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Pepsi Paid For 100 Tesla Semi Trucks In 2017, But Has Only Received 36

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Tesla’s Semi truck, promised to deliver 500 miles of range , easy hauling, and low cost of operation, was unveiled in November of 2017. At the time dozens of fleets around the world placed orders for hundreds of trucks. The two largest orders, however, were for UPS and Pepsi, ordering 125 and 100 trucks respectively. Pr… Read more.

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2017 Operating Costs Statistics

Automotive Fleet

Statistics covering operating costs for 2017. In this report, we cover overall and depreciation costs for compact cars, intermediate cars, light trucks, minivans, SUVs, and full-size vans.

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2017 Maintenance Statistics

Automotive Fleet

Overall, passenger car maintenance costs per unit, per month increased 5-7% percent in 2017. These costs include higher labor and parts cost.

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'Carrot Kissing' Llamas At The Airport! It's This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

Jalopnik

Since The Boring Company began operating in 2017 it has announced massive car tunnel projects all over the world, including Washington D.C., Los Angeles , San Jose, Chicago, San Bernardino and even Sydney, Australia. There have been discussions about hundreds more , but the Texas-based tunnel company has, so far, only… Read more.

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How a lack of off-lease vehicle is hurting the used market

Auto Service World

Off-lease vehicles are a key source of product for the used car market. In the years leading up to the pandemic, new light vehicle sales peaked in 2017 and remained strong until 2019, with lease penetration rates exceeding 35 per cent.

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Texas Man Sells Rare 2017 Ferrari F12tdf for $960,000, New Owner Also Has a McLaren Senna

autoevolution

The Ferrari F12berlinetta, plus every other version spawned, is undoubtedly one of the greatest luxury GT cars ever made. It was unveiled back in 2012 as the successor to the 599 GTB Fiorano, and it probably represented one of the biggest tech and design jumps ever undertaken by the Maranello-based brand.

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This 2017 Dodge Viper ACR Extreme Has Barely Ever Been Driven, Costs New 911 GT3 RS Money

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Little could Dodge have known back in the late 1980s that they were working on a car that would one day grow up to be worth as much as any Porsche 911 or most Italian exotics out there. Of course, it took a while for them to nail the recipe, but boy was it worth it! The original Dodge Viper was, for lack of a better word, experimental.

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