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

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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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Ex-Tesla policy head becomes executive of Zero Emission federal coalition 

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The Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA) appointed ex-Tesla policy head Albert Gore as its new Executive Director. Gore will be taking over ZETA’s Executive Director position from Joe Britton. Gore worked at Tesla for approximately 6 years and 11 months, from September 2015 to July 2022. He was Tesla’s Eastern U.S.

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Greenius Will Meet With Al Gore To Talk Climate Reality

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I can’t offer you any scientific hope to hang your sporty new fedora on, or any magic bullet news that might yet save the day, but I just don’t have it in me to p**s on the fire and call in the dogs so I can go quietly into that good night.

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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? In case you hadn''t noticed, it''s Halloween. Their topic may be slightly esoteric, but it has big implications for our energy future. It''s all about stranded assets--those that lose economic value well ahead of their anticipated useful life.

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Polestar electric SUV to debut in October

Green Car Congress

Polestar intends to list on the Nasdaq in a proposed business combination with Gores Guggenheim, Inc. This supports Polestar’s plans to grow ten-fold from global sales of approximately 29,000 in 2021 to approximately 290,000 by the end of 2025. Nasdaq: GGPI, GGPIW, and GGPIU), which is expected to close in the first half of 2022.

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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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Al Gore plugs electric cars on Daily Show

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Al Gore has probably been presumed to be a long-time booster of electric cars, but it hasn't always been so. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Exclusive - Al Gore Extended Interview Pt. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Exclusive - Al Gore Extended Interview Pt.

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