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

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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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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

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Effective January 1, 2018, California will become the tenth state to pass the “ban-the-box” law which removes the conviction history question on job applications for private employers with five or more employees. Washington. Texas Gunman Should Not Have Passed Background Check To Buy Weapon Used In Church Slaughter, 11/6/2017.

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3 Years Of Painful Cuts Sets Oil Markets Up For Serious Supply Crunch

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That widens to more than a million barrels per day in both 2017 and 2018. When oil prices go up, people buy fuel efficient cars. To be sure, there are extremely large volumes of oil sitting in storage, which will take a few years to work through. That will prevent any short-term price spike even if depletion surpasses new production.

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Tesla Police Cruiser fleet rejected by department despite numerous success stories

Teslarati

A potential fleet of Tesla Police Cruisers was rejected by Spokane, Washington’s Police Department after an evaluation of the all-electric Model Y crossover did not convince some members that the vehicle would be effective for law enforcement. However, another manufacturer will likely be producing the EV police cruisers.

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ASU research finds that Cash for Clunkers rebates were too high to prompt car upgrades

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Carey School of Business, and Chadwick Miller, who had been at ASU and is now an assistant professor at Washington State University. We defined brand-loyal consumers, and if you have a Ford and are buying another Ford, then you’re more likely to upgrade. Their paper is published in the Journal of Marketing. —Michael Wiles.

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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They suggest that Boeing is struggling to improve quality years after two crashes of Max 8 planes in 2018 and 2019 killed nearly 350 people. Several current and former employees in South Carolina and in Washington State said mechanics building planes were allowed in some instances to sign off on their own work.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Like many of the residents that come to our EV Ride & Drive events or email me for advice on what EV to buy, I appreciate the many advantages EVs have over internal combustion engine-powered ones. We routinely drive to see our daughter in Washington, DC and have driven to Cleveland, Boston, New York and Charleston, SC without concern.