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Infiniti’s sleek Vision Qe concept is a reminder of the EVs it hasn’t launched

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Infiniti is looking to launch its first electric vehicle ever: a super sporty fastback sedan based on a newly revealed concept it calls the Vision Qe. The luxury brand of Nissan debuted the new concept at Japan’s Mobility Show 2023 this week and promised a production version will follow, well, someday. Over the years, Infiniti … Read more

Russia launched its biggest attack in months. Huge tank losses show it isn’t learning from its many defeats, expert says

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A Ukrainian strike on Russian vehicles around the village of Avdiivka, released in late October 2023 by Ukraine’s 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade.110th Separate Mechanized Brigade Russia launched its first major offensive in months on the village of Avdiivka — but it’s not going well. Ukraine and Western observers have pointed to huge Russian vehicle and … Read more

Cruise says a hit-and-run ‘launched’ pedestrian in front of one of its robotaxis

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A hit-and-run in San Francisco last night “launched” a pedestrian in front of a Cruise robotaxi, the company said Tuesday. The robotaxi “braked aggressively to minimize impact,” while the driver of the other vehicle fled the scene. The condition of the struck pedestrian is unknown at this time. The crash was the latest in San … Read more

Two large equity funds launched this week. What gives?

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Two large equity funds came out of the gate this week. So, what gives? Earlier this year we covered how Liquidity Group, a growth-stage debt financier, raised $40 million and launched a $250 million debt fund for tech companies. Backers included Apollo (private equity, and Yahoo! owner) and MUFG (a Japanese bank). Liquidity is an … Read more

Nissan says all new models launched in Europe will be fully electric

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Japanese carmarker Nissan announced Monday that all new models it launches in Europe will be fully electric, as it reaffirmed its aim for solely electric vehicle sales on the continent by 2030. It said it was “pressing ahead” with the existing target just a week after the U.K. pushed back a ban on the sale … Read more

NASA’s Crew-7 mission has launched 4 astronauts into orbit

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SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy House Heart this morning at 3:27AM ET, NASA introduced as we speak. The rocket pushed 4 astronauts on NASA’s Crew-7 mission into orbit earlier than a scheduled Sunday morning dock with the Worldwide House Station (ISS). The mission brings astronauts from 4 international locations to the ISS … Read more

How the Taliban launched essentially the most ‘most profitable counter-narcotics effort in human historical past’

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Afghanistan’s farms account for greater than 80 per cent of the world’s opium manufacturing – ATIF ARYAN/AFP through Getty Pictures America’s “conflict on medicine,” launched by President Richard Nixon in 1971, raged for greater than half a century however hardly put a dent within the Afghan opium commerce. The nation’s farms account for greater than … Read more