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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. Soon, though, the world began embracing little computers by the millions, with IBM dominating those sales. With that, the preeminent U.S. and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,

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Tesla direct sales under threat from dealer-backed bills in Florida

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Tesla has become intimately familiar with the laws surrounding dealerships and auto sales throughout the United States, often putting the American upstart at odds with local government and dealerships alike. Now, Tesla is again facing threats from legislatures as two new bills could derail the company’s sales system in Florida.

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OPEI files legal challenge to EPA E15 misfueling rule

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The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), along with automakers and marine manufacturers, filed a legal challenge to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Regulation to Mitigate Misfueling” rule which was meant to address concerns about 15% ethanol blends in non-road products and older model-year vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Tesla seeking government affairs specialist in Sweden amid union protest

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It appears that Tesla is looking to strengthen its legal team in Sweden, with the company posting a job opening for a government affairs specialist for the Nordic region. ” The person selected for the position would have a number of responsibilities. Tesla describes them as follows.

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UK government launches new clean air strategy; ending sales of conventional diesel and gasoline LDVs by 2040

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To legislate to ensure only the cleanest domestic fuels will be available for sale, preventing 8,000 tonnes of harmful particulate matter from entering the atmosphere each year. Ending the sale of new conventional diesel and gasoline cars and vans by 2040. In future only the cleanest domestic fuels will be available for sale.

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The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%

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But Horse Heaven has been stuck at the permitting stage with the seven-person Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) for the last three years. Washington is legally committed to achieving net zero by 2045, so they’ll ultimately have to figure it out. So it will be interesting to see what Inslee ultimately decides.

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Tesla registers insurance company at Giga Berlin’s address

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Since then, the company has started the buildout of integrated Tesla centers that handle sales and service to customers. In Q2 2020, Elon Musk and Zachary Kirkhorn stated that the company intended to expand Tesla Insurance. Musk announced that Tesla would be bringing collision repairs in-house a few years ago.

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