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BYD posts tribute to commemorate Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger

Teslarati

Munger was born in Omaha, Nebraska on January 1, 1924. Mr. Munger has always been a firm believer in the Chinese market, and in 2008, we were fortunate to receive his endorsement when Berkshire Hathaway became a significant shareholder of the Company. Munger passed away on November 28, 2023. He was 99 years old.

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Edeniq and Global Bio-chem to develop and commercialize technology to convert corn stover to industrial sugars for fuels

Green Car Congress

Edeniq was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Visalia, California with locations in Omaha, Nebraska and São Paulo State, Brazil. Edeniq currently sells or licenses its technologies to biorefineries in the United States and Brazil.

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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

“My wife Mary, our son, and I carefully investigated the EV and company and eventually put down our money on a Signature One Hundred Roadster ,” he explained, adding that the car arrived in November, 2008. as the sixtieth vehicle that Tesla delivered to customers.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Mr. Moore made available his Papillion home’s historic dryer outlet as a recharging site when the roadtrip reached the vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska. Additionally, Bill Moore, publisher of the EV World weekly online newsletter, also offered support publicizing the effort.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. Revenues, which have grown by about 45% annually during the past five years, reached $4 billion in 2008.

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