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Volkswagen has 30k+ reservations for the ID.3 1ST edition; most from Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and UK

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Most of the pre-bookers live in Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. —Jürgen Stackmann, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for Sales, Marketing and After Sales. 3 EV, which will make its world premiere at the event. More than 100,000 ID.

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Tesla reveals plan to address ending Model S & X sales in select markets

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Tesla announced it would no longer be producing right-hand-drive (RHD) variants of the Model S or the Model X and hence, would be halting sales of those models in RHD markets, including the United Kingdom , Singapore, Australia, and many more. Now, Tesla has revealed its plan to help customers who already had a vehicle ordered.

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RCA’s Lucite Phantom Teleceiver Introduced the Idea of TV

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www.youtube.com Sarnoff’s speech was unusual at that time for the United States simply because it was the first time a news event was broadcast live for television. Designed by Skidmore & Owens, it was shaped like a radio vacuum tube. He chose to integrate vents throughout the cabinet, creating a louver as a design motif.

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Capstone Turbine To Unveil Prototype Microturbine Range-Extended Electric Supercar at LA Auto Show

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Capstone Turbine Corporation is introducing a prototype range-extended electric supercar using one of its 30 kW C30 microturbines as the generator unit. The CMT-380, currently in the design and test phase, is being developed in partnership with Electronic Arts Chief Creative Director Richard Hilleman. Earlier post.).

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Open-Source AI Is Uniquely Dangerous

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These companies and like-minded advocacy groups have made limited progress in obtaining exemptions for some unsecured models in the European Union’s AI Act , which is designed to reduce the risks of powerful AI systems. You will likely receive polite refusals to all such requests because they violate the usage policies of these AI systems.