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million BMW X3 vehicles have been delivered to customers worldwide since it was first launched at the end of 2003. With record production of more than 411,000 units in 2016, Spartanburg is the largest BMW Group plant worldwide. In 2016, 80% of the BMW Group’s purchasing volume in the NAFTA area originated in the US.

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The number of top managers reporting directly to the CEO has been almost halved, and new appointments to several posts will take effect in the first quarter of 2016. Having started his career at Ford, he was Head of Volkswagen Group Research from 2000 to 2003. Eichhorn holds a PhD in mechanical engineering.

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Scion, established as a separate brand in 2003 to explore new products and processes to attract youth customers, will transition to the Toyota brand. As part of the brand transition, beginning in August 2016, MY17 Scion vehicles will be rebadged as Toyotas.

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MAY 31, 2016

Mazda Motor Corporation announced that the total production volume of the Mazda3 (known as Mazda Axela in Japan) reached five million units at the end of April 2016. The Mazda3 sets a new record for Mazda by achieving the milestone figure in only twelve years and ten months since production of the model commenced in June 2003.

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In 2016, the Keolis Group launched a trial of the first autonomous vehicles in Lyon, France. Keolis Sverige has been present in Sweden since 2003 and today operates 1,650 fossil-free buses which cover 84 million km every year in five Swedish regions. The autonomous minibus, which will drive along a 1.6

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MAY 18, 2016

This same concept is applied in the AcuraWatch safety and driver-assistive suite available on all model year 2016 Acura sedans and SUVs. All model year 2016 Acura sedans and SUVs are available with the AcuraWatch suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies. HRI-US was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Silicon Valley.

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MAY 22, 2017

SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited (SAIC-GM), a joint venture between General Motors Company and SAIC Motor, has upgraded its car coating line at its Jinqiao South plant, which opened in 2003. The plant used to employ a traditional zinc phosphating pretreatment process to handle 300,000 units of passenger vehicles annually.

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In 2016 she created the IEEE MOVE (Mobile Outreach VEhicle) program to assist with disaster relief efforts and for science, technology, engineering, and math educational purposes. She was named a top businesswoman in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park area, and she made the 2003 Business Leader Impact 100 list.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

In addition to the vehicle plant announced in September 2016, an engine plant is also planned with a capacity of 150,000 units a year. Groupe Renault has been present in Iran since 2003 through a joint venture with SAIPA and IRAN KHODRO. The first vehicles to be produced at the plant will be new Symbol and new Duster.

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MAY 24, 2016

The decline is strongest (approximately 50 ppb per year) in the 1997–2003 period but continues post 2003. Nisbet (2016) “Marked long-term decline in ambient CO mixing ratio in SE England, 1997–2014: evidence of policy success in improving air quality” Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 25661 doi: 10.1038/srep25661.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

2016) “Magnetite pollution nanoparticles in the human brain” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Rajkumar (2016) “Magnetic properties of air suspended particles in thirty eight cities from south India,” Atmospheric Pollution Research , Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 626-637 doi: 10.1016/j.apr.2016.02.008. Hautot et al.

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The Honda FCV Concept showcases the styling evolution of Honda’s next fuel-cell vehicle, anticipated to launch in the US following its introduction in Japan, which is scheduled to occur by March 2016. The FCX also was the world’s first production fuel-cell vehicle, introduced to the US and Japan in December 2002.

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JULY 11, 2016

in 2003, then decreased, representing 60.7% Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle (2016) “Transportation Emissions in the Context of Emissions from Other Economic Sectors: 1990-2014” SWT-2016-9. Click to enlarge. in 1990 to 65.0% of transportation emissions in 2014. in 1990 to 22.5% —Sivak and Schoettle.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

Infiniti will introduce a production-ready variable compression ratio engine VC-T (Variable Compression-Turbocharged) at the 2016 Paris Motor Show (Mondial de l’Automobile) in September. Nissan, in a 2003 paper, said that its multi-link geometry resolved those previous issues. Takahashi, N., and Hiyoshi, R. Ushijima, K., Hiyoshi, R.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

The Dadong plant in the northeast of the city opened in 2003 and currently produces the BMW 5 Series Long-Wheelbase Version. The engine plant, which opened in 2016, produces the latest generation of the BMW TwinPower Turbo three and four-cylinder gasoline engines.

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JUNE 19, 2015

Nissan continues to work toward achieving its environmental targets set forth in the company's action plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP2016), through a number of innovative sustainability initiatives in following key areas: Minimizing corporate carbon footprint.

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The study involved children (age range, 5-18 years) from 3 groups, and was conducted during the 1993-2001, 1996-2004, and 2003-2012 years in 8 Southern California communities. 2016) “Association of Changes in Air Quality With Bronchitic Symptoms in Children in California,” 1993-2012. Kiros Berhane, Ph.D., —Berhane et al.

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MARCH 3, 2015

UPS expects its ORION (On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation) routing system ( earlier post ) to reduce the distance driven by its drivers by 100 million miles annually when fully implemented in 2016. The ORION algorithm was initially developed in a lab and tested at various UPS sites from 2003 to 2009.

