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Top Gear 2 does an honest Tesla review
Source: Chris Harris Reviews Tesla Model S
If you’re Chris Harris, host of Top Gear and one of the most prolific motoring journalists working today, and you somehow haven’t reviewed the super quick Tesla Model S, you’re going to need to save face—like racing it against the incredible Porsche 911 R.
The Tesla Model S P100D came out over a year ago, and even then it was an update of the P90D, and even that was just the performance model of the original Model S. It’s been around for so many years, it’s already had a styling refresh. And yet Mr. Harris has only just now reviewed one.
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Given what the first Top Gear crew did with the first Tesla, an... -
Carbon fiber use in future pickup
Source: http://www.autonews.com/article/20171207/OEM01/171209822/gm-to-use-carbon-fiber-in-redesigned-pickup-beds
General Motors plans to use carbon fiber for the beds of its redesigned full-size pickups to improve performance and reduce weight, Automotive Newshas learned.
Two sources familiar with the company's plans confirmed the use of the high-strength material, which has primarily been reserved for luxury vehicles and sports cars because it costs significantlymore than steel and aluminum.
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First off, kudos to GM if they carry it off. This is the same GM that dropped a toolbox on a Ford aluminum bed to knock aluminum. Still, I look forward to seeing it show up. It is about their only play if the Tesla pickup ever shows...
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