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Tesla shutting down Berlin factory for 2 weeks due to Red Sea shipping attacks

Baua Electric

We’ve heard about Red Sea supply disruptions before, but these are different than those we’ve experienced in the past. In the years around 2010, piracy was a big issue off the Eastern coast of Africa and in the Gulf of Aden, particularly around Somalia, escalating during the Somali Civil War.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

will be competing for the same finite supplies of oil and gas. Just this past year Russia sent tanks into oil-rich Georgia, and an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. In a similar vein, batteries will be a competitive advantage for the auto-makers of the future. auto manufacturers. And they exist.

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