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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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Cars sold in Europe in 2013 were collectively 4% more efficient than the year before, according to provisional data from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Compared to the current levels the average emissions gap between gasoline and diesel was more than 10 times higher in 2000. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge. There were 11.8

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Will Robots Triumph over World Cup Winners by 2050?

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But in 2022, FC Portugal and Magma Offenburg were able to surpass us with deep reinforcement learning methods. RoboCup@Home features robots for domestic environments, RoboCup Rescue is for search-and-rescue robots for disaster response, and RoboCup@Work develops robots for industry and logistics tasks.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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We know the technology exists to tackle impacts of the transport sector on Europe’s environment. TERM reports have been published since 2000. TERM 2008: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union. ( Almost 67 million people (i.e. Transport at a crossroads. EEA Report No 3/2009 ).

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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The European Community’s air pollutant emission inventory report released by the European Environment Agency finds that in 2007, sulphur oxides (SO x ) emissions were down by 72 % from 1990 levels. EU-27 emissions of all four pollutants were lower in 2007 than in 2006.

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

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Nissan estimates—based on the findings of AR4—that the CO 2 emissions of all new vehicles in 2050 would need to be reduced by 90% compared to the 2000 level. in the United States; and Israel, Portugal, Monaco, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Ireland, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Raleigh, N.C. and Washington, D.C.

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