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Tesla releases Conflict Mineral report, extending history of humane mining practices

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In the report, Tesla outlined its processes for securing minerals used in its products, ensuring they are obtained in humane ways that do not involve any child labor, human trafficking, or slavery. Tesla has released its Conflict Mineral Report for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2019. Cassiterite (Tin). Wolframite (Tungsten).

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IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

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The owner told her sales of the products supported the village’s school, which had been destroyed by an earthquake in 2015. While attending IEEE Smart Village’s Power Africa conference in 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda, she met GHE founder Paras Loomba. The school can use the money to purchase batteries and other replacement parts.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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However, there are still challenges ahead, most notably with procuring the raw materials needed for battery production. In fact, China accounted for half of the worldwide growth of EV sales in 2021, and IEA writes that more EVs were purchased there in 2021 than in the entire rest of the world throughout 2020.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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Since our priority was to develop a commercially viable product, we set up a business unit called. For a GPS steering system to work, you need to prepare a map in advance, install a base station for corrections, or purchase a package of signals. What we offer is a camera and a box stuffed with processing power and neural networks.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

Cars That Think

Since our priority was to develop a commercially viable product, we set up a business unit called. For a GPS steering system to work, you need to prepare a map in advance, install a base station for corrections, or purchase a package of signals. What we offer is a camera and a box stuffed with processing power and neural networks.

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