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Tesla Sweden update: Transport Workers Union’s sympathy strike fails

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A few days ago, Sweden’s Transport Workers union announced it would stop collecting waste from local Tesla workshops starting December 24, 2023, joining other labor groups organizing sympathy strikes with IF Metall. However, the union faces some challenges with the employers association in Sweden.

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BMW Group to build logistics center for high-voltage batteries in north of Leipzig

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BMW Gen5 High-Voltage-Battery Planning the logistics hall, the team applied stringent environmental standards that go above and beyond legal requirements. The crossover will come with a choice of combustion engines or a fully electric drive, the high-voltage batteries for the latter being made directly in Plant Leipzig’s workshops.

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Honda begins joint research with Boston University in information security for AI; secure MPC

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However, MPC’s social benefits cannot be realized unless we design MPC systems whose security and functionality can be comprehended by the executives, directors, and legal advisors of participating organizations, and we automate the secure compilation of legacy applications that were developed in well-known programming paradigms.

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Tesla China addresses Giga Shanghai’s reported production shutdown

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The facility’s workshops that produce charging piles would not be halting their work as well. The charging piles and other workshops have not stopped, and the media’s statement that the factory has stopped production is not entirely accurate,” Tesla China noted.

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Oak Ridge Lab, Hyundai Motor collaborating through new R&D agreement

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The MOU is an expression of intent and does not create a legally binding obligation, nor does it commit funds from either party. The first collaboration is scheduled for this fall with a workshop on materials development and multi-material joining methods. Hyundai Motor Company and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp.

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MINI partners with HAX to launch startup accelerator program

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Additional Legal, Human Resources, Marketing/Communications and Accounting support will be available through an established network of program partners. Urban-X will run from an office and meeting space in New York with access to workshops and professional facilities.

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California ARB considering regulations for alternative diesel fuels; focus on biodiesel

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Some of these diesel fuel substitutes legally exist in commerce today and are controlled through industry consensus standards. Over the past several years, California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff has endeavored to solicit stakeholder input via meetings and public workshops regarding the need for new regulations to address this gap.

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