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Tesla Loses Legal Battles To Texas, North Carolina Dealers

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In North Carolina, a Senate.' Tesla''s had a very good year thus far, but it was recently dealt legislative defeats in two states where it had hoped to sell its electric cars. In Texas, the state legislature declined to make an exception to existing rules that make it illegal for automakers to sell cars to retail buyers.

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Dominion Energy & Duke Energy cancel $8B Atlantic Coast Pipeline due to delays and cost uncertainty

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The Atlantic Coast Pipeline as planned was a 600-mile underground natural gas transmission line meant to deliver new, lower-cost supplies of natural gas to public utilities in Virginia and North Carolina. The $8-billion project is a partnership between the regional energy companies Dominion Energy and Duke Energy. ACP construction map.

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3 Duke Energy subsidiaries plead guilty to 9 criminal violations of Clean Water Act; $102M settlement

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Four of the charges are the direct result of the massive coal ash spill from the Dan River steam station into the Dan River near Eden, North Carolina, in February 2014. As part of their plea agreements, Duke Energy Business Services LLC, Duke Energy Carolinas LLC and Duke Energy Progress Inc.

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Tesla Underground: Texas Franchise Rules Make Model S Owners Skirt The Law

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Over the last couple of years, Tesla Motors has fought legal and legislative battles in a number of states over proposed or current state laws that try to stymie its unique factory-direct sales and service model.

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Velocys establishes strategic alliance with TRI for gasification systems for BTL plants

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TRI’s multi-feedstock demonstration plant in Durham, North Carolina has run for more than 10,000 hours, and has successfully shown that the syngas it produces is well-suited to the FT process and upgrading to ASTM-certified fuels. The agreement is not exclusive on either party.

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An imperfect guide: How much can we rely on GPS?  | Autocar Professional

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The development came just days after a North Carolina-based family in late September took legal action against technology giant Google. While three of the occupants managed to escape the sinking car, Advaith, who was behind the wheel, Asif and a co-passenger tragically lost their lives.

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Celgard files patent infringement lawsuit against LG Chem over Li-ion separator technology

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filed a complaint in the US District Court of the Western District of North Carolina against LG Chem, Ltd. Legal action is not a decision we take lightly. Celgard, LLC, a subsidiary of Polypore International, Inc., and LG Chem America, Inc.

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