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Koreas CTT To Manufacture Electric Vehicles in US

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a South Korea-based manufacturer of low speed electric vehicles (LSVs) plans to build a range of electric vehicles in the US, beginning with its e-Zone and c-Zone low speed electric vehicles. Company officials are considering potential sites in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama and California. CT&T Company , Ltd.,

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New Kia Sorento SUV and first Sorento Hybrid; plug-in option to come

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While the car was initially launched in 2002 as a utilitarian all-terrain vehicle, the fourth-generation Sorento has been transformed into something altogether more desirable. A mainstay of Kia’s global line-up, more than three million Sorento models have been sold worldwide since it was launched in 2002.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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But 3M got out of the data-storage business about 28 years ago, when it transferred its floppy disk manufacturing to a spin-off called Imation. Before World War II, one company did attempt to manufacture a tape recorder in the U.S. But, it needed someone to manufacture magnetic tape for it to use. 3M manufactured a signature 5.25-inch

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NRC approves rule to certify amended AP1000 reactor design; Chu: “an important milestone”

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Westinghouse submitted an application for certification of the original AP1000standard plant design on 28 March 2002; the NRC issued a rule certifying that design on 27 January 2006. turbine manufacturer change. Vogtle Electric Generation Plant in Burke, Georgia. protection system instrumentation update.

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Southern Unionization Remains An Uphill Battle As Governors Caution Against UAW

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Governors in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas released a joint statement against the UAW shortly before Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, were supposed to begin voting on whether or not to unionize. These jobs have become part of the fabric of the automotive manufacturing industry.