city roads as well as costs of fuel and electricity used at peak time.
youtube.com (watch), caradvice.com.au (read)
Reading tip: ‘ElectraGirl’ took the chance to test drive the new Tesla Model S P85D and got mixed feelings about it. While not being a fan of the “insanely fast” acceleration that so excited her co-drivers, at her own speed this electric car is a definite “want.”
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