Should the government subsidize electric cars? By McClatchy-Tribune‚ adapted by Newsela staff on 01.08.14 Word Count 1‚431 Angie Vorhies plugs in the charging cord to her Nissan Leaf electric vehicle at a mall on Nov. 13‚ 2013‚ in San Diego. Photo: AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi PRO: Don’t pull the plug on electric cars BLOOMINGTON‚ Ind. — It would be very unwise to “pull the plug” on electric-car subsidies at this time. The government money helps support the car industry and make up for tough regulations
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Thinking about a self-driving car through the Divine Command Theory‚ it is possible that the car is ethical. A justice made by a God is absolute in the religious society like Berg (1993‚ p. 528) refers ‘[God] willing the good is what makes good’. Therefore‚ if a God wills that people should sacrifice themselves for saving others‚ the self-driving car may be programed to save pedestrians first and the car can be ethical in that religious society. However‚ I know there are many Gods in the world and
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Car Rental Business plan Excecutive Summary Company and Financing Summary Products and Services Overview Strategic Analysis with current research! Marketing Plan Personnel Plan 3 Year Advanced Financial Plan Expanded Financial Plan with Monthly Financials FREE 30 Page Sample Private Placement Memorandum FREE PowerPoint Presentation for Banks‚ Investors‚ or Grant Companies! 1.0 Executive Summary The purpose of this business plan is to raise $300‚000 for the development of a car
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Traveler Import Cars‚ Inc. Extracted from J.R. Gordon(1993): A Diagnostic Approach to Organizational Behavior STEP 1: Read the Traveler Import Cars‚ Inc.‚ case. BACKGROUND Randy Traveler had been a partner in Capitol Imports‚ one of the most prosperous foreign car dealerships in greater Columbus‚ Ohio‚ selling expensive European automobiles. His wife‚ Beryl‚ a holder of an MBA degree from a respected private university‚ was a consultant specializing in automobile dealerships. In 1979‚ Randy
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opposite. Trying to find anything and everything that a citizen is doing incorrectly is not keeping peace. In fact‚ this causes the distancing between our police and the citizens they are policing. My bill speaks on the removal of undercover police cars from law enforcement. The impacts that these types of police vehicles have on our society all seems to be negative. They are used as a way to catch our citizens off guard‚ since these vehicles do not appear to be cops. As citizens‚ we have the right
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BATTERY TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRIC CARS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (MOBILE/LAPTOPS) Welingkar Institute Of Management‚ Development and Research‚ Bangalore Submitted By: Ajay Parab PGDM-Business Design (2012-14) Introduction: Battery electric cars are becoming more and more attractive with the advancement of new battery technology (Lithium Ion) that have higher power and energy density. The concept of battery electric vehicles is to use charged batteries on board vehicles for propulsion
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Edelman Award Paper Revenue Management Saves National Car Rental By M.K Geraghty and Ernest Johnson In the January/February 1997 issue of INTERFACES magazine‚ M.K. Geraghty and Ernest Johnson were presented as finalists of the Franz A. Edelman award for their presentation on a state-of-the-art Revenue Management System that would turn a huge money losing rental car company‚ National Rental Car‚ into a profitable business within two years. In 1993‚ General Motors took a $744 million dollar
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COMPETITION AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN WAREHOUSE CLUBS Costco All wholesale clubs (Costco‚ Sam’s Club‚ and BJ’s Wholesale) offer low prices to attract members and provide them with considerable cost savings enough to more than cover membership fees. The rivalry among them is vigorous and will remain so. All 3 club rivals are aggressively pursuing top-line revenue growth; chiefly by opening new stores‚ attracting more members at both new and existing stores‚ and endeavoring to grow sales revenues
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The movie The Breakfast Club has many interesting characters. All of them pertaining to different groups in school with different personalities and lifestyles as well. There is a jock‚ a troublemaker‚ a spoiled girl‚ a nerd‚ and a basket case. Even though at the beginning they all feel a little uncomfortable being there‚ they eventually end up getting to know each other a little bit. Things that they end up finding out is that even though they’re all different they can all relate to each other because
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A “quintessential 80’s movie‚” The Breakfast Club is a film rich with psychological principles. This movie is about a group of high school teenagers filled with personal angst who spend a Saturday serving their detention sentences in the school library. Each teenager from a different clique‚ they didn’t expect to relate as much to each other as they thought. As they begin to get to know each other‚ the vengeful assistant principal Vernon starts to single out Bender‚ the rebel of the group of teenagers
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