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New York trial lawyer joins Tesla’s hardcore litigation team

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New York trial lawyer, Adam Mehes, joined Tesla’s hardcore litigation team that Elon Musk said the company was building. He’s registered with the New York State Unified Court System. The post New York trial lawyer joins Tesla’s hardcore litigation team appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Driving Dystopia: Automakers Selling User Data for Pennies, Senators Ask FTC to Get Involved

The Truth About Cars

They, and several other automakers, were part of a New York Times report highlighting how a massive amount of consumer data had been handed to Verisk Analytics and LexisNexis’ Risk Solutions under the auspices of lowering insurance rates. Verisk essentially acts as a credit agency for drivers.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

However, such policies have become contentious with European examples further down the path of progress seeing relatively consistent opposition due to the fact that the ultimate goal is to eliminate the automobile. This is actually something Cleveland has been working on for years, starting way back in 2015.

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Driving Dystopia: Automakers Are Selling Your Driving Data to Insurance Companies

The Truth About Cars

A recent report from The New York Times has accused automakers of selling customer driving data to insurance firms. While these systems originally had to be installed under the hood of your automobile, later examples have included phone apps and giving automakers permission to share connected-vehicle data with insurance firms.

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Eugene H. Spafford: Malware Nemesis

Cars That Think

Indeed, the field didn’t really exist when he graduated from the State University of New York at Brockport with a bachelor’s degree in math and computer science in 1979. Those who want to learn about policy should get some legal background, because law enforcement calls for yet a different set of skills.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

Green Car Congress

In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. The production of the i3 marks the first time an automobile manufacturing plant in Germany has installed wind turbines on site to directly power production.)

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Driving Dystopia: Lamborghini Owner Suing NYC Over Noise Camera Ticket

The Truth About Cars

A driver from Staten Island is suing New York City after his vehicle was fined by an automated enforcement camera for being too loud. The vehicle was a Lamborghini Huracan Performante and his excuse is that his automobile technically did not violate the law because it was never modified to be louder. How can anybody afford that?