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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

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Peopletrail actively tracks the regulatory and legal environment that surrounds employment and criminal background screening. The Arizona Governor signed an executive order instructing all state agencies to adopt new hiring practices that don’t discriminate against people who have been arrested or been in prison. California.

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Waymo could face new legal barriers in its expansion to Los Angeles

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Waymo announced its plan to expand driverless testing to Los Angeles just a few weeks ago, beyond the company’s current operations in San Francisco and Phoenix, Arizona. The post Waymo could face new legal barriers in its expansion to Los Angeles appeared first on TESLARATI.

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LG Energy Solution is re-evaluating its $1.3B battery plant investment in Arizona

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billion investment plan for a factory in Arizona. billion battery production facility in Arizona three months ago. ” The battery maker did not specifically mention its plans for the Arizona plant, but an LGES spokesperson stated that the company would be reevaluating its investment in the facility.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

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2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. Outside of California, the device has been approved for use by commercial fleet vehicles in Michigan, Arizona, and Texas, and 10 additional U.S. Update 14 Oct.

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Good News For Tesla: AZ Bill Would Legalize Direct Sales As State Angles For Gigafactory

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That may be what''s happening in Arizona, where a new bill in the state legislature would legalize the direct-sales model of electric-car maker Tesla Motors--to the intense dismay of state car dealers who want it made.'

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ElectraMeccanica and Tevva to merge; targeting electric commercial trucks in UK, Europe and US

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Tevva’s existing 110,000-square-foot EV manufacturing facility in Tilbury, United Kingdom, would be complemented by ElectraMeccanica’s recently-commissioned 235,000-square-foot facility in Mesa, Arizona, which is expected to enable the combined company to scale its production to serve the UK, European and US markets. Canada Ltd.

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Nikola executes reverse merger with VectoIQ; now to be listed on NASDAQ; BEV and FCEV trucks

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The transaction proceeds will accelerate production, allow Nikola to break ground on its manufacturing facility in Coolidge, Arizona, and begin its hydrogen station infrastructure roll out. Cowen is serving as financial and capital markets advisor, and Greenberg Traurig, LLP is serving as legal advisor to VectoIQ.

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