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Tesla stock dips as Elon Musk agrees to sell 10% of his personal TSLA shares

Teslarati

million TSLA shares, a 10% sale of his stake in Tesla would be valued at about $21 billion. . This rally effectively allowed Musk to become the world’s wealthiest person by net worth, but he was not the only one whose fortunes benefited from Tesla’s rise. Based on Musk’s current holdings of about 170.5

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Even in his home of Singapore, few people know of Tan or Trek. Today it is familiar worldwide. MB of data. Why aren’t they more famous?

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North America just got its first recycled Li-ion battery materials plant

Baua Electric

With a presence in the US, Singapore, Korea, Germany, and Australia, the global company says its Oklahoma plant, like its other plants, can produce materials that meet the specs battery cell producers want. Plus, it’s free to use and you won’t get sales calls until you select an installer and share your phone number with them.

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Porsche Casts Doubt Upon Combustion Ban Timeline

The Truth About Cars

.& As things currently stand, the European Union has plotted banning the sale of new combustion-engine cars by 2030. & "There's a lot of discussions right now around the end of the combustion engine," Meschke said in Singapore. "I I think it could be delayed."

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Hyundai Motor Group to invest $87B over next 5 years; 44 electrified vehicles; new EV development system; hydrogen plans

Green Car Congress

It will streamline operation networks and introduce new sales methods, while securing a flexible production system that can respond to the fluctuating global demand. It will also increase profitability and volume of each model through lineup optimization.

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Porsche CFO says Europe may delay its ICE ban

Baua Electric

There’s a lot of discussions right now around the end of the combustion engine,” Meschke said yesterday at the launch of the Macan in Singapore. “I For instance, this year in the UK, at least 22% of manufacturers’ sales must be electric. I think it could be delayed.” Get started here.

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Amyris to expand into Asia and global surfactants via collaboration with Wilmar; targeting NPE market of $1B+ per year

Green Car Congress

The collaboration will focus on the development and worldwide commercialization of a family of surfactants derived from Amyris Biofene for use in a range of products, including consumer packaged goods, personal care products and industrial applications. Wilmar International Limited, founded in 1991, is today Asia’s leading agribusiness group.

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