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Tesla Giga Berlin critics are taking another stand with some new legal action

Teslarati

The NABU and the Green League have taken issue with the fact that Tesla was granted an early approval last month that gave the company permission to conduct limited tests of Gigafactory Berlin’s production equipment, including the facility’s paint shop. Don’t hesitate to contact us for news tips.

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Mercedes will take on Tesla’s FSD in China

Teslarati

California is expected to grant Mercedes the ability to operate level 3 autonomous vehicles in the coming months, with more states in the process. This difference in design philosophy extends into the design of the software that the two companies are introducing. What do you think of the article?

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. Henn Tan, shown here in 2017, fought a series of mostly losing battles against those who pirated Trek 2000’s ThumbDrive design and against rival patent claims. So it’s not surprising that overlapping and competing claims surround the origin of the thumb drive.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

Like Paul MacCready’s original design for the Impact that established the world’s lowest drag coefficient of.195, Like Paul MacCready’s original design for the Impact that established the world’s lowest drag coefficient of.195, At the end of this article, Prof.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

Cars That Think

Mice, windows, icons, and menus: these are the ingredients of computer interfaces designed to be easy to grasp, simplicity itself to use, and straightforward to describe. This article was first published as “Of Mice and menus: designing the user-friendly interface.” The mouse is a pointer. Windows divide up the screen.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

This article discusses the process by which the UN approves carbon offsets and the flaws associated with this process. The UN has certified twenty-six firms worldwide as Designated Operational Entities (DOEs) to “validate” the promises of emissions reducers and then to “verify,” often years later, that those reductions actually occurred.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Green Car Congress

This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. 2) Examples of Renewable Energy Projects.