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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is undoubtedly proud to share the results of Motor TrendÂ’s seventh annual “WorldÂ’s Greatest Drag Race”, namely because a Model S P100D has just smashed the competition. The all-out quarter-mile drag race event held at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, also home to SpaceXÂ’s west coast launch pads, cast some of Motor TrendÂ’s “Best DriverÂ’s Cars”. Vehicles defined by their drivability and superb balance between performance and handling, including the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, Aston Martin DB11, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, Ferrari 488 GTB, Lexus LC500, McLaren 570GT, Mercedes-AMG GT R, Nissan GT-…

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The rise of e-commerce has been a disruptive force in the retail sector. In fact, 5,300 store closings were announced in the first half of 2017 — about three times as many as during the same period in 2016. At this pace, the 2017 total should easily exceed the 6,163 store closings in 2008, the worst year on record. Retail bankruptcies have also been on the rise, with 345 companies filing by mid-year.1 A painful recession was to blame for thousands of retail store casualties in 2008, but for the most part the U.S. economy has been humming along in 2017. The unemployment rate dropped to 4.3% in June, and gross domestic product grew at a 2.6% annual rate in the second qu…

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Despite recent chatter about The Boring Company using its tunnels for Hyperloop technology, high profile venture capitalist and Tesla and SpaceX board member Steve Jurvetson says that building smaller, short-range tunnels for electric vehicle transport is a realistic project that could change the entire concept of tunneling. An aspect of The Boring CompanyÂ’s original plan was to create a tunnel infrastructure underneath cities as an electric vehicle super highway. A proposed system of underground tunnels, first envisioned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, would utilize electric skates that could be lowered into the ground and zipped to a destination. Musk recently demonstr…

Tesla is in the midst of building a massive “world’s largest” Supercharger station in Shanghai that is expected to house somewhere between 40 to 60 Supercharger stalls when complete. Video of the new station that’s reportedly located at the Lilacs International Commercial Centre off of Dingxiang Road in Shanghai first surfaced on Reddit, with commenters dubbing the high density Supercharger location as a “superstation.” This upcoming charging station solidifies Tesla’s pledge to bring 1,000 Superchargers to China by year’s end. Shanghai’s upcoming station appear to house the traditional Supercharger as opposed to the lower-powered and more compact urban Superchargers…

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