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REVA Electric Car Company Building New Plant in Bangalore

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Reva Electric Car Company (RECC), the manufacturer of the REVA electric car, is building a new assembly plant in Bangalore, India with a capacity of 30,000 units per year, to accommodate the increased production of the REVA and for the planned one new model per year from the end of 2009.

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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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Based on analysis of long-term trends, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report calls for a clear vision defining Europe’s transport system by 2050 and consistent policies to achieve it. Unlike some sectors, transport’s impact on the environment continues to be closely linked to economic growth.

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This Engineer’s Hardware Is Inspired by the Brain

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He studied and worked in Dubai, the United States, France, and Belgium over the course of his twenties. His first six months living in the United States, acclimating to a new culture and a different academic environment, were overwhelming, Suri says. Traveling stuck with Suri in adulthood.

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The importance of considering non-exhaust traffic emissions; the role of EVs

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They collected 160 samples on 38 days between February and September 2009 at a curbside and an urban background station in the urban/industrial Ruhr area. in Belgium. Achten (2016) “Non-exhaust PM emissions from electric vehicles,” Atmospheric Environment , Volume 134, Pages 10-17, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.03.017.

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

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Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). EEA Report No 3/2009 ). Transport at a crossroads.

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Reports highlight ongoing advances in vehicle technology, consumer demand for fuel efficiency in US and Europe

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In Europe, a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) found that the average car sold in the EU in 2012 was 9% more fuel-efficient than the average three years before, due to improved technology and an increase in the share of diesel cars. l/100 km) tripling, according to the report. l/100 km) fell from 70 to 44%.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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The 2 ºC maximal warming limit was cited at the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and revisited several decades later, in 1995, by the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Unweltveränderungen (WGBU), Germany’s national advisory council on climate change. “We BBC: 15 December 2009. [ 13 December 2009. [