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Mercedes-Benz addresses Stage 3 legalities; attorneys say suspicion lingers

Baua Electric

If a automobile with Pressure Pilot in demand moves and kills a pedestrian, the human motorist the usage of the device as directed, “would not have the legal culpability to be charged with a crime,” Smith mentioned. “At the same time, it is not clear Mercedes would be charged with manslaughter either.”

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Comment on Nio needs to put every penny of investor and shareholder money to good use, says William Li by nov22

CN EV Post

Typically leaders don't admit their mistakes because the legal and political ramification behind apology. Talk is cheap. What's valuable is internal control and corporate governance. And corporate governance enforce the internal control. As a result, the changing course can only be achieved by changing leadership.

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SEC removes emissions requirements from climate rules draft

Teslarati

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has edited out some of its stricter emissions requirements from corporate climate risk rules. The disclosure requirement was included with the SEC’s initial draft of the corporate climate risk rules, which were published in March 2022. A spokesperson from the SEC noted that the U.S.

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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?

EV Adoption

Especially in this day and age of consumer mistrust of corporations, transparency is of utmost importance. credit off the the cap cost makes it a real cheap lease on 53k Jeep. Leased mine. Found out about the deal on the Leasehacker forum. Rocksteadyrobk, 4xeForums.

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

Green Car Congress

This will put unprecedented pressure on all players to pick the right business models, the right legal and capital structures, and the right partners. Emerging nations have gone from being just sources of cheap parts and labor to being bona fide markets, not to mention bona fide competitors. One thing is for certain.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

Convinced that Xerox was making a mistake, Warnock and Geschke left PARC to implement their page description language once again, but this time within a corporation they controlled. As noted earlier, one was a cheap laser printer. “Gee,’ I said, ‘A secret standard—I find this a hard concept to understand.’” What’s NeXT?

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

Green Car Congress

The DRC’s cost competitiveness comes from its relatively cheap access to land and low engineering, procurement and construction, or EPC, cost compared to the US, Poland and China. This is due to the DRC’s proximity to cathode raw materials and heavy reliance on hydroelectric power plants.

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