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Tesla Model S Plaid gets Nürburgring-tuned Track Mode for better cooling

Tesla Model S Plaid specsTesla on Thursday announced a Track Mode for the Model S Plaid that adds torque vectoring, improved cooling, and more aggressive suspension settings. Rolling out to cars in North America this week, Track Mode was developed to aid the Model S in achieving its lap record for production cars at Germany’s Nürburgring, Tesla said in a blog post… More…

Multi-unit dwellings could avoid EV-charging sticker shock with peak-demand systems

Atom Power Purpl EV charging stationNorth Carolina-based Atom Power is launching a new EV charging station that could make managing electricity costs easier at apartments and condos. The Atom Power Purpl charges directly from a circuit breaker, so no electronics are contained in the unit itself, the company explained last month in a press release. That also enables an energy… More…