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Gore's group on board with plug-ins

Plugs and Cars

The Alliance for Climate Protection, Al Gore's group, has taken another step toward promoting plug-in cars (all electric cars and plug-in hybrids) with its RePower America campaign. Let's hope Al Gore's been saying as much to President Obama (doesn't that sound great!).

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Polestar aims for $20B valuation in planned merger with Gores Guggenheim

Teslarati

Swedish electric car startup Polestar is already backed by countrymate Volvo, but the automaker is now planning to merge with SPAC Gores Guggenheim to list shares on Nasdaq and raise around $1 billion to expand manufacturing lines. is acting as a financial advisor and lead capital markets advisor to Gores Guggenheim.

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Blood And Gore: Coal Is Becoming A Stranded Asset

Green Car Reports

So how could we not comment on an article whose byline reads Gore and Blood? Their topic may be slightly esoteric, but it has big implications for our energy future. In case you hadn''t noticed, it''s Halloween. It''s all about stranded assets--those that lose economic value well ahead of their anticipated useful life.

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Serving My Country – My Patriotic Duty

Creative Greenius

But we do have a threat today to our freedom, our future and the civilization as we have enjoyed it during our lifetime. Al Gore Bill McKibben Bob Bushweit Bonnie Raitt former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed Jackson Browne James Hansen Joe Romm Michael Brune Michael Mann Steven Van Zandt Veterans Day WWII'

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Polestar hits 2021 sales target of 29,000 vehicles, up 185% y-o-y

Green Car Congress

In 2024, the Polestar 5 electric performance 4-door GT is planned to be launched as the production evolution of Polestar Precept—the manifesto concept car that Polestar released in 2020 that showcases the brand’s future vision in terms of design, technology, and sustainability.

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Daimler Trucks and Torc partner with Luminar to enable automated trucking; Daimler Trucks acquires minority stake in Luminar

Green Car Congress

Our common goal is to enable safe deployment of highly automated trucks and shape the future of the trucking and logistics industry at large. In August 2020, Luminar announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Gores Metropoulos, Inc.,

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SpaceX upgrading Starship noses and domes for easier assembly

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SpaceX would first produce a series of thin, stamped sheets (gores) of steel. Once aligned on custom-built jigs, each of those gores would be welded together to form a slightly conical ring. SpaceX’s upgraded design seeks to simplify that process mainly by increasing the size of the gores.

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