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It’s Friday and we’re ready to wrap our week of shows talking about Walmarts charging plans, Tesla employees sharing private owner’s videos, as well as older workers coming to the rescue of the staffing shortage. 

• The company that has over 5000 stores with a store within 10 miles of 90% of America, Walmart, is now committing to build a charging network across the country as part of a deal with Electrify America by the year…2030

  • "We have the ability to address range and charging anxiety in a way that no one else can in this country," Vishal Kapadia, Walmart's recently appointed senior vice president of Energy Transformation, said in an interview.
  • Kapaia also said Walmart will start development of it’s own chargers
  • The chain has 240M visits a week to its stores and will be a wealth of data on how shoppers use and pay for charging
• Tesla employees have been privately sharing highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers' car cameras via an internal messaging system, according to interviews by Reuters with nine former employees. 
  • Some recordings were mundane, but some were of embarrassing or potentially dangerous situations. Included were road rage, personally identifiable information, and even nudity
  • One video showed submersible vehicle from James Bond film, owned by Elon Musk
• As retailers face continual staffing problems, many are turning to older workers who are deemed more reliable and willing to work than younger generations, according to a Wall Street Journal report. 
  • A WSJ-NORC survey showed that individuals aged 65 and older are not only unafraid of hard work, but 75% of them crave it.
  • Kip Conforti, who owns two package-shipping stations in Pennsylvania, was highlighted in the Journal article for his decision to recruit older workers. He said it takes longer to train older workers but the extra time is worth it. “Once they get it, God, it’s refreshing. I say, ‘This is what we’re doing today,’ and it gets done. Their shift starts at nine and they’re here at 8:50. It’s their work ethic.”

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