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Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

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Since 2000, Ford has reduced the amount of water used around the world from 64 million cubic meters to 24 million cubic meters—a reduction of about 10.6 Ford voluntarily launched its Global Water Management Initiative in 2000, putting in place ways to manage water conservation, quality and reuse of storm and process water.

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DENSO and Toyota Tsusho to test quantum computing analysis of IoT traffic data

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The companies will process vehicle location and travel data in real-time from about 130,000 commercial vehicles in Thailand, aiming to establish best practices for quantum computer applications in transportation. D-Wave’s latest-generation system is the 2000-qubit D-Wave 2000Q quantum computer.

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Chevrolet introduces second-generation Duramax 4-cylinder diesels; global engine

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Chevrolet Sales Thailand introduced the new-generation MY14 Duramax four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine in 2.5- Applications include powering the Colorado pickup truck and Trailblazer SUV for the Thailand and Southeast Asian markets. is capable of 500 N·m (369 lb-ft) of torque at 2000 rpm (178 N·m/liter of engine capacity).

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SUVs became the largest and fastest-growing automotive segment in 2015; up 22% from 2014

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Sales of SUVs grew from 5 million units in 2000 to 20 million in 2015 and are forecast to hit 42 million units by 2031. The popularity of SUVs in the early 2000s has precipitated a rush of companies trying to capitalize, with a growing number of brands and new concept offerings like crossovers to appeal to a wider audience.

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Will Robots Triumph over World Cup Winners by 2050?

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The Small-Size League final between TIGERs Mannheim and ER-Force at RoboCup 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Standard Platform League final between HTWK Robots and B-Human at RoboCup 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. Middle-Size League The Middle-Size League final between Tech United and the Falcons at RoboCup 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. But Trek 2000 hardly became a household name. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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in addition to vehicles in Germany, the Netherlands and Thailand. The company has driven more than one billion miles since 2000 with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. The use of natural gas reduces greenhouse gas emissions six to 11 percent, according to the US Department of Energy. Chicago, Ill.; Earth City, Mo.;

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