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Tesla Giga Berlin’s full approval to be granted in a few days: report

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Based on the German magazine’s report, the factory already completed five Model Y units, but not on its production line. Once local production starts, Tesla Giga Berlin could offer new colors , such as the highly anticipated and rumored Deep Crimson Multicoat, Abyss Blue Multicoat, and Mercury Silver Metallic. .

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Audio Magazine/Internet Archive /Scotch As Smithsonian Magazine notes , the formulation he developed, combining cabinetmaker’s glue with glycerin, proved to be just the right level of easy-to-remove adhesive that it became an out-and-out phenomenon. In the mid-1950s, 3M advertised its Scotch audio reel-to-reel tape.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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Mercury News criticized the “flashbulb effect” noticeable during the swimming event. That, according to Nelson, is not an “effect”—the C-64 used by the Mercury News reviewer simply doesn’t do horizontal scrolling properly. Computer magazines such as Creative Computing and Compute!

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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San Jose Mercury News ). This company is not stupid." ( NY Times Magazine ) 2/16/07 In an interview with BusinessWeek on Feb. Comstocks Magazine, February, 2006 ) "Thank you for contacting Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., If that target is met, the largest U.S. Bloomberg News ). The truth is just the opposite. Hell, yes," he says.

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