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Home solar + battery + EV, one GMC Sierra EV driver shares their experience

You’ve finally got the full trifecta – a rooftop solar panel system feeding a home backup battery that charges your EV. Heck, you’ve even got a bidirectional EV that can send power back to the house when you need it. Now the real question: are you actually saving any money? Last week, microgrid expert and GM Energy employee Jim Reilly took to LinkedIn to share his personal experience with…
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Tesla FSD v14.3 launching this week, Musk claims 'last piece of the puzzle'

Elon Musk announced today that Tesla “Full Self-Driving” v14.3 is currently in employee beta testing and will “probably go to wide release end of week.” Musk has described v14.3 as the version that will make your car “feel like it is sentient.” If that sounds familiar, it should. Musk has promised that the “next update” will be the transformative one for about a decade now — and…
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Tesla showroom in Sydney torched in suspected arson, 3 vehicles destroyed

A Tesla showroom in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, was set ablaze in an overnight attack that destroyed three vehicles and damaged the building. Jerrycan lids were found at the scene. The fire is being investigated as a suspected arson — the latest in a global wave of attacks on Tesla facilities that has been going on for over a year now. What happened Emergency services were called…
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Toyota's new luxury EV in China receives over 3,000 orders in 1 hour after launching for $22,000

The bZ7, Toyota’s new flagship EV in China, may be its most advanced vehicle yet. After launching for under $22,000, the luxury electric sedan secured 3,100 orders within its first hour. The bZ7 launches as Toyota’s new flagship luxury EV Toyota’s joint venture, GAC-Toyota, launched the bZ7 in China over the weekend, starting at 147,800 yuan ($21,500), including limited-time incentives. The…
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