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Tesla’s Elon Musk slams paywalled news in recent media critique

Teslarati

Just recently, The Washington Post published a piece about how US regulators reportedly played “mind games” with Elon Musk to get the executive to do what was needed for Tesla. “ The Washington Post should [change] its tagline to ‘democracy dies behind [our] paywall.’ ” – Elon Musk. .

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

to offer tax credits for buying all-electric plug-in vehicles as part of a $128 billion program to get seven million such cars on the road by 2018. The group issued a lengthy report and a 30-second television commercial touting its plan, and its members outlined it at a presentation in Washington, D.C. Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

Charging infrastructure financing: Unlocking Up $4.5 Loan guarantees can be an important tool to commercialize innovative technologies because these projects may be unable to obtain full commercial financing due to the perceived risks associated with technology that has never been deployed at commercial scale in the United States.

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Overcoming Systemic Racism Through System Engineering

Cars That Think

Since 2018, Boyea-Robinson has been assembling a coalition—including financial institutions, grassroots community groups, political and policy leaders, and corporate and philanthropic donors—to reprogram the systems of lending to and investing in these businesses. or New York City. Boyea-Robinson pitched both.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

A limit was imposed on emissions from the power plants, and utilities were allowed to buy and sell permits to comply. percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. percent per year over four years for a total reduction of ten percent by 2018. WCI covers seven U.S.

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