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Tata Nano Draws More Than 203,000 Fully Paid Bookings, More Than 2X Initial Allotment

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lakh) fully paid bookings amounting to nearly US$101 million (Rs.2,500 The car was launched on 23 March, with an initial production allotment of 100,000 units. The Tata Nano website recorded 30 million hits from the date of launch of the car to the closure of the booking period (25 April, 2009), nearly 1 million hits a day.

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Autonomous driving visionary Dr. Lawrence Burns joining Neural Propulsion Systems as Executive Advisor; L4/L5 autonomous driving

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He has also advised numerous companies—including Google Self-Driving Cars/Waymo for over a decade. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014).

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2nd Generation Valeo Stop-Start System to Launch in Peugeot, Citroën Diesels in 3Q 2010

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Valeo’s second generation Stop-Start system will be launched by PSA Peugeot Citroën in the third quarter of 2010. Valeo’s first generation of alternator-based stop-start systems (StARS) has been in serial production with Citroën since 2004, on smart cars since 2007 and on Mercedes-Benz A- and B-class vehicles as of the first quarter of 2009.

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Nissan launches the Almera in Thailand; first sedan under Thai eco-car program

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With this latest addition to its line-up, NMT will be the first automaker to introduce a sedan under the Thai government’s eco-car program. The eco-car designation requires 1) low fuel consumption (20 km/l, 5 l/100m, 47 mpg US) and 2) CO 2 emissions of 120g/km.

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Daimler acquires dynamic ridesharing pioneer flinc

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Daimler Mobility Services includes various mobility services, such as car2go, moovel and mytaxi: with the free floating carsharing company car2go, which launched in 2008, customers have the option of renting a car at any time to drive themselves from A to B. mytaxi is a market leader amongst the taxi hailing apps in Europe.

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Deep Learning’s Little-Known Debt to The Innovator’s Dilemma

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In 1997, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen created a sensation among venture capitalists and entrepreneurs with his book The Innovator's Dilemma. A second lesson from Christensen ’s book is less well remembered but is an integral part of the story. But beware.

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Nissan reports failure rate of LEAF battery pack in Europe of less than 0.01%

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Analysis by independent British insurance specialist, Warranty Direct, indicates that 0.255% of vehicles on its books had experienced an issue that led to an immobilization of the internal combustion engine. Data from Warranty Direct is based on analysis of a basket of 50,000 cars aged 3-6 years old over a five-year period.

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