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JANUARY 28, 2016

The agreement, which will be backed up by technology transfers and significant levels of local content, will come into effect once it is implemented, i.e., around mid-2016. Groupe Renault has been active in Iran since 2003, producing close to 500,000 vehicles through its Renault Pars joint venture with Saipa and Iran Khodro.

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Honda will introduce the new 5-passenger, hydrogen-powered Clarity Fuel Cell sedan by the end of 2016, beginning with retail leasing to customers through its expanded network of 12 approved fuel cell vehicle dealerships located in select California markets. The first fuel cell vehicle to start and operate in sub-freezing temperatures (2003).

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In September 2016 the first global digital elevation map with a 2-meter height accuracy was produced. He founded the IEEE GRSS Germany Section in 2003 and served as the society’s 2010 president. Its goal was to create a topographical map of the Earth with a horizontal pixel spacing of 12 meters.

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Auto manufacturing capacity continues to grow, and annual output could reach the 100 million mark by 2016. South Korea has improved its fuel economy by one third since 2003. Rising sales translate into an ever-expanding global vehicle parc. An estimated 691 million passenger cars were on the world’s roads in 2011. l/100 km (52.3

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Richard Dorenkamp: from 2003 until December 2013, Dorenkamp worked for VW as the head of VW’s Engine Development After-Treatment Department in Wolfsburg, Germany. On 25 October 2016, Volkswagen obtained final Court approval for a 2.0L From October 2011 until July 2013, Neusser served as the head of Engine Development for VW.

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He also served as project leader for the adoption of regulations pursuant to AB 1493, the California legislation that directed the Board to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles, and led the staff teams that prepared the 2001 and 2003 amendments to the Zero Emission Vehicle regulation. Chuck Shulock. Background.

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Obama noted that last year, US oil production reached its highest level since 2003 and that for the first time in more than a decade, imported oil accounted for less than half the liquid fuel consumed. In fact, the Air Force is aiming to get half of its domestic jet fuel from alternative sources by 2016.

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The renewable diesel fuel powered a 30-passenger hybrid diesel bus that provided local transportation to International Olympic Committee members who were visiting Chicago to assess the city’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games in April. Amyris will then distribute and market these products to end customers.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The August 2016 testing by commercial vehicle magazine Lastauto Omnibus (LaO) compared the latest generation of the Mercedes-Benz Actros long-distance truck compared to the basic model of 1996—a Mercedes-Benz from the SK model series and therefore one of the last representatives of the pre-Actros era. Click to enlarge. l/100 km (5.76

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That continued until 2003, when British Airways and Air France retired their fleets, together amounting to just 12 aircraft. In 2016, while it was still in Y Combinator's startup incubation program , Boom got a big shot in the arm from the Virgin Group, which offered engineering support and optioned the first 10 of Boom's airliners.

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The decline began a decade ago but has picked up speed since 2016-17, when solar first showed up in the generation data, reports the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis ( IEEFA ) today. From 2003 through 2014, coal’s annual share of ERCOT demand ranged from 33-40%. In March 2024, solar generation reached 3.26

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AUGUST 15, 2017

It is the second installment of a five-year contract for 525 hybrid buses approved by SEPTA in May 2016. New Flyer of America Inc., the US subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc., The option uses electrification to power accessory components for additional fuel economy.

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The committee which is responsible for reporting annual emission reductions in the UK, states that in the five years between 2003 to 2007 emissions reductions averaged 0.5 per cent per annum. Reductions of 2-3 per cent pa will be required to meet the carbon budgets already set and therefore the UK needs to increase its pace of reduction.

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Launched in 2016 after COP 21, the initiative has since found broad support within the shipping industry and German politics. The two Orca-class ships were originally constructed by NASSCO, part of the General Dynamics Corporation at its San Diego yard and were commissioned in 2003.

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The maximum number of hours a first-generation fuel cell stack (2003–2005 stack technology) accumulated without repair is 2,375—the longest stack durability from a light-duty FCEV in normal use published to date of which the NREL team was aware. 2,000-hour fuel cell durability. —Final Report. Resources. Wipke, S.

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This level is still below the state’s first climate milestone (2020’s AB 32 goal, met four years early in 2016) of reducing to 431 MMTCO 2 e below 1990 levels. lower than 2008 and 2003, respectively. Key findings of this year’s California Green Innovation Index include: Total emissions rose 0.83 lower and 8.3%

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The overall adoption rate for the technologies studied in this report has grown from 18% in 2003 to 43% last year. Fleets providing data for the 2016 study include Bison Transport; Cardinal Logistics; CR England; Challenger Motor Freight; Crete; Frito Lay; Maverick; NFI Industries; Nussbaum; Paper Transport; Prime; Ryder System Inc.;

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The Beginning (2003). Martin Eberhard , Marc Tarpenning the company’s first CEO and CFO respectively, started the company in 2003 and named it Tesla motors in the honors of Nikola Tesla a great inventor of all time and who changed the course of electrical technology with his A.C Contrary to common belief, Elon Musk did not found Tesla.

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Filmmakers John Fuegi and Jo Francis captured Ada Lovelace’s contributions to computing in their 2003 documentary Ada Byron Lovelace: To Dream Tomorrow. The Computer History Museum displayed that machine from 2008 to 2016, and it now resides in the lobby of Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures in Bellevue, Wash.

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