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Keolis launches a new 5G autonomous electric vehicle trial in Stockholm

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Since then, it has operated autonomous vehicles in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the US and the UK, carrying 200,000 passengers and covering more than 100,000 km. 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.

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Toyota Appoints New Head of European R&D

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In 2003, he returned to the Planning Division (R&D), where he managed mid-term R&D strategy. Located in Zaventem, Belgium, the centre currently represents a total investment of €140 million. Katsumata joined Toyota in 1987 after graduating with a degree in hydrodynamics from Tokyo University.

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Li-ion Maker fortu PowerCell GmbH Considering Michigan Plant

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After a liquidation of the company in 2002, Hambitzer revived fortu in the summer of 2003. The governor made the announcement after returning from a 48-hour investment mission to Germany and Belgium. The fortu system consisted of a lithium-cobalt-dioxide cathode (LiCoO 2 ), a graphite anode, and an inorganic electrolyte based on SO 2.

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. For Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and other Northern European countries, contact SP Innovation. Though costs are now high, we believe automakers could sell PHEVs for only $2,000-$5,000 more than current hybrids.

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