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Stop Driving 5 Miles per Hour Over the Speed Limit
Speed kills. In the United States, roughly 40,000 people die in traffic every year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor-vehicle speeding killed over 9,000 people in 2018, which means around a quarter of all traffic deaths in this country are speed related. The NHTSA attributes our speeding epidemic to four factors: traffic,…
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Elon Musk is selling 5 more properties worth over $100 million, after tweeting earlier this month that he ‘will own no house’
Diego Donamaria/Getty Images for SXSW Tesla CEO Elon Musk listed four properties for sale on Wednesday, using a collective asking cost of over $100 million. Musk, worth over $38 billion, has pledged to”own no house.” He listed two Bel Air Mansions for sale. “People say,’Hey, billionaire, you’ve got all this material .’ Well, now I…
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A one-of-a-kind Tesla Model S station wagon is now for sale for $200,000 — see inside the ‘Model SB’
Jerome Wassenaar A unique Tesla Model S is up for sale, offering buyers a style of Tesla that doesn’t come from the factory: a station wagon. A coachbuilder in the Netherlands converted the Model S into a station wagon, calling it the “Model SB.” It’s the only one of its kind. The asking price on…
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I bought a new car last year and seriously considered buying a Tesla Model 3, but I decided against it — here’s why (TSLA)
Matthew DeBord/BI I recently bought a new car, however it was not a Tesla Model 3. The Tesla Model 3 has wildly impressed me in the multiple times I’ve driven and analyzed it. But while I seriously considered purchasing one, I ultimately chose something nearer to my Toyota Prius. I haven’t ruled out future Tesla…
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What mobilizing innovation for COVID-19 can teach us about catalyzing climate tech
Heather Clancy explores some leading clean tech companies are lending their shoulder to the wheel to Attack the catastrophe that is coronavirus By now, I expect you have discovered that the uplifting narrative of an Italian 3-D printing startup, Isinnova, which stepped in produce respirator valves for a hospital in Lombardy following the regular supplier was…
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China returns to work while the rest of the world stays at home
While a lot of the planet ’therefore lead signal is grinding to a stop due to the coronavirus, China is gradually emerging out of its shutdowns by restarting production at factories and restarting a few flights.A recovery on earth ’s second-largest economy provides a relief for global producers in the months ahead since the outbreak…
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Elon Musk reportedly told SpaceX employees they have a much higher chance of dying in a car crash than from the coronavirus (TSLA)
Ringo H.W. Chiu/Associated Press SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told workers in an email that they’re more likely to be killed in an auto accident than by the coronavirus, Buzzfeed reported Friday. Musk said showed the virus was not one of the 100 biggest health threats in the US, based on Buzzfeed. SpaceX workers were advised…
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Mike Bloomberg would save nearly $4 billion on his tax bill under Joe Biden’s proposed plan compared to the ‘tax on extreme wealth’ Bernie Sanders wants
REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Mike Bloomberg’s tax bill could be almost $4 billion more economical under the tax policy of his candidate, Joe Biden, than under Bernie Sanders. Even after spending over $500 million in his campaign, Bloomberg remains among the wealthiest people in the country using a net worth of $58.4 billion. Bloomberg introduced his own…
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The business of transportation is evolving faster than ever, and the next 10 years will reveal the biggest changes yet. Here’s everything you need to know
David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images It’s been more than a century since the initial cars rolled off production lines in America and Europe. Since then, the transportation business has experienced the ebbs and flows of industry –of which has been swift and, sometimes, unruly, the development. Carmakers have gone and come, technologies…
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Tesla slips 25% in one week as coronavirus weighs on its China operations (TSLA)
REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo Tesla has shed 25 percent this week by Thursday’s close as the coronavirus outbreak weighs on the wider market. On Thursday, Tesla dropped 13 percent when China automobile registration data showed coronavirus has hurt requirement, Bloomberg declared , citing China Automotive Information Net. There could be further pain before China’s struggling automotive…