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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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4 Takeaways About Boeing’s Quality Problems

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The episode raised fresh questions about the quality of the planes the company produces several years after two Max 8 planes crashed, killing nearly 350 people. Inspections per plane also rose a similar amount over that period, the company said. The company has lost thousands of experienced workers. Since Jan. A six-week F.A.A.

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Universal Lubricants hits 1.5M gallon production mark for recycled motor oil

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The company has been selling to professional installers, but is now moving the product into retail channels, said John Wesley, CEO. That oil is then collected again by the company and put back through its closed loop process. Universal Lubricants has hit the 1.5-million Earlier post.) The US produces approximately 1.3

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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. The company has also announced plans to build a $2 billion factory in India , set to begin this year.

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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. The N.T.S.B.

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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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DOE-Sponsored Seismic Project Helps Identify Untapped Oil in Developed Reservoirs

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Using innovative seismic-based technologies developed with funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a Kansas drilling company has discovered an untapped, 10-foot-thick oil zone in a developed Colorado reservoir. Mull Drilling Company of Wichita, Kan., discovered the oil zone near Cheyenne Wells, Colo.,

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