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☆ Ford rolls out Tesla Supercharging for EVs. Here's what drivers need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DETROIT – Ford Motor is rolling out Tesla Supercharging capabilities to owners of its electric vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. The Detroit automaker was the first to announce a deal with Tesla to utilize the EV maker's Supercharger network. Under the deals, companies such as Ford will adopt Tesla's charging port for future EV models. In the meantime, an adapter is needed to connect non-Tesla vehicles, which utilize different charging technology, to Tesla's network. Tesla, which designed the adapter and is handling distribution of them to automakers, did not respond to request for comment on specifics.

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☆ For 1st time, names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII collected. Families stamp them in emotional tribute.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Claire Wang | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Burroughs also noted the historical significance of the museum itself, which sits on a plaza where, 80 years ago, hundreds of Japanese American families lined up and boarded buses to incarceration camps. “I consider it to be one of those ground zero points in the civil rights history of this country,” she said. The Ireichō is one phase of the Irei Monument Project, an interactive, multifaceted memorial founded by Rev. Clement Hanami, the museum’s art director and vice president of exhibitions, said Williams has compiled the most accurate and extensive record to date of Japanese American incarceration. “It’s a very Japanese and Japanese American way of respecting the ancestors and their histories,” Hanami said.

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