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Spy Pics: Tata Gravitas Spotted Testing With New Alloy Wheels

by Eldon Ballas on October 25, 2020 in Alloy Wheels

Ahead of its launch, the upcoming three-row SUV has been spied testing with a new alloy wheel design. Latest spy images from Rushlane, reveals a completely camouflaged mule testing with a new 9-spoke alloy wheel design.

The new 9-spoke alloy wheels could be 18-inch in size and give the SUV a premium look and feel. According to the report, the new wheel design could be inspired by the ones seen on the luxurious Range Rover, which come equipped with the distinctive 10-spoke alloy wheels.

Earlier spotting of the Gravitas has revealed various alloy wheel design such as a five-spoke

How The Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine

by Eldon Ballas on October 25, 2020 in Machine

In a statement, The Epoch Times said it had “no business relationship” with America Daily.

Many of the Facebook pages operated by The Epoch Times and its affiliates followed a similar trajectory. They began by posting viral videos and uplifting news articles aggregated from other sites. They grew quickly, sometimes adding hundreds of thousands of followers a week. Then, they were used to steer people to buy Epoch Times subscriptions and promote more partisan content.

Several of the pages gained significant followings “seemingly overnight,” said Renee DiResta, a disinformation researcher with the Stanford Internet Observatory. Many posts were shared thousands

EVs changing California market regardless of mandate

by Eldon Ballas on October 24, 2020 in Automotive News

The Tesla Model 3, despite being a “near-luxury” vehicle, had 59,514 sales last year, overtaking the Toyota Corolla, Honda Accord and Toyota RAV4, according to the California New Car Dealers Association. This year, Tesla launched a new electric crossover, the Model Y.

Even the Chevrolet Bolt, which has not been a big hit nationwide, was California’s No. 2 subcompact vehicle, with 8,239 sales last year — just shy of the Kia Soul. Other EVs among the top five in their segments: the Tesla Model S, Tesla Model X and Nissan Leaf.

Karl Brauer, executive analyst at ISeeCars, noted that Newsom’s

Mission alloy wheels! The next import substitute from China

by Eldon Ballas on October 23, 2020 in Alloy Wheels

The first thing that 28-year-old Sachin Nagpal did after taking delivery of his new Maruti Swift – even before he made the mandatory and customary trip to the temple – was to rush to the neighbourhood automobile market to get a set of alloy wheels. Having contemplated for months on which car to buy and what variant to go for, Nagpal faced a peculiar problem. He did not like the alloys on offer. As his first car he was in no mood for a compromise.

“I had already researched on which set of alloy wheels I wanted so that was

Corporate execs are being more upbeat

by Eldon Ballas on October 23, 2020 in Machine

Would you talk differently if you knew a machine was listening to you and grading you based on what you were saying, or based on whether you were using positive or negative words, or even if the sound of your voice was optimistic or pessimistic?

Apparently, Wall Street executives are talking differently. They are trying to game machine algorithms on earnings calls.

You’ve heard of George Carlin’s “7 words you can’t say on TV?” We may now have “words you can’t say on an earnings report.”

A recent study found that executives on earnings calls are increasingly avoiding using negative