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Hyliion and Tortoise Acquisition to merge, combined company to remain listed on NYSE

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and remain on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the new ticker symbol “HYLN.”. Thomas Healy, CEO and founder of Hyliion, will continue as CEO of the combined company, overseeing the implementation of Hyliion’s corporate strategy. is serving as legal advisor to Tortoise Acquisition Corp.

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SEC removes emissions requirements from climate rules draft

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has edited out some of its stricter emissions requirements from corporate climate risk rules. The disclosure requirement was included with the SEC’s initial draft of the corporate climate risk rules, which were published in March 2022. A spokesperson from the SEC noted that the U.S.

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California gas vehicle ban faces pushback from 17 states

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.” At the same time, 14 states, including Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia, follow CARB standards as well, meaning that regulation regarding ICE sales would be far-reaching.

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Sophia Muirhead Is IEEE’s Next Executive Director

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Prior to joining IEEE, she was senior vice president, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary at The Conference Board , a global business membership organization. Muirhead earned a juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hunter College , in New York City.

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Volvo Car Corp. demonstrates autonomous driving in traffic jams; traffic jam assistance system ready for production in 2014

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As another step toward autonomous driving systems, Volvo Car Corporation is demonstrating a new traffic jam assistance system. The new system, whereby the car automatically follows the vehicle in front in slow-moving queues up to 50 km/h (31 mph), will be ready for production in 2014. Earlier post.).

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New “50 by 50” Commission seeks to halve US transportation energy use by 2050

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Betsy Price, Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas; Gil Quiniones, President & CEO, New York Power Authority; Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council; Dan Turton, Vice President, North America Public Policy, General Motors; Greg White, Executive Director, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; and.

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Elon Musk, Twitter reach agreement for sale of social media platform

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with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP serving as legal counsel. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is serving as legal counsel, the release said. Morgan, and Allen & Co., Morgan Stanley acted as lead financial advisor to Musk.

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