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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

Green Car Congress

7, 2017, a law in New York State makes it possible for individuals convicted of certain criminal offenses to have up to two convictions sealed. Bus Driver Fired for Refusing ‘Mark of the Devil’ in Background Check Can Sue Employer, 10/31/2017. Feds Clarify: Medical Marijuana Isn’t An Excuse In Drug Testing, 11/10/2017.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

That’s me on January 16, 2017, with my brand new Chevy Bolt EV Premier edition in my garage at home. Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us.

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Here Are 6 Actual Uses for Near-Term Quantum Computers

Cars That Think

“We find that the higher accuracy offered by a quantum computer is needed to correctly resolve the chemistry in this system, so not only will a quantum computer be better, it will be necessary,” the researchers (including Babbush) wrote in a blog post.

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Tesla’s IR Head says the Semi may be his favorite Tesla product

Teslarati

As for the Tesla Semi, it was unveiled in 2017 and PepsiCo will be the first customer to take deliveries on December 1, 2022. In 2020, Bill Gates wrote a blog post explaining why battery-operated Class 8 trucks wouldn’t work. “The problem is that batteries are big and heavy.

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Federal Investigators End Seven-Year Scrutiny of Shifters in Ram, Durango

The Truth About Cars

At issue & were Ram 1500s from 2013 – 2017 and Dodge Durango models from 2014 – 2017 in which complaints were made to the NHSTA about incidents of vehicle roll-away after the operator allegedly shifted the transmission to Park and exited the rig.

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Why Governments’ Involvement in Standards Development is Crucial

Cars That Think

Since the program launched in 2017, more than 57 governmental bodies from 35 countries have joined. This article is an edited excerpt of the “ How IEEE SA Connects With Governments ” blog entry published in January.

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First Tesla Semi deliveries to PepsiCo are starting this Q4: CEO

Teslarati

This bodes well for the ramp of the all-electric Class 8 truck, which has already seen several delays since its unveiling in late 2017. While speaking with CNBC ‘s Jim Cramer, Laguarta remarked that the first deliveries of the Tesla Semi for PepsiCo’s operations would be starting this Q4.

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