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Tesla’s ‘preferential treatment’ justified by Brandenburg Environmental Minister

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Tesla’s “preferential treatment” in Berlin has been attacked by numerous environmental groups who disagree with the automaker’s current construction project that is going on in the town of Brandenburg. Tesla ironically faces pushback at Giga Berlin from environmental groups.

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BMW introduces i7 Protection; first production electric protection model

Green Car Congress

The new BMW i7 Protection and new BMW 7 Series Protection will be built at BMW Group Plant Dingolfing in an elaborate “craft manufacturing” process. The protection saloons also convince with precisely controllable handling, even when they are being driven hard, such as when escaping from an attack.

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Must Have Car Features for College Students

Clean Fleet Report

Similarly, the Honda CR-V and Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid are distinguished for their fuel-efficient performance among SUVs. Essential Tech Features With the help of a Bluetooth connection, you can conveniently handle phone calls and enjoy music playback wirelessly, freeing your hands completely.

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Ford 2017 trends report: disruption the status quo, “never more difficult” to find objective information

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Sheryl Connelly, Ford global trend and futuring manager, says there is no escaping the fact that disruption is now the status quo. Adults are also agreeing that they are more impatient than in the past, with the highest percentage of those (63%) in the 18-29 years of age group. By contrast, US agreement with that clocks in at 78%.

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Are Homemade CPUs Alibaba’s Bid For Independence?

Cars That Think

But, impressive as that feat is, an even more significant chip design development by the Chinese tech giant may be making available the source code to a RISC-V CPU core its own engineers designed. This means other companies can use it in their own processor designs—and escape architecture license fees.

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Cerebras Unveils Its Next Waferscale AI Chip

Cars That Think

Chipmakers have begun to escape that limit by using 3D integration and other advanced packaging technology 3D integration and other advanced packaging technology to combine multiple dies. The first, debuting in 2019, was made using TSMC ’s 16-nanometer tech. WSE-3 is built with the foundry giant’s 5-nm tech.

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Crash Avoidance Systems Underwhelm in Latest IIHS Study

The Truth About Cars

Originally, the group was only running tests for things like automatic emergency braking below 25 mph. The Ford Escape, Hyundai Tucson and Jeep Compass earn marginal ratings, while the Chevrolet Equinox, Mazda CX-5, Mitsubishi Outlander and Volkswagen Taos are all rated poor. But the results aren’t any better.

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