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NHTSA won’t allow EVs to have unlimited or custom pedestrian alert sounds

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) stated recently that it will not allow electric vehicles to have an unlimited amount of custom sounds that could be used as pedestrian alert tones. In 2019, the NHTSA passed FMVSS no.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XXXIX)

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Other trim indicators included some Bill Blass lettering on the rear side windows and a Bill Blass logo on the trunk. Notably, the wire wheels were dressed up especially for the Blass in a light gold tone color - a sure sign it was the Eighties.& Seats and door panels had contrasting brown inserts which Lincoln called Tu-Tone.&

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100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born

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In a 13 February 1924 letter to employees, Thomas Watson unveiled IBM’s new name. The tone of his comments, the nature of the company’s communications, and the way its staff interacted with the media and with customers evolved almost as a step change after the adoption of the new name. In early 1924, though, he decided it was time.

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News: 2024 Mazda CX-90

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The black faces and white letters are a multi-information display for the speedometer, odometer, average fuel economy and many other reports. The dash has a simple, clean and logical layout with three easy-to-read, round gauges.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part X)

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& The Eldorado script of 1955 was exchanged for block lettering in 1956, which was spread out further to fit within the newly widened V decoration. The Eldorado’s wheels were also available in gold tone for the first time. Above, the sharp and prominent fin from 1955 remained.

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Rivian backtracks price increase on all R1T, R1S preorders before March 1

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The tone of my video would have changed if I had known it was a $100,000 dollar truck. CEO RJ Scaringe penned a letter that clarified any confusion regarding the price increases. “We didn’t give you enough insight into what was driving these decisions,” he said in the letter. Extra zeros matter.

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Solena signs LOI with Rentech for Fischer-Tropsch technology for first commercial-scale renewable jet fuel facility in Europe

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a bioenergy and biofuels company based in Washington DC, has signed a letter of intent with Rentech, Inc. Solena says that the BioJetFuel project can deliver a reduction of more than two million tones of CO 2 , including 145,000 tonnes from the replacement of conventional kerosene-based fuel (a reduction of 95%). Earlier post.).

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