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Bob Iger reveals bots were already an issue when Disney tried to buy Twitter

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While Disney’s attempt to purchase Twitter in 2016 had been known for some time as it was part of Iger’s 2019 memoir, the former Disney CEO shared more details about the deal in his recent interview. Actually, the deal that we had was pretty cheap. Iger recently shared his experiences during an interview at the Code Conference.

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Report finds US automakers remain profitable under future CAFE standards even with fuel price fluctuation

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The brief is a summary for investors and policy analysts of a larger study that will be available from Ceres in August 2016. When gas is very cheap, people tend to buy bigger, more profitable trucks. But even if gas prices tank, falling 25% below US Energy Information Administration projections to an unlikely $1.80

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Used electric vehicle pricing guide: How much you’ll pay for a pre-loved Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Kona Electric, MG ZS EV and many more

EV Central

Here are the used EVs you can buy in Australia for under $50,000. Dedicated city cars with cheap-feeling cabins, but rarer than a Pagani Zonda on our shores. A 2017 94Ah i3 with 300km range and 50,000km on the clock for $37,900 looks the better buy. Nissan Leaf – from $9000 2012 Nissan Leaf. Now it’s just $45,000.

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$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging in Argentina

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That means consumers are not reaping the benefits of cheap fuel. YPF will trim another 25 percent from its budget for 2016. He expects that costs will decline to $10 million per well in 2016. Prices for light oil are set at $67 per barrel and natural gas prices fixed at $7.50 per million Btu (MMBtu).

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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

Cars That Think

The bathtub is cheap for us, so when it comes to how much we can store, we can increase that capacity quite cheaply,” says Michael Simpson , the cofounder of Cheesecake Energy. When does it make sense to buy electricity directly from the grid? Batteries have a powerful spigot, but that comes at the cost of a small tub.

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Ghosn: Renault-Nissan needs both high- and low-spec EVs to be player in China market; ongoing importance of gov’t support

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At a press roundtable held at the Auto China 2016, Renault-Nissan Alliance CEO Carlos Ghosn observed that both Nissan and Renault had what he called “high-spec” electric vehicle offers in China: the Venucia for Nissan, and the coming Freelance Electric by Renault. But at the same time what is really evolving are the cheap electric cars.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. They were buying a $249 thermostat—they were expecting a different kind of experience. In 2016 Google decided to sell Nest, so I left the company. Problem solved. Their first experience of Nest.

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