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Tesla Giga Shanghai is on a hiring spree with focus on communication

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Tesla China seems to be ramping its communication efforts, taking a somewhat opposite approach compared to Tesla’s operations in the United States. A photo of Tesla’s hiring campaign lists that Tesla China is beefing up its PR and legal affairs team. The positions for the legal affairs team and human resources are very telling.

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Tesla wins Autopilot, FSD “misleading” marketing lawsuit in Germany: report

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The Higher Regional Court of Munich rejected this suggestion, stating that anybody visiting Tesla’s website with the intention to purchase an electric vehicle is appropriately informed that the car they are purchasing is not fully autonomous. . Tesla’s successful appeal with the Higher Regional Court of Munich is reportedly final.

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EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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Now, a study commissioned by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) from eia.gov (a global provider of analysis on energy and commodities), finds that since the early 2000s, China’s consumption of methanol in fuel products has risen sharply. However, concerns over groundwater contamination led an increasing number of states to ban it.

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Bank of America joins Stanford’s Global Climate & Energy Project

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Bank of America has joined Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), a collaboration of academic and business experts that identifies and supports new avenues of research to make environmentally sustainable, low-cost energy available to everyone.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean. The main reason is because the E.U. million people.

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3 Duke Energy subsidiaries plead guilty to 9 criminal violations of Clean Water Act; $102M settlement

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Under the plea agreement, both Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress, must certify that they have reserved sufficient assets to meet legal obligations with respect to its coal ash impoundments within North Carolina, obligations estimated to be approximately $3.4

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

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The information screened to date has largely explained the origin and development of the nitrogen oxide issue, Volkswagen said. The starting point was a strategic decision to launch a large-scale promotion of diesel vehicles in the United States in 2005. Earlier post.) —Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management.

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