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BMW Group Plant Landshut light metal foundry recertified by Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI)

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Going forward, the aim is to build our new vehicles with 50 percent secondary raw materials. The light metal foundry began sourcing aluminum produced using solar power in 2021. Along with steel, aluminum accounts for the largest share, by weight, of the materials used in BMW Group vehicles.

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NTSB investigation of Model 3 fatal crash in March finds Autopilot was active

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As the Tesla approached the private driveway, the combination vehicle pulled from a driveway and traveled east across the southbound lanes of US 441. According to surveillance video in the area and forward-facing video from the Tesla, the combination vehicle slowed as it crossed the southbound lanes, blocking the Tesla’s path.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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The ship’s captain stopped the engines, and the aircraft flashed its lights at the rubber boat. 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. But neither the ship nor the aircraft came to the rescue.

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