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  • Chronology of California's Conflagration [semi-satire]

    01/11/2025 1:15:17 AM PST · by John Semmens · 9 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 12 Jan 2025 | John Semmens
    On January 7, 2019 Gavin Newsom became the governor of California. In November of that year President Trump urged Newsom to make a greater effort to prepare the state to deal with its frequent wildfires and warned that "if California doesn't get their act together there will be a disaster of major proportions. Don't expect the federal government to bail you out." Armed with an AP "fact check" pooh-poohing Trump's warning, Newsom disregarded the risk. Though voters had approved $2.7 billion in bonds to increase the state's water storage capacity back in 2014, none of this money was invested in...
  • Hyundai electric vehicles hit Vietnam showrooms

    08/17/2023 11:35:39 PM PDT · by cba123 · 14 replies
    Saigon Times ^ | August 1, 2023 | By Le Hoang
    HCMC – Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric cars, assembled by Hyundai Thanh Cong Vietnam Auto Joint Venture JSC (HTV) in Ninh Binh Province, are now available at showrooms in Vietnam with a starting price of VND1.3 billion per unit. HTV announced yesterday, July 31, that the joint venture officially rolled out the first batch of Hyundai IONIQ 5 vehicles for distribution in Vietnam. This is the first time that a high-tech electric vehicle model from Hyundai Motor has been assembled in Vietnam. Hyundai IONIQ 5 vehicles are assembled at Hyundai Thanh Cong 2 plant (HTMV2) in the northern province of Ninh...
  • Mercedes-Benz Vietnam to introduce all-electric cars in Vietnam

    08/18/2023 12:11:42 AM PDT · by cba123 · 6 replies
    Vietnam Plus ^ | 10/05/2023
    Mercedes-Benz Vietnam (MBV), a subsidiary of the Germany-based Mercedes-Benz Group AG, will introduce three all-electric car models in Vietnam in 2023, said MBV General Director Brad Kelly at a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9. — Along with the electric cars, MBV also plans to expand its product list in Vietnam in 2023 by adding new models including domestically-built Mercedes-AMG C 43 4MATIC, Mercedes-AMG C 63 S E PERFORMANCE, and Mercedes-AMG SL.
  • Electric Cars Will Be “Biggest Revolution In Motoring” Since 1913

    07/18/2021 11:51:22 PM PDT · by Cronos · 181 replies
    Clean Technica ^ | 18 July 2021 | Matt Pressman
    Many observers are forecasting that the world’s transition to electric cars will take place much sooner than expected. Now, BBC is also joining the fray. “What makes the end of the internal combustion engine inevitable is a technological revolution. And technological revolutions tend to happen very quickly … [and] this revolution will be electric,” reports BBC‘s Justin Rowlett. Rowlett points to the late ’90s internet revolution as an example. “For those who hadn’t yet logged on [to the internet] it all seemed exciting and interesting but irrelevant — how useful could communicating by computer be? After all, we’ve got phones!...