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12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

Cars That Think

The course will start in Omaha and end four days later in Manteo, N.C., After Facebook (now Meta) announced it was hell-bent on making the metaverse real, a host of other tech companies followed suit. The plant will replace an existing coal-fired plant and generate hydrogen—which can be used in fuel cells—using solar photovoltaics.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person.

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