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Porsche Taycan production temporarily halted over Ukraine crisis

Teslarati

The Taycan may be one of Porsche’s most popular models today, but the crisis in Ukraine has resulted in the sports car maker temporarily suspending the production of its flagship all-electric sedan. With the halt, Porsche would not be able to build the 200 or so Taycans that it normally produces every day.

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Ukraine Scrubbing Nuclear Agencies of Russian Influence

Cars That Think

Also of short-term concern is that Ukraine still relies heavily on Russian suppliers of nuclear fuel, waste handling, and parts. Moves to root out Russian threats within Ukraine are, however, sowing confusion as experts and officials point fingers at suspected collaborators and, in the process, at each other.

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Volodymyr

Cars That Think

Over the past week, The Institute has made contact with some of the 400 members of the IEEE Ukraine Section to help them share their experiences during the war. This personal account was written by Volodymyr Pyliavskyi , a senior researcher at the Odessa National Telecommunications Academy in Odessa, Ukraine.

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EIA: New refineries will increase global refining capacity in 2022 and 2023; China leads

Green Car Congress

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global refining capacity decreased by 730,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2021—the first decline in global refining capacity in 30 years. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, the impacts of reduced global refining capacity were exacerbated.

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The time has come to get off petroleum

Plug in America

The Russian war against Ukraine is being paid for by exports of oil and gas, just like all of Putin’s previous wars. It rarely crosses international borders and it mostly pays for local jobs. When you buy electricity, you are investing in building out the grid, renewable power generation and charging infrastructure.

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Bosch plant obtained by means of Russian situation entity NAMI, institute says

Baua Electric

NAMI, Russia’s Central Car and Engine Analysis and Building Institute, has been snapping up property from world automakers that left Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. 1 at the Car Information Europe record of the supremacy world auto providers, with international gross sales to automakers of $49.14 billion in 2021.

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IEEE President's Note: Focusing on Members in Uncertain Times

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The mission helps IEEE build its international community of technologists—regardless of nationality—to encourage friendship, support peaceful cooperation, and further the exchange of ideas. IEEE is committed to enabling an environment of international cooperation and the sharing of our members’ wealth of knowledge to drive innovation.

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