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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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Also on display will be the full-size VF9 SUV, which the company said will integrate a new streaming service CES attendees can experience personally, and an all-new electric bike. The Vietnamese car company has only been around since 2017. sales, with this year apparently being no different.

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Alaska Airlines 737 May Have Left Boeing Factory Missing Bolts, N.T.S.B. Says

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The report intensifies the scrutiny on Boeing, which has been scrambling for weeks to contain the fallout from the incident, and it raises fresh questions about whether the company did enough to improve safety after two fatal crashes of 737 Max 8 planes in 2018 and 2019. Mr. Calhoun visited Spirit in Wichita.

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VinFast in a major reshuffle to target US market

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VinFast vehicles are sold at Leith VinFast in North Carolina; Smith Haven VinFast in New York; Principle VinFast Grapevine in Texas; Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth, Texas; and VinFast Wichita, in Kansas. North Carolina’s VinFast manufacturing plant is expected to produce as many as 150,000 vehicles annually after it is completed in 2025.

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Grounded Boeing Max 9 Jets Could Resume Flying Within Days

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The line of fuel-efficient planes was meant to help the company regain ground it had lost to its European competitor, Airbus, and it quickly became the best-selling jet in Boeing’s history. said on Wednesday that it would increase oversight of Boeing and begin an investigation into the company’s practices.

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Alcoa unveils first aluminum alloy fan blade forging for jet engines; $1.1B supply agreement w/ Pratt & Whitney

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The forging was developed for Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower engines using an advanced aluminum alloy and a proprietary manufacturing process. The Company also holds leading market positions in aerospace sheet and plate produced by its midstream business, Global Rolled Products (GRP). Under a new 10-year, $1.1-billion Under the $1.1

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

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Such reports, and interviews with aviation safety experts and more than two dozen current and former Boeing employees, paint a worrying picture about a company long considered to be at the pinnacle of American engineering. The agency has given the company three months , or until about late May, to address quality-control issues.

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National Drive Electric Week 2023 Recap: Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About

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But, with over 40 EV models on the American market, manufacturers are on track to sell one million EVs in the U.S. All of the auto manufacturers have set standards to shift their manufacturing away from internal combustion. this year, which would be another historic first. We’re following the trend,” McCarthy said.

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