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Volvo Trucks and PATH successfully demo partially automated on-highway truck platooning in California; CACC

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PATH began experimenting with automated truck platooning on two tractor-trailer trucks in 2003 and on three tractor-trailer trucks in 2010-11. Shladover, Christopher Nowakowski, Xiao-Yun Lu, Robert Ferlis (2015) “ Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) Definitions And Operating Concepts ”.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler partnership solid and expanding; 12 projects on three continents

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Renault-Nissan and Daimler launched their partnership in 2010. The scope of the original collaboration in 2010 was limited to three projects primarily in Europe. Since its start in 2010, this cooperation has delivered what it has promised, and even more. This is definitely a track record to be continued.

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ABI Research: global V2V penetration into new vehicles to rise to 70% by 2027

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At the same time, in order to guarantee safe and sustainable transportation, they have a responsibility in advancing the implementation of ITS and V2V through spectrum allocation, standardization, certification, international cooperation and cross-border compatibility, and minimum service definition.

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Worldwatch: Fossil fuel subsidies continue to outweigh those for renewable energy; international pledges on reform unfulfilled

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Total subsidies for renewable energy stood at $66 billion in 2010 (a 10% increase from the year before); the total value of global fossil fuel subsidies is estimated at between $775 billion and more than $1 trillion in 2012, Two thirds of the renewable energy subsidies went to renewable electricity resources and the remaining third to biofuels.

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ABI Research: global V2V penetration into new vehicles to rise to 70% by 2027

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At the same time, in order to guarantee safe and sustainable transportation, they have a responsibility in advancing the implementation of ITS and V2V through spectrum allocation, standardization, certification, international cooperation and cross-border compatibility, and minimum service definition.

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EPA Proposes New Regulations for Renewable Fuel Standard to Implement Requirements of EISA; GHG Reduction and Indirect Land Use Change Effects Included

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The revised statutory requirements for RFS2 also include new definitions and criteria for both renewable fuels and the feedstocks used to produce them, including new greenhouse gas emission (GHG) thresholds for renewable fuels and the incorporation of indirect land use change effects. Proposed RFS Standards for 2010. The 2010 standard.

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Lithium Technology Corporation enters strategic alliance and investment agreement with FN Group for large format Li-ion packs for automotive applications

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The two parties executed several definitive agreements relating to this strategic alliance on 30 March 2011 and closed the transaction on 1 April 2011. A member of the FN Group previously invested $2 million in equity of LTC in October, 2010, as previously reported by LTC.