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19.03.26 - 08:18
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′We don′t tell the car what it should do′: my ride in a self-driving taxi (The Guardian)
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Driverless 'robotaxis' will be accepting fares in Britain's biggest city by the end of next year. Can they deal with London's medieval roads, hordes of pedestrians and errant ebikers? I got in the passenger seat to find out'I'm really excited to show you this,” says Alex Kendall, the CEO of Wayve, as he gets behind the wheel of one of the company's electric Ford Mustangs. Then he does … nothing. The car pulls up to a junction at a busy road in King's Cross, London, all by itself. “You can see that it's going to control the speed, steering, brake, indicators,” he says to me – I'm in the passenger seat. “It's making decisions as it goes. Here we've got an unprotected turn, where we've got to wait for a gap in traffic …” The steering wheel spins by itself and the car pulls out smoothly.Riding in a self-driving car for the first time is a little like your first flight in an aeroplane: borderline terrifying for a few seconds, then reassuringly unremarkable. At least, that is my exp...
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18.03.26 - 20:06
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US Carrier Pulling Back From Iran Operations To Crete Port After Suffering Fire (ZeroHedge)
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US Carrier Pulling Back From Iran Operations To Crete Port After Suffering Fire
America's largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is pulling away from the Middle East region as it nears a record-long deployment and after it suffered a major fire which damaged living quarters and other areas.
Bloomberg reports in a fresh update Wednesday, "The US Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier is retreating from the Red Sea after a fire broke out in its laundry room, scuttling plans for the 100,000-ton nuclear-powered vessel to project power in the war with Iran."
It is planning to temporarily pull back into Crete in the southern Mediterranean, and hopefully outside the reach of Iran's feared long-range ballistic missiles. The Ford had already docked there in late February after being called from Caribbean operations into the CENTCOM region of responsibility.
US Navy/AFP
"Following the incident, which left at least two of the ship's 4,000 crew members with ...
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18.03.26 - 09:12
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Ford ruft für Capri mit LFP-Batterie ab 42.400 Euro auf (Electrive)
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Nach dem überarbeiteten Ford Explorer ist jetzt auch der neue Ford Capri bestellbar. In der Basisversion bringt die neu eingeführte LFP-Batterie den Capri Standard Range auf bis zu 464 Kilometer Reichweite – ein Plus von über 17 Prozent. Die Preise starten wie bisher bei 42.400 Euro....
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18.03.26 - 03:15
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Details Of Fire On US Navy′s Largest Carrier Much Worse Than Previously Known (ZeroHedge)
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Details Of Fire On US Navy's Largest Carrier Much Worse Than Previously Known
There was chaos aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford after a major onboard fire knocked out a big swathe of living quarters, leaving hundreds of US sailors without beds in the middle of a live war deployment, in what marks a much bigger incident than what the Pentagon previously disclosed
The fire occurred last week, raising immediate questions of whether it was hit by an Iranian drone or missile attack, as Tehran has claimed, amid Pentagon insistence that it was none of these - but just an accidental fire.
Illustrative: US Navy image
Already the crew and ship are strained to their limits, given the carrier is on its way to achieving a record deployment, entering ten months. The crew has reportedly been informed that they will be deployed into May, which would make an entire year at sea, after the prior Caribbean deployment focused on the Venezuela anti-Maduro operation.
The NY Times says this marks twice the length of a n...
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17.03.26 - 12:42
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Starbucks shareholders push to oust board members over stalled union talks (The Guardian)
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Board members Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and Beth Ford face scrutiny for the coffee chain's ongoing labor dispute Starbucks shareholders are pushing to remove two board members at the company who they argue have contributed to stalling the coffee chain's long-fought-over union drive.The SOC Investment Group, Trillium Asset Management, Merseyside Pension Fund, the non-profit Shareholder Association for Research and Education (Share), and the New York state and New York City comptrollers wrote a letter to Starbucks shareholders to vote “no” on the re-election of board members Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and Beth Ford at Starbucks's annual shareholders meeting on 25 March. Continue reading......
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16.03.26 - 15:15
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BYD Shares Soar Most In 13 Months As Chinese EV Push Into Americas Accelerates (ZeroHedge)
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BYD Shares Soar Most In 13 Months As Chinese EV Push Into Americas Accelerates
Shares of Chinese EV maker BYD surged the most in 13 months after a report that its factory in Bahia, Brazil, a former Ford Motor plant, secured export orders for about 100,000 vehicles from Argentina and Mexico. This development suggests BYD's strategy to localize production in South America is still in its early stages and set to flood the continent with Chinese EVs.
Bloomberg quoted Macquarie Capital analyst Eugene Hsiao, who said the local Chinese media report about BYD's Brazil factory receiving large orders from Argentina and Mexico suggests that "this is positive for the broader BYD thesis, which is that overseas sales will become the core growth and profit driver over time."
Brazil is BYD's largest market outside China. The factory in Bahia is critical to the Chinese company's overseas expansion plans in the Americas. The plant has a capacity to make 150,000 EVs per year.
In BYD's home mark...
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16.03.26 - 14:06
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Regions Bank Names Jay Darnell as Head of Commercial Card and Fintech Enablement (Business Wire)
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Darnell returns to Regions to build on innovative commercial card solutions for business clients.BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regions Bank on Monday announced Jay Darnell has rejoined the company to serve as head of Commercial Card and Fintech Enablement.
Darnell will lead teams delivering commercial card and B2B payment services for companies of all sizes. He will advance ongoing investments in Regions' Commercial Card platform, developing automated, integrated and efficient solutions that strengthen clients' cash-management operations.
“Money moves faster today than ever before, and Regions Bank is committed to solutions that move at the speed of business,” said Bryan Ford, head of Regions Bank's Treasury Management division. “Client convenience and constant innovation are at the heart of our strategy. Jay Darnell's deep experience in fintech enablement, commercial cards, and leading successful teams will help us build on our legacy of service. Further, he knows the Regions culture and o...
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