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U.K. Dealer Sells 'Death Trap' Twice, Faces Jail Time

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He sold the car through his store, Shelby's of Netherton. Hickman has admitted to "engaging in a misleading commercial practice and engaging in a commercial practice which contravened the requirements of professional diligence" according to Car Dealer Magazine. He was supposed to refund 3,500 pounds to the first customer.

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IKEA US plans to sell solar panels starting Fall 2022

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With the initiative, members of the IKEA Family customers loyalty program have the opportunity to purchase home solar solutions through IKEA’s retail stores. The move would make solar solutions more accessible to homeowners since IKEA is a popular store for their house needs. They can also opt to buy energy from the IKEA.

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The Battery Revolution Is Just Getting Started

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Not only will batteries be needed for our phones, laptops, power tools, cars, ships, and planes, but also to store energy from renewable sources. He also said that the same sort of performance increase would not happen for devices that needed to store energy. Within each of those cells is a chemical paste that stores the charges.

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MAN CEO: “impossible” for hydrogen to compete with BEVs

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It’s one thing to have the technology and another thing for the technology to be viable,” Vlaskamp told the Spanish-language magazine Expansión ( translated from Spanish ). Today you cannot buy hydrogen for less than 13 or 14 euros,” he says. The MAN, himself MAN CEO, Alexander Vlaskamp; via Expansión. And it is not green.

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New Elon Musk essay: Tesla CEO’s current thoughts on technology and humanity

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The new Elon Musk essay was published in China Cyberspace , the Cyberspace Administration of China’s (CAC) flagship magazine. In a way, the publication of the new Elon Musk essay in the CAC’s flagship magazine is significant. Thank you for the invitation from China Cyberspace magazine. Posted by Elon Musk.

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10 Lessons From the Legacy of Apple’s Steve Jobs

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On its 25 October 2005 cover, Time magazine hailed Jobs as "the man who always seems to know what's next." Its physical design, the minimalist layout, the screen with playlists, and the easy-access buttons made it successful, and the iTunes store made it easier for people to discover and buy music and organize it into personal playlists.

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Finally, an eVTOL You Can Buy (Soon)

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Visually, it’s an astounding aircraft, like something from a 1930s pulp sci-fi magazine. So who might buy it? All that information is stored on the aircraft and downloaded to our database at the end of the flight. It’s also a triumph of engineering.

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