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AECOM to develop hydrogen-powered railway in Central Italy

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AECOM and its partners are working on four projects to support sustainable economic recovery in the region, which was badly affected by earthquakes in 2009 and 2016 and has suffered from decades of depopulation. The first project is the upgrade of the 300-km Apennine line, which will be one of Italy’s first hydrogen railways.

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GE Aviation and Turbocoating SPA form JV for Ceramic Matrix Composite Components (CMCs); lighter, more efficient engines

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GE Aviation and Turbocoating SPA of Parma, Italy, have formed a 50/50 joint venture, called Advanced Ceramic Coatings, to provide thermal barrier coatings for Ceramic Matrix Composite Components (CMCs) used in jet engines. The use of lightweight and heat-resistant CMCs in the hot section of GE jet engines is a significant breakthrough.

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Abandoned History: The Apple Electric Car Project, Rest in Peace (2014-2024)

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Secretive hiring took place at the time, and it was rumored high-level automotive engineers joined the company. 2016 brought more Titan hires, and a statement from Elon Musk that Apple hired over 1,000 engineers