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Forget the Milano EV – Alfa Romeo changes name to something non-Italian-sounding

Baua Electric

The ongoing tensions between Italy and Alfa Romeo’s parent company Stellantis reached a head last week when the Italian government told the automaker that naming its upcoming Alfa Romeo EV the Milano was against the law because the car will be built in Poland. A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland. Get started here.

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

Cars That Think

Mentoring the next generation of engineers When Zakrzewska was growing up in Poland, she and her family often listened to the radio. She signed up, she says, so she could publish a paper in one of IEEE’s conference proceedings. Ultimately she chose to pursue engineering and figured she could write about technology in her spare time.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

Cars That Think

ACCOLADES APLENTY Gelenbe has been elected Fellow of the French National Academy of Technologies , the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters , and the science academies of Hungary , Poland , and Turkey. I would certainly recommend membership to anyone with a career in our fields, whether the person is an academic or not.”.

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Elon Musk pays somber visit to Auschwitz concentration camp during Poland visit

Teslarati

Just days before Tesla’s Q4 and FY 2023 earnings call, Musk visited Poland to attend a symposium organized by the European Jewish Association (EJA) on the rise of antisemitism. Today, Elon Musk visited Auschwitz in Poland to draw attention to antisemitism. He participated in a ceremony to honor the 1.1

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