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Toyota Europe Q1 hybrid sales up 82.3% for 20% of total sales; Auris Hybrid the leader

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Cumulative sales of Toyota and Lexus full hybrid models in Europe since 2000 reached 544,184 units at the end of March 2013, contributing to some 10% of Toyota’s global full hybrid sales. In Turkey, Toyota sales increased by 6% in the first quarter. The Prius family posted 9,166 units (23.7%) in the first quarter. to 4,458 units.

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Rolls-Royce and Svitzer demo world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel; testing autonomous operation

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The Svitzer Hermod , a Robert Allan ship design, was built in Turkey at the Sanmar yard in 2016. The vessel is also equipped with a pair of MTU 16V4000 M63 diesel engines from Rolls-Royce, each rated 2000 kW at 1800 rpm. It is equipped with a Rolls-Royce Dynamic Positioning System, which is the key link to the remote controlled system.

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The Richer They Get, the More Meat They Eat

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The world’s production of meat and poultry reached about 100 million tonnes in 1970, 233 million tonnes in 2000, and 325 million tonnes in 2020. Half a century is surely plenty of time to discern a trend, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has the relevant data. That represents a tripling since 1970.

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Study reports non-US global shale gas recoverable resources of 5,760 Tcf; global shale gas boosts total recoverable natural gas resources by 40%

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These include France, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, South Africa, Morocco, and Chile. Tcf in 2000. Of the countries covered in the EIA-sponsored study, World Shale Gas Resources: An Initial Assessment of 14 Regions Outside the United States , two groups may find shale gas development most attractive.

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

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TERM reports have been published since 2000.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. E7 economies—the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China), and Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey. Because of this slow start, global carbon intensity now needs to be cut by an average of 5.1%

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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percentage points for the N=2000 survey, 19 times out of 20, had all citizens been polled. Data is weighted to match the profile of the population. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll is accurate to within ±3.5 percentage points for the n=1000 surveys and ±2.9