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Daimler JV Beijing Benz Automotive named Factory of the Year by Produktion magazine

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BBAC, a joint venture between Daimler and its Chinese partner BAIC Motor, has been producing Mercedes-Benz passenger cars since 2005 and engines since 2013. All production practices at BBAC maintain Daimler’s rigorous and unified global standards. In 2016, more than two-thirds of the Mercedes-Benz vehicles sold in China were made at BBAC.

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Celebrating the Life of Columbia Professor Stephen Unger

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He retired in 2005. He wrote several papers on ethics and technology, as well as computer science, and he penned articles for IEEE Technology and Society Magazine and The Institute. While there, he led the team that developed software tools that supported the first electronic telephone switching system.

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10 Lessons From the Legacy of Apple’s Steve Jobs

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On its 25 October 2005 cover, Time magazine hailed Jobs as "the man who always seems to know what's next." To learn more about Jobs's strategy, passion, and leadership, view this slideshow and listen to his inspiring 2005 commencement address at Stanford University. Focus on design. How Steve Jobs Changed the World.

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China Meteorological Administration: Climate Adaptation More Realistic and Urgent than Mitigation for Food Security

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Late last month, China announced that it would reduce its carbon intensity per unit of GDP by 40-45% by 2020 against a reference year of 2005, rather than the widely recognized 1990 reference year, but would not set overall greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. —Jack Rosebro.

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CAR report quantifies automotive’s position as a leading high-tech industry

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Source: Booz & Company “Global Innovation”; Battelle R&D Magazine; Center for Automotive Research 2012. CAR 2013, adapted from Hellestrand 2005 and Fedewa 2013. Percentage of Global R&D Spending by Industry, 2013. Click to enlarge. Growth of vehicle electronic content. Click to enlarge.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. Schapiro, Mark, “ Conning the Climate: Inside the Carbon-Trading Shell Game ,” Harper’s Magazine (February 2010).

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. Deffeyes, 2005 "The Coming Oil Crisis", by Colin Campbell "Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael C.

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