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Tesla loses VP of Legal to LiDAR startup Luminar

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Tesla’s longtime Vice President of Legal and Acting General Counsel, Al Prescott, has joined LiDAR startup Luminar. Prescott has worked for years with autonomous cars, acting as a legal expert for companies planning to enter the sector. Tesla lost several general counsels in 2018 and 2019 to pursue other ventures.

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Daimler AG Board approves Project Future corporate restructure; goes to shareholders in 2019

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The new structure comprises three legally independent entities—Mercedes-Benz AG, Daimler Truck AG and Daimler Mobility AG—under the umbrella of Daimler AG. The steps toward implementation will be taken in 2018 and 2019. The measures approved by the boards today require the final approval of the shareholders as a next step.

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European Parliament votes to phase out conformity factor for new car emissions under real driving conditions by Sep 2022

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As of September 2022, new cars must meet EU limits on NO x emissions under real driving conditions to comply with air pollution limits, the European Parliament has voted. Data on car emissions such as NO x had been obtained through laboratory tests. With these exemptions, cars were allowed to emit 2.1 Background.

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Continental presents action plan for immediately reducing lead in electronic components in cars

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Continental has submitted a plan of action to the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection with which the company intends immediately to reduce the lead content in some of its electronic components to legally prescribed maximum quantities in accordance with the End of Life Vehicles Directive.

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Tesla driver that crashed into police car was warned by Autopilot 150 times: report

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On February 27, 2021, a 2019 Tesla Model X that was reportedly on Autopilot crashed into a police vehicle at 54 mph. Nevertheless, the five police offers who were injured have filed legal action against the electric vehicle maker. Five police offers who were conducting a routine traffic stop were injured as a result of the crash.

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Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

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Recent US Supreme Court precedent has opened the door for states to enact laws requiring all new cars sold in the state to be electric as of a certain date, according to a paper by the nonprofit Coltura published in the University of Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law. Its vision is a gasoline-free US by 2040 or sooner.

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New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

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Since that study, which was transparently designed to quantify the worst-case tire emissions under legal driving, Emissions Analytics has been testing and analyzing tire wear emissions in more detail across a wider range of driving conditions, and has performed a detailed chemical analysis of hundreds of new tires. mg/km for mass and 6.0

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