The Tesla Model S is a battery-electric, four-door full-size car, produced by Tesla since 2012. Considered by critics as one of the most influential electric cars, Tesla began developing the Model S around 2007. To produce the Model S, Tesla acquired a facility in Fremont, California; mass production of the car began there in June 2012. Tesla carried out final assembly for European markets at its facilities in Tilburg, the Netherlands, between 2013 and 2021. Changes to the car have included the introduction of Tesla Autopilot—a partial vehicle automation advanced driver-assistance system, released in 2015. That year, the Model S was the world's best-selling plug-in electric vehicle. The car has received accolades, including the Motor Trend Car of the Year award in 2013. Time named it one of the Best 25 Inventions of the Year 2012 and later included it on its list of the 10 Best Gadgets of the 2010s in 2019. To charge the Model S, Tesla operates a network of fast-charging stations.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1775:

American Revolutionary War: A small force of Patriots led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured Fort Ticonderoga (depicted) in New York, without significant injury or incident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Fort_Ticonderoga

1933:

Thousands of books on the history and healthcare of transgender people, taken from the Institute for Sexual Science, were burned by Nazis in Bebelplatz Square for being "un-German". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_people_in_Nazi_Germany

1940:

British prime minister Neville Chamberlain resigned and formally recommended Winston Churchill as his successor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain

2005:

Vladimir Arutyunian attempted to assassinate U.S. president George W. Bush and Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi using a hand grenade, which failed to detonate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Arutyunian

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

for the birds: (idiomatic, originally US military slang, informal) Not deserving serious consideration; unimportant; useless, worthless. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/for_the_birds

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Whatever court we are in, whatever we are doing, whether we are in a trial court or an appellate court, at the end of our task some human being is going to be affected. Some human life is going to be changed in some way by what we do, whether we do it as trial judges or whether we do it as appellate judges, as far removed from the trial arena as it is possible to be. And so we had better use every power of our minds and our hearts and our beings to get those rulings right.   --David Souter https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Souter