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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

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The team produced the first prototype in May 2016 and conducted initial tests in Germany. However, to make sure the aCar also meets all the demands placed on it on location, they shipped the vehicle to Ghana, where they tested the technology and concept under local conditions in July 2017. Otto SPANNER GmbH; Schnupp GmbH & Co.

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Zipline reaches 500,000 automated drone delivery milestone

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In fact, the company has announced that it has delivered its 500,000th package globally, making delivery faster, more streamlined, and more sustainable. According to one of the company’s co-founders, Keller Cliffton, the drones had traveled a combined 36 million miles. Them: Drone delivery isn’t real and can’t scale.

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Eni reports important new discovery offshore Congo

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Eni, which holds 65% of the Marine XII Block, quickly activated with the joint venture’s partners New Age (25%) and the national company SNPC (Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo, 10%) the studies to ensure a rapid commercial development of these significant hydrocarbon reserves with the aim of launching a first oil production from 2016.

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