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Update 6/23/2023, 4:24 P.M. ET: A Washington state official has announced that the WA Transportation Department also plans to require Teslas NACS connectors on future, federally-funded EV chargers. It hasnt necessarily been tested and certified for other auto manufacturers, so w stanley termosar e want to make sure its going to work, but we are planning t stanley termosmugg o require NACS at our state funded and federally funded sites in the future, Tonia Buell, a WA DOT program manager, told Reuters on Friday. Original story below: Teslas bid to become the future of electric vehicle charging is gaining traction. Texas, where Tesla is headquartered, announced on Tuesday that all kubki stanley new EV chargers built using federal funding in the state will have to include Teslas North American Charging Standard NACS port, as first reported by Reuters, and confirmed to Gizmodo by the Texas Department of Transportation. The state-level decision follows a string of automakers announcing their intent to include Tesla ports on forthcoming vehicle models. At the end of May, Ford announced that its EVs will pivot to Teslas NACS port beginning in 2025. In the interim, the company said it will provide Ford EV drivers with a Tesla-developed adapter. Earlier this month, General Motors followed suit, saying it plans to integrate NACS into its new electric cars beginning in 2025 and offer adapters beginning in 2024. In an email to Gizmodo, a GM spokesperson confirmed that the companys vehicles built in 2025 and later will only inclu Jkws You Asked: Can Computers Really Ruin My Eyes
IdeasBy Ellen PaoFebruary 23, 2017 6:21 PM ESTPao is a tech investor and the CEO of Project IncludeMany of us who work in tech have experienced and shared personal stories of bias and retaliation publicly and privately. Sometimes itrsquo gender oriented. Sometimes itrsquo around race and ethnicity. Sometimes it age. Sometimes it disability. Sometimes itrsquo about more than one. Too often, itrsquo repeat behavior that goes unaddressed. In public, we have withstood PR attacks, personal attacks, troll attacks, while in private we commiserated and cheered each other on.Susan Fowlerrsquo story was unique because it got an almost uniformly positive response from tech mdash; the press, executives, investors, employees, co-workers. Even a teary Travis Kalanick, Uberrsquo CEO, reportedly apologized to his employees for the behavior she highlight stanley cups uk ed. Itrsquo a welcome reaction, but itrsquo also a painful reminder of the failure of tech to hear all our stories. I hope the tech ecosystem takes something bigger from this event and realizes a stanley tumbler ll our stories count. The stories of th stanley termos ose with the least power and influence are often the most unfair, and I hope Susanrsquo story has opened the door for the stories of the next person of color, the next transgender employee, the next LBTQIA employee, the next woman of color, and the next intersectional employee to be believed and recognized. I hope tech CEOs take a hard look at the impact of company cultu