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Toyota to pay $180M penalty for Clean Air Act reporting violations

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The United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America Inc., During that time, Toyota materially delayed filing an estimated 78 EDIRs, filing many only when disclosing non-compliance to EPA in 2015, at which point some were as much as eight years late.

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GE progressing on next generation engine for Boeing 777X Aircraft; 10% fuel improvement

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A high pressure compressor rig is scheduled to run early next year, with the first full core test set for 2015. The GE9X will follow the GE90-115B engine that entered service in 2004. The dual annular combustor emits no more than 40% of the hydrocarbons allowed by today's international standards.

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Two new Wärtsilä JVs with CSSC: 2-stroke engine business and medium-speed diesel and dual-fuel engines

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Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)—one of the largest shipbuilders in the world—will form two new joint ventures. Wärtsilä and China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) also signed an agreement to establish a joint venture for manufacturing medium- and large-bore medium speed diesel and dual-fuel engines.

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Sony invests in Cogitai; collaborating on R&D for next wave of artificial intelligence

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Sony Corporation has teamed with Cogitai , an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up focused on next generation technologies. In parallel, Sony established Sony Intelligence Dynamics Laboratory in 2004, which studied autonomous development of intelligence called Intelligence Dynamics.

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FAA Awards Contracts for $125M to 5 Companies to Accelerate More Environmentally Friendly Aviation Technology; Renewable Fuels, Engines, Wings and Flight Management

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eCore will be part of CFM International’s new LEAP-X engine for narrow body aircraft as well as the new core for GE’s next generation regional and business jet engines. CFM International is a 50/50 joint company of GE and Snecma (Safran Group).). Earlier post.) (CFM Ron Rich, vice president of Propulsion Systems, Honeywell Aerospace.

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

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National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for International Science and Engineering from 2010 to 2013. While president, Rahman established the IEEE PES Corporate Engagement Program , which allows employers to receive IEEE benefits by paying their employees' IEEE membership dues. Rahman is the founding editor in chief of the.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. For example, President Obama has issued the United States the challenge of having one million plug-in hybrids on the road by the end of 2015—a goal which many keynote speakers supported but also identified significant barriers to achieving. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica.

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