edmunds Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:21:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Building a New Car, Even a Tesla, is Harder Than Ever https://www.greenoptimistic.com/building-new-car-even-tesla-harder-ever-20140814/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/building-new-car-even-tesla-harder-ever-20140814/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:21:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48892 Today’s drivers expect damn-near-perfection when getting into their second-biggest investment, an automobile, and Tesla Motors may have it more difficult than most other automakers. Of course, we’re talking about reliability, and no other car is more reliable than the Japanese. Is there anything that Tesla can learn from the big Japanese automakers, such as Honda […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/building-new-car-even-tesla-harder-ever-20140814/feed/ 1 48892 Edmunds.com Talks About Their Real-World EV Testing https://www.greenoptimistic.com/edmunds-real-world-ev-testing-20130201/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/edmunds-real-world-ev-testing-20130201/#respond Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:15:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32534 We’ve been trained to look at the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] sticker on any vehicle we’re considering buying. Important information there helps us make our purchasing decision, especially if fuel economy is important to us. The fuel economy numbers, both on the window sticker or on the EPA website, fueleconomy.gov, are for most, a fairly […]

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