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NHTSA to investigate LG Energy Solution battery failures affecting over 138,000 vehicles

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In February 2020, Mercedes Benz issued a recall in one 2019 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive vehicle. In late 2020, Hyundai and General Motors both issued recalls for the 2019-2020 Kona and 2017-2019 Bolt EV. According to NHTSA documents, 138,324 vehicles are listed in the investigation population.

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Tesla taps another Canadian startup for battery developments…for $3

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Documents of the transaction suggest Tesla acquired three separate patent applications from Canada’s Springpower International for only $3.00. Tesla reportedly purchased several patent applications from Springpower International, a small, Canadian company that was established in 2010. to Tesla, Inc.

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Tesla Model 3 becomes newest member of the NYPD

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According to procurement documents that the New York City government has published online, the Long Range AWD variant of Tesla’s most popular sedan was chosen because it “is optimized for police highway patrol operations. It is the NYPD’s belief that the Model 3 is provided exclusively by Tesla,” the document says.

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Tesla’s Fremont factory workforce is growing and the automaker is preparing for it

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Tesla’s Fremont factory workforce is growing, and the automaker is preparing for it by constructing a new employee parking lot on the southern portion of the 370-acre piece of land that the automaker purchased in 2010. ” Tesla is coming off of a massive increase in employment in 2020 compared to 2019.

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Remembering Former IEEE President Ken Laker

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Laker worked with the IEEE Board of Directors in the early 1990s to purchase personal computers for the organization’s leaders to make it easier to conduct IEEE business via the Internet. He retired in 2019. Ken Laker , the 1999 IEEE president, died on 2 August at the age of 76. He co-authored four textbooks on microelectronic systems.

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Tesla sues man for $650k in defamation lawsuit after he won $150k from automaker

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Han Chao has posted images of legal documents that indicate Tesla is suing him for 5.05 ” The follow-up suit from Tesla comes just ten days after the conclusion of the previous suit, where Chao was awarded a sizeable payout for purchasing a second-hand Tesla Model S in May 2019. A court later ruled that Han was right.

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Delhi To Have One Charging Point For Every 15 EVs By 2024

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  The Delhi government introduced its EV policy in 2020 two years ago and through a new policy document, a charging action plan for the city has been made public. The Delhi government’s intention to include incentives for running battery swapping facilities in the Delhi EV policy was also discussed in the document.