The Tesla Roadster and the road to fuel freedom
On Monday, I’ll be riding in Morgan Hill’s annual Fourth of July parade. The car that I really, really wanted to roll down the parade route in is the Tesla Roadster – a super cool, electric vehicle (EV) designed in our own Silicon Valley region. I considered my choice a personal salute to my favorite Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin. That revolutionary leader knew a thing or two about the …

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Will CAFE jump to 56.2 MPG, where’s our Jeep pickup, and who builds the Volt and Leaf? [The Morning Shift]
# themorningshift This is the Morning Shift , our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that’s actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn’t your time more important? More »

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