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Tesla replaced laid off US workers with foreign workers using H-1B visas that Musk want to increase

January 3, 2025
Tesla has replaced some of its US employees who were let go as part of a big wave of layoffs earlier this year with foreign workers using H-1B visas, which CEO Elon Musk is now campaigning to increase. Over the last week, Elon Musk has been promoting the increase of H-1B visas, which are used to bring foreign workers into the US for “specialty occupations.” Qualified foreign workers need to be…
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Hydrogen had a wild ride in 2024, but Honda has more to come in 2025

December 30, 2024
On today’s high-powered episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got Honda fuel cell manager David Perzynski here to talk about Honda’s forty year history developing hydrogen powertrains, and the role Honda sees for HFCEVs in a battery dominated world. In the course of the conversation we talk about several hydrogen articles posted in 2024, as well as some Honda projects related to CES. You’ll be…
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Einride deploys first daily commercial operations of autonomous trucks in Europe

December 24, 2024
Commercial freight EV and autonomous driving developer Einride continues to expand its operations globally. Today, the company announced the launch of the first daily commercial operations of its proprietary autonomous trucks in Europe, delivering goods for a pharmacy e-retailer. Einride is a sustainable freight mobility specialist we’ve been tracking for several years, and for good reason.
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Tesla loses its head of Autopilot HW engineering to Amazon's self-driving effort

December 18, 2024
Tesla has lost its long-time head of Autopilot hardware engineering to Amazon’s self-driving company, Zoox. Zheng Gao has been at Tesla for more than 8 years and for the last three, he has been the head of Autopilot hardware engineering. He elaborated on his role on his LinkedIn profile: Managing the Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Display Engineering and Camera Engineering teams…
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