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Volkswagen of America temporarily withdraws application for US certification of MY 2016 vehicles; AECDs

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As the EPA has said, these vehicles do not present a safety hazard and remain safe and legal to drive. As first steps, Volkswagen of America has set up a designated service line and website to be a channel for this communication, and Horn has sent a letter to every affected customer.

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LG Energy Solution signs binding term sheet with Sigma Lithium for battery-grade lithium concentrate

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The offtake is intended to be legally binding on both Sigma Lithium and LGES, and is subject to, among other things, completion of the negotiation of definitive written agreement(s), which are to be consistent with the agreed terms contained in the binding term sheet.

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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas.

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IHS Markit: US oil producers to halt 1.75 MMb/d per day of production; Canada to cut 0.5 MMb/d

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The oil market fear that characterized March and the extreme price pressure that producers felt in April have galvanized producers across North America into unprecedented action. Private ownership involves a complex web of legal implications for hundreds of thousands of individual lease contracts and millions of stakeholders.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific will continue to drive PEV sales, as the technology will have only limited availability in the emerging markets of Latin America and Africa. Too, the planned expansion of the supercharger network in North America to address charging infrastructure concerns will require at least $62 million.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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James Weldon Johnson ’s hymn “ Lift Every Voice and Sing , ” adopted by African Americans as the unofficial “Negro National Anthem,” includes the line, “We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,” which sums up how Black Americans have found ways to thrive under conditions they weren’t meant to survive.

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

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That year was the height of counterculture in the United States, it witnessed the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ War raged in Vietnam and students across the US overwhelmingly opposed it. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity.