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#Tesla #Canada #Auto

Tesla Accused Of 'Gaming' Rebates After Claiming 8,600 Sales In One Weekend

EV subsidies in Canada were about to end. Tesla then filed for over half of the remaining rebates in hours, leaving dealers furious.

^{Suvrat Kothari (InsideEVs)}

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Hyundai is selling vehicles on Amazon? ‘You’re gonna need a bigger cart’

How about a new EV with your next Amazon order? As the first brand to sell vehicles on Amazon, Hyundai...

^{Peter Johnson (Electrek)}

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I just love how they brush it off, too hard for the average user to do, like that some how means it won't be done, especially by those what have the most to gain.

#auto

Digital License Plates Can Be Hacked To Dodge Tolls And Tickets [Update]

This isn't the first time we've heard about digital license plates having vulnerabilities

^{Collin Woodard (Jalopnik)}

Or working with an electric car.

Not much to say here, I did run into one snag with the car, and that this is one of the ones with the 80% limit on the battery. Outside of that, nothing really of note.

I do with is had heated seats and wheel, regular heat in an electric car can take up to 40% of your range, so those would be nice. So would smart cruise control, but once again, nice but unnecessary. Regenerative braking is great, and easy to use, at least for me, having driven stick a lot over the 35 years I've had a license, it's not that much different than engine braking. Miles per KW aren't real good, average on the dash is 3.2, though the app says 4.1, but that's still a bit underwhelming, but may change.

Car runs great, it was a lemon due to charger issues, but those have been sorted, and it gets me a limited 12mos, 12K warranty along with the battery's 8 year warranty. Aside from a couple of glitches with the infotainment system, reverse guidelines rarely appear, and two of the messages, one a start up message(don't stare at the screen while driving), and one a shut down message (power usage), randomly appeared yesterday, and I hate the limited number of presets on the radio, the only other thing is that I swear it smells like a pencil eraser by the end of the day. I'm familiar with both automotive and electrical smells, but that's new.

And that's about all there is to say, I do have a few problems like the shifter and cup holders being reversed from the Subaru, and reaching for the shifter to check it's in neutral. Unlike previous new cars, the learning curve has been short, regenerative braking isn't quite the same as engine braking, but it's close and different vehicles, different amount of engine braking, so there's always a bit of adapting there. I do wish one pedal driving was just a button like @Vik-Thor / Lirleni Hankeshe 's car, rather than having to select it every time, but that's just a minor quibble.

#car #auto #electriccar #chevy #boltgun

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#cars #auto #ferrari #sportscar

Ferrari unveils 'mind-bending' new engine promising first-of-its-kind benefits — here's how it works

Ferrari's bold play to build a sustainable and low-pollution vehicle powered by a novel engine.

^{Noah Jampol (The Cool Down)}