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notes. So the news that everyone was waiting for from Ford, CEO Jim Farley, confirming that

spring will be when they switch on their access to the

Tesla Supercharger Network with the adapter. Those adapters will be sent out to all existing

F-150 Lightning and MacE owners. Not sure that will work, because some people have sold their

cars and bought cars used in that time it'll be done by

vin shipping will be free the adapter will be free that's exceptional exceptional customer service

from for not everybody needs one but you're going to get one and you'll be able to use the

tesler supercharger network v3s and above interesting asterisk on the press release by the way

didn't know we sort of knew this but it wasn't fully confirmed by anyone really, but Ford confirming that it's only the V3s and more. So older ones forget about it, but still fantastic. Newcomer, Hi-Fi, outperformed Tesla in the biannual summer and winter Norwegian test they do for real world range.

Minus 2 to minus 10 degrees Celsius with the temperatures for their most recent test.

And the vehicle that went the furthest and had its least drop real world range in cold weather

compared to its advertised range was the Chinese car,

the Hi-Fi Z, also doing well, BMW I-5, and the Lotus Electra, first-time Model 3, hasn't

aced that test. EVs are now 17% of the global auto market in 2023. Of course, that's driven a lot by China and Europe.

Truck giants uniting for an EV charging network in the United States, those companies that have

70% of the market. Daimler trucks, Navistar and Volvo, talking heavy duty and medium duty

trucking, identifying what needs to be done with

charging in the US and for infrastructure to charge commercial vehicles.

Citroen launched the Europe's most affordable EV, not most because that's the Datchez

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