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Don’t start planning your flight routes to work just yet. The second-generation Tesla Roadster is revealed, again, now in a completely different form to the car previewed in 2017, ahead of its new proposed production date of 2028 – given CEO Elon Musk once said this car would hit the road eight years earlier, we’ll believe it when we see it. Musk did say this was ‘…not a safety optimised. . . CONTINUE
Factorial Energy, a US-based company making solid-state batteries, provided cells for a Mercedes test vehicle that drove over 745 miles on a single charge in a real-world test in September. The company says it plans to bring its tech to market as soon as 2027. CONTINUE
MSNBC “The Republicans’ plans: revenge. using the federal government to punish critics and opponents” “iF …I see somebody who’s doing well and beating me very badly, I say ‘Go down and indict them.’ They’d be out of business, they’d be out of the election.” [Trump’s dictatorship will be permanent!] [Trump] “is practically bragging about his intentions — and not just in this week’s interview.” Trump has been planning to lock. . . CONTINUE
22022-09-22 By Consumer Reports Updated September 9, 2022 dozens of pure electric models are set to debut by the end of 2024. Headlines: Jaguar Goes Fully Electric in 2025 Ford to go all electric in Europe by 2030 as emissions mandates tighten Norway wants to prohibit the sale of new petrol and diesel cars as early as 2025. Britain, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands have similar plans for 2030. Japan. . . CONTINUE
2021-11-15 Both Bannon and Meadows are clearly at the center of what is an insurrectionist conspiracy directed by Trump. January 6 appears to be “an inside game and an outside game,” with the former focused on pressuring then-Vice President Mike “Pence steal the election procedurally” and the latter on using the violent mob “to terrorize potentially recalcitrant GOP reps into going along with the theft.” New reporting shows the extent. . . CONTINUE
April 26, 2021 First, note that Tesla has sold over 65,000 electric cars in the first quarter of this year. Mercedes-Benz USA Is to introduce 10 new EV models by 2022. Mercedes says the U.S. market can expect to see the EQS, an electric version of its opulent flagship S-Class sedan, in fall 2021. The EQS, which will be the first Mercedes EV in the U.S. when it goes on. . . CONTINUE
Mar 4, 2020 Maybe by the year 2030: A massive 200.0-kWh battery for its GMC Hummer. – a range of up to 400 miles or more. At an “EV Day” in Detroit, General Motors gave details of several new EVs and the battery technology they’ll use. GM divulged sizes and prices of batteries that would make them some of the most competitive products available in both range and price. The. . . CONTINUE
Ford expects to have the first all-electric model designed specifically for European customers roll out of the new Cologne facility in 2023. The announcement comes just weeks after Ford said it would double its investment in electric powertrains and vehicles to $22 billion by 2025. That will include the $1 billion the company will spend on a new EV manufacturing center in Cologne, Germany. “We successfully restructured Ford of Europe. . . CONTINUE
British automaker Jaguar Land Rover said its Jaguar marque will become an all-electric luxury brand starting in 2025. (Late last year, the U.K. announced a plan to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles by the year 2030.) “By the middle of the decade, Jaguar will have undergone a renaissance to emerge as a pure electric luxury brand with a dramatically beautiful new portfolio of emotionally engaging designs. . . CONTINUE
George W. Bush: “I am appalled by the reckless behavior of some political leaders since the election and by the lack of respect shown today for our institutions, our traditions, and our law enforcement,” Bush said in a statement. “The violent assault on the Capitol – and disruption of a Constitutionally-mandated meeting of Congress – was undertaken by people whose passions have been inflamed by falsehoods and false hopes.” President. . . CONTINUE
12-04-2020 The European Union will aim to have at least 30 million zero-emission vehicles on its roads by 2030 In a strategy due to be published next week, the European Commission will lay out measures to tackle the quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions that come from the transport sector. “The EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 cannot be reached without introducing very ambitious measures to reduce transport’s reliance. . . CONTINUE
Nov. 18 2020 10 years ahead of original plan. The United Kingdom will bar the sale of all new gas and diesel-powered vehicles starting in 2030, the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson moving up an earlier ban by a decade. As part of Britain’s new “green industrial revolution,” the sale of hybrid vehicles also will be outlawed by 2035. The formal decision to shift to zero-emission powertrain technology comes. . . CONTINUE
updated 1-12-2021. Trump: “They had things, levels of voting that if you’d ever agreed to it, you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again,” Republicans have to cheat to win; ES&S machines, voter suppression, DeJoy’s postal hijinks, Russian interference & Trump… The Numbers Behind Mitch McConnell’s Re-Election Don’t Add Up: Mitch McConnell and ES&S 12-19-2020 Senator Mitch McConnell’s approval rating was 39% on the eve of. . . CONTINUE
