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GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

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GM is expanding its efforts to educate public safety, fire and emergency service providers throughout the United States and Canada as EV sales grow. For example, many people believe water is dangerous around an EV battery, when in fact a large volume of water is the recommended method to suppress a lithium-ion battery fire.

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Tesla trademarks ‘Giga Beer’ and ‘Giga Bier’ for second venture into alcohol business

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Tesla has trademarked the rights to use the phrases “Giga Beer” and “Giga Beer,” according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. And we’re even going to have a beer,” Musk said at the event. Both patents fall under the primary U.S.

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International study finds heat stress to Caribbean corals in 2005 worst on record, coral reefs suffered record losses

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Collaborators from 22 countries report that more than 80% of surveyed corals bleached and more than 40% of the total surveyed died, making this the most severe bleaching event ever recorded in the basin. The study appears in PLoS ONE , an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication.

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The US’s largest solar panel maker opens a 3.3 GW factory in India

Baua Electric

This new facility has some pretty special distinctions: It’s home to India’s first solar panel recycling plant, and it’s also believed to be the world’s first net-zero water withdrawal solar factory. That’s good for the United States and it’s good for India. It will have zero wastewater discharge.

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IHS Markit: US oil producers to halt 1.75 MMb/d per day of production; Canada to cut 0.5 MMb/d

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Not even the United States’ huge network of storage facilities and associated infrastructure was enough of a buffer for a crisis on this scale. In the United States, the expected curtailments go well beyond just low-productivity conventional wells, known as “stripper wells.”

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Artificially Intelligent Help for Planning Your Summer Vacation

Baua Electric

Credit… Apple For example, Citymapper, which covers most major cities in the United States, Europe and Asia, includes environmental impact statistics on some trips. Google and Apple offer to automatically add reservations and events from email and messages to your calendar.

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Toyota to offer 2020 Corolla Hybrid in US; new sedan joins Corolla family worldwide, including hybrid model

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For the first time in the United States, Toyota will offer the Corolla in hybrid form. Toyota unveiled new sedan models in the Corolla series (known in China as “Corolla” and “Levin”) in a world premiere at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition. 2020 Toyota Corolla sedan, US market. US market powertrain.

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