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Volkswagen Group expands presence in Russia with agreements with GAZ

Green Car Congress

The Volkswagen Group and GAZ Group have extended their manufacturing agreement for Volkswagen and ŠKODA models in Russia until 2025. Furthermore, the Volkswagen brand will in future supply 2.0 Volkswagen Truck & Bus has a comprehensive portfolio of technologies as well as an extensive international sales network.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Energy is the foundation of Russia, its economy, its government, and its political system. Even a casual glance at the IMF’s World Economic Outlook statistics for Russia shows the tight correlation since 1992 between GDP growth on the one hand and oil and gas output, exports, and prices on the other (economic series available here ).

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Is A Second OPEC Cut In The Cards?

Green Car Congress

Contango is a condition when the futures price is above the expected future spot price. Because the futures price must converge on the expected future spot price, contango implies that futures prices are falling over time as new information brings them into line with the expected future spot prices are increasing.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Deciding that the future of transportation, and therefore their survival, will be based on EVs, many of the top auto companies have promised to end production of their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035, if not earlier. It envisions customers would be willing to pay 7 euros per hour for the capability.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

More Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. More Recharging Detroit The future of the U.S. Just this past year Russia sent tanks into oil-rich Georgia, and an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. The business world hopes shes right.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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We’ve updated our future vehicle lineup to accelerate the launch of new models ahead of previously mentioned start of production in the second half of 2025. And we’re really headed for an electric vehicle, and an autonomous future. So we expect it to be more like early 2025, if not late this year.

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Elon Musk’s Taiwan peace proposal praised by Beijing, condemned by Taiwan

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Elon Musk may have caught the ire of many by suggesting a controversial way for the Russia-Ukraine War to end, but in a recent interview, the Tesla CEO also shared some of his thoughts on a potential peace plan between China and Taiwan. The plan was met with widely opposite reactions from the Chinese and Taiwanese governments.

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