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Tesla’s strategy with Cybertruck design reveals more with every appearance

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A few months ago, Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen said Tesla does not have a “pencils down” approach with the Cybertruck design. Initial sightings in Palo Alto revealed a beat-up Cybertruck vehicle , which was likely a guinea pig in a variety of off-road and odd terrain situations to assess performance.

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Tsuneishi Shipbuilding receives AiP for its Kamsarmax LNG dual-fuel vessel

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with an Approval in Principle (AiP) for its Kamsarmax GF Bulk Carrier, which has been designed for dual-fuel operation, using both Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Fuel Oil. Tsuneishi Shipbuilding first designed/developed and named the ship category ‘Kamsarmax’ in 2005. LR has awarded Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co.,

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ExxonMobil adds 2.7B barrels oil equivalent to reserves; replaces 183% of 2017 production

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The company continues to maximize capital efficiency in its tight oil developments by taking advantage of contiguous acreage to drill long laterals with optimized completion designs.

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Consumer Reports calls on Tesla to disable and update auto steering function, remove “Autopilot” name

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Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sent a letter to Tesla requesting detailed information about Autopilot, including any design changes and updates to the system, as well as detailed logs of when the system has prompted drivers to take over steering.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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In early 2017, in the forest highlands of eastern Guinea, a man I’ll call Jacob began a journey that would take him across five Saharan countries and multiple failed sea crossings. Jacob says he spent somewhere between three and four years trying to migrate from Guinea to Spain. One migrant with no money. What the tech is up against.

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SpaceX a bastion of independent US, European spaceflight amid Russian threats

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In response to sanctions after its unprovoked invasion, Russia announced that it was withdrawing support from Europe’s French Guinea Soyuz launch operations, effectively killing Arianespace’s Soyuz offering and potentially delaying several upcoming European launches indefinitely.

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