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Tesla Model S Plaid sets production EV record at Germany’s Nürburgring race course

The Verge

Tesla set a new lap record for a production electric vehicle at Germany’s famed Nürburgring race course. A brand-new Model S Plaid completed the 12.9-mile The new record was confirmed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter. According to Musk, the Model S Plaid was “completely unmodified, [and] directly from [the] factory.”

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VW’s CIO Looks For Ways To Catch Up With Tesla

The Accidental Successful CIO

VW’s CIO struggles with software issues as they try to catch Tesla Image Credit: Lucas Dumrauf. They are the German company who makes cars – remember the Beetle from the 1960’s? The person with the CIO job has been studying the car market and has seen the rise of Tesla in the electric car space.

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Lucid Motors says its electric sedan can hit a quarter-mile in under 10 seconds, smashing Tesla’s record

The Verge

million price tag), Porsche 918 Spyder (9.8 How does this compare to the Tesla Model S P100D, which has already earned the reputation as the quickest EV on the market with an impressive 0–60 mph sprint in 2.9 Tesla Model S performance in “cheetah stance” can do a quarter-mile in 10.4

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The Lucid Air is a luxury electric sedan with the speed and power to rival Tesla

The Verge

seconds, and a price tag that starts at $80,000 Lucid Motors unveiled its first vehicle, the Lucid Air electric sedan, at a virtual event from the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters. the Lucid Air is no Model S knockoff. But few electric vehicles have actually Tesla DNA running through their bloodstream.

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How new rebates could spur widespread adoption of electric vehicles in Washington state

GeekWire

At the same time, Washington’s gas prices are among the nation’s highest. The region’s largely mild climate is a plus for EV performance: extreme cold can reduce an EV’s range and high temperatures can shorten a battery’s life over time. At the moment, that profile is pretty narrow.

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Audi drops E-Tron price by nearly $9,000 and ups the range by 18 miles

The Verge

The starting MSRP is dropping thanks to a new base version of the E-Tron SUV that will now start at $65,900, which is down $8,900 from the current $74,800 price tag. The company’s “Matrix” LED headlights (which aren’t available in the US to begin with) aren’t included with the base model, and neither is the Bang & Olufsen sound system.

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A CIO’s Christmas List

A CIO's Voice

A Tesla Model S. Filed under: Life and Technology , Management , Random Thoughts Tagged: Santa. A migration plan to Windows 8. It is time we move away from Windows XP. Really – it is time. ? Enough bandwidth to support these BYOD. They are popping up everywhere. ? This is one cool looking electric car. ?