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Tesla stock dips as Elon Musk agrees to sell 10% of his personal TSLA shares

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Musk’s poll was triggered in part by recent conversations about billionaires’ unrealized gains being used as a means to avoid taxes. The securities were from performance awards that he was granted in 2012 and 2018. Based on Musk’s current holdings of about 170.5 Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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A Serial Entrepreneur Shares Lessons Learned on His Road to Success

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“IEEE helped me gain the confidence I needed to found my first startup, in 2012,” the senior member says. He left in 2012 and founded Profoundis with three former classmates: Jofin Joseph , Nithin Sam Oommen , and Anoop Thomas Mathew. If you choose the wrong person, running a successful startup together will be difficult.”

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EV Standouts at the 2021 LA Auto Show

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Personally, I have been an EV driver for nearly a decade, and am the proud owner of a 2012 second generation Toyota RAV-4 EV, a trusty car that has been with me through many life experiences and of which fewer than 2,500 were produced (this makes me feel especially cool). Photo courtesty of dot.LA.

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Hologram-in-a-Box Can Teleport You Anywhere

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In 2012 in the real world, the ground-breaking telepresence resurrection of Tupac Shakur at the Coachella music festival wowed the audience and made headlines. It was as if Haba was standing in the booth as the two conversed. Such events, however, can take months of planning and hundreds of thousands of dollars to put on.

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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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LDVs accounted for 61% of all transportation energy consumption in the United States in 2012—8.4 LDV VMT per licensed driver peaked in 2007 at 12,900 miles per year and has since decreased to 12,500 miles in 2012. The compound annual rate of growth in total VMT for LDVs from 2012 to 2040 in this case is 0.9%—below

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Ford takes OpenXC research platform global, engaging local developers for market-specific connected vehicle apps in India

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It listens for a subset of CAN messages, performs required unit conversion or factoring and outputs a generic version to the USB interface. As of January 2012, OpenXC was only supported on a few Ford vehicles: 2011 - 2012 Focus; 2012 Mustang; 2012 Fiesta; and 2011 Figo.

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Northern Lights Energy and Reva Electric Car Company Sign Agreement to Develop the Electric Vehicle Market in Iceland

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Northern Lights Energy ( NLE ), the initiator of the 2012 charging infrastructure project and provider of infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EV) based in Iceland, has signed an agreement with Reva Electric Car Company to jointly develop the electric vehicle market in Iceland. This is what the Project 2012 is all about.

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