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Ford reportedly eliminates lease-to-buy option on electric vehicles

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“Ford Motor Company is committed to making Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) more sustainable and affordable for our customers by localizing the complex battery supply chain network, creating recycling options for end-of-life vehicles, and increasing U.S. battery production.” ” I’d love to hear from you!

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GM leaps ahead in lithium mining race, secures next-gen extraction deal

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This has pushed many, including GM, further down its supply chain, buying up companies and securing supplies for the future. EnergyX, which GM has invested an undisclosed amount of capital into, is looking to pioneer a new lithium extraction method entirely, which could place GM at the forefront of the most affordable lithium on the planet.

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The Real Story of Pixar

Cars That Think

That kind of computing power was not affordable in the mid-1970s. Catmull and Blanchard had been involved with software designed to build 3D geometric objects at the University of Utah. But then our Computer Graphics Group, now numbering 40 people, got the news that the Computer Division was on the chopping block.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Colorful weather maps on TV news programs. One of the first decisions Pake in turn made was to hire, among others, Robert Taylor, then at the University of Utah , to help him recruit engineers and scientists for the Computer Science and Systems Science Laboratories. Laser printers. Networks that link personal computers in offices.

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Inside The Green Task Force

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I haven’t been breaking any hard news, I’ve just been spreading the news that doesn’t get enough attention and adding my take on top of it for the majority of my readers who don’t have the time to dig as deep as I do. If anything, the latest news about climate change should cause us to accelerate our efforts.

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