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Ukraine exempts Starlink from VAT; customs duty;

Teslarati

Ukraine’s Cabinet declared Starlink satellite equipment exempt from VAT and customs duty, The Kyiv Independent reported, adding that Starlink has been crucial for providing communications for the Ukrainian military. The subscription price in Ukraine increased from 60$ to 75$. The morning starts with good news from Starlink.

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Ukraine Scrubbing Nuclear Agencies of Russian Influence

Cars That Think

Also of short-term concern is that Ukraine still relies heavily on Russian suppliers of nuclear fuel, waste handling, and parts. Moves to root out Russian threats within Ukraine are, however, sowing confusion as experts and officials point fingers at suspected collaborators and, in the process, at each other.

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Senators introduce bill to expand E15 sales, ban Russian petroleum products

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purchases of Russian oil until the president determines Russia recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. It would also put into law full restrictions on U.S.

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Polestar 2: An Owner’s Review

CleanTechnica EVs

This is my magnesium Polestar 2 which I purchased on the 22nd of April this year and have driven 15,000 kilometers. When the war started in Ukraine and microprocessors started to become scarce, I cancelled that order and […]. My original choice was to order from the factory with Napa leather seats and all the extras.

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EPA issues emergency fuel waiver for E15 sales

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Specifically, the regulations require parties upstream of retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers to turn over their storage tanks to low volatility summer gasoline and stop selling higher volatility winter gasoline by 1 May so that retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers can meet the applicable low volatility gasoline standards by 1 June.

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SpaceX set to launch 40 satellites for Starlink rival OneWeb

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In June 2015, just 16 months after Russia illegally invaded Ukraine’s Crimea and Donbas regions, OneWeb chose to tie itself at the hip to the unstable aggressor with a firm $1-1.5 billion contract that committed the entirety of its first satellite constellation to 21 Russian Soyuz rockets. Arianespace).

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Tesla’s Elon Musk en route to Norway to speak at 2022 Offshore Northern Shore conference

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On the 2022 ONS’ official website , the organizers noted that the Tesla CEO would be setting the stage for a “unique and highly actualized energy conference based on current efforts with satellite communication systems in Ukraine and his very insightful thoughts on the energy industry.”

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