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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

“Our goal is not just to sell more tires; we want to sell better tires—in multiple ways,” summed the company’s North American CEO Alexis Garcin at a recent sustainability summit the company hosted in Sonoma, California. It has to be cost-effective to recover and reuse materials, too. million tons of tire-wear particles are emitted annually.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. In general, the sponsor’s goal is to use as much cheap debt financing and as little equity as possible to complete the deal. Energy Markets in a State of Change.

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Is Worldcoin a Crypto-currency for the Masses or Your Digital ID?

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tried out in locations including California, Finland, and Kenya. This pivot wasn’t reflected in the pitch at the college in Bangalore, where enrollees were sold on the potential of a fast, cheap way to transfer money around the world. Martin Albrecht , a professor of information security at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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