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F1 Drama After Whistleblower Accuses FIA President of Shenanigans

The Truth About Cars

According to BBC Sport , Ben Sulayem was said to have intervened to overturn a time penalty issued to Fernando Alonso during the race. A 10-second penalty was issued when the Aston Martin crew touched Alonso’s car while it was enduring a separate 5-second penalty in the pit lane — something that is explicitly against the rules.

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Volvo joins Tesla in halting EV production due to Red Sea attacks

Baua Electric

Since October, the group has attacked several commercial vessels with drones and ballistic missiles and seized what they said was an Israeli cargo ship, reports the BBC. Global shipping companies, in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, have had to redirect or halt shipping altogether.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

Cars That Think

dollars (or other currencies, as Amazon is a global business) on demand. With its efforts on Libra, Facebook drew a compelling picture of the plight of those excluded from banking—not only in sub-Saharan Africa but also in South Central Los Angeles and the South Side of Chicago. Netflix is AWS’s largest customer.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. In the Indian car world, the profit per vehicle is quite good, but the number of vehicles sold has reduced, thanks to production constraints forced by chips shortage. The company had hired 20 Innovas for media transport, two journalists per car. Go Electric yourself.

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