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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker BYD paid tribute to the late Charlie Munger, the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman who played a key role in the automaker’s backing by Warren Buffett more than a decade ago. Back in 2008, Berkshire Hathaway Energy spent $230 million to purchase 225 million shares of BYD. He was 99 years old.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

He retired in 2008. From 2008 to 2022, he served as an adjunct professor at Anne Arundel Community College , in Arnold, Md., Park decided to switch careers and at night took graduate courses at Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

It later became the chemistry of choice for early electric cars including the 2008 Tesla Roadster. Starting in the 1990s, his lithium cobalt oxide cathode was used in many electronic products including camcorders, laptop computers, and mobile phones. He helped develop three of the five most commonly used types of lithium-ion chemistries.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In 1999 Bill Gates penned a moving tribute to the Wright brothers. Aces, flying solo in an Xbox-centric Microsoft Games Division, became an easy target when the financial crisis of 2008 forced company-wide layoffs. So it’s only fitting that Microsoft later became the force behind Flight Simulator.

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Total sales worldwide in 2008 were 2 million vehicles. Outside of North America, 2008 was the second-best sales year in the last decade and the third-best ever for Chrysler International. In 2008, the Foundation gave approximately $21 million in charitable donations.

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