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Electric Vehicle myth busted (again) in recent Tusker data analysis

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Tusker is a leasing company based in the United Kingdom. In 2022, Elon Musk predicted that media outlets would publish fewer articles about EV fires after legacy automakers produce electric vehicles. Now that the big automotive advertisers are making EVs, you will see far fewer articles about EVs catching on fire.

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Driving Dystopia: Pickup Sales Are Probably Going to Decline in the UK

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But things aren’t quite as simple as that in the United Kingdom. litre diesel engine has a basic list price of £47,220 including VAT. But so do things like wheel size, engine mapping, and any features that might add a meaningful amount of weight, thereby impacting the product's overall efficiency.

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Tesla modifies airbag placement in Model 3 Highland

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The new Model 3 design is not yet on sale in the United Kingdom , however, and you can see in their owner’s manual that the older European-shipped models also did not include a knee airbag. (Credit: Tesla) In any case, it seems clear from the U.S. or other North American countries. percent to 7.4 percent in a real-world analysis.

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Poll: Would You Want to Work a Shorter Week?

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In June the United Kingdom launched a four-day workweek pilot project, with more than 3,300 workers and 70 companies participating, according to Fortune. I wondered whether any major engineering companies were offering the option, so I contacted ABB , Siemens , and others. Does your company offer a four-day workweek?

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Top Programming Languages Methodology

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We look at three different aspects of popularity: languages in active use among typical IEEE members and working software engineers (the “Spectrum” ranking), languages that are in demand by employers (the “Jobs” ranking), and languages that are in the zeitgeist (the “Trending” ranking). Our statistical methodology advisor is Hilary Wething.

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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

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That last one works by holding the car within the local speed limit not by braking but by limiting the power the engine sends to the wheels. Every year we do a report on mortality rates; the safest are still Sweden, the Netherlands—and I was going to say the United Kingdom, but my country has left the EU.

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The Chain Reaction That Propels Civilization

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In the 18th century, the United Kingdom built a network of canals that enabled, rather suddenly, the delivery of raw materials, coal for power, and access to ports for the finished goods. This article appears in the May 2022 print issue as “How Networks Catalyze Civilization.”. It would be a revolution on a grand scale.

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