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Tesla loses VP of Legal to LiDAR startup Luminar

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Tesla’s longtime Vice President of Legal and Acting General Counsel, Al Prescott, has joined LiDAR startup Luminar. Prescott has worked for years with autonomous cars, acting as a legal expert for companies planning to enter the sector. Tesla lost several general counsels in 2018 and 2019 to pursue other ventures.

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LiDAR startup lured Tesla’s VP of Legal away with $30m compensation package

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lured Tesla Vice President of Legal Alan Prescott away from the Austin-based electric vehicle leader with a massive $30 million compensation package. Prescott left Tesla last April after just under four years to join Luminar as the company’s Chief Legal Officer. Tesla loses VP of Legal to LiDAR startup Luminar.

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CARB settles with American Honda Motor for $6.9M for violations of air quality regulations on small off-road engines

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In 2019, CARB testing revealed several small off-road engine (SORE) products did not meet CARB evaporative emission standards. These standards control the amount of raw fuel that is allowed to evaporate from these engines, which are typically used in lawn and garden equipment such as lawn mowers and pressure washers.

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Ford Europe bringing 48V mild hybrid tech to Tourneo van; new diesel engines

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liter EcoBlue diesel engines, new 48V EcoBlue mild Hybrid powertrains; and driver assistance technologies including Active Park Assist in the enhanced Ford Tourneo Custom people-mover from mid-2019. To reduce friction within the engine, new steel pistons feature a slimmer skirt design than the out-going cast-aluminium design.

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U.S. appeals court backs EPA move to let California make its own EV rules

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After a group of 17 Republican-run states filed a legal challenge against the EPA decision , a three-judge panel overseeing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has rejected the legal challenge, according to a report from Automotive News. congressman urges Pres. with Tesla being the dominant BEV seller.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk not required to testify in fatal Autopilot crash case

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk will not be required to testify in a lawsuit alleging that the company’s Autopilot system caused the death of Apple software engineer Walter Huang in a fatal Model X crash in 2018. The family’s legal team must do this before it pushes the Tesla CEO to take the witness stand, the Judge noted.

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Tesla didn’t cure Autopilot next deadly accident, engineers say

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Tesla’s legal professionals didn’t in an instant reply to demands of remark. was once introduced through the population of Jeremy Banner, a 50-year-old father of 3 who had switched on Autopilot 10 seconds sooner than his Style 3 plowed into the underbelly of a tractor-trailer in 2019. The case is Banner v. Tesla Inc.,

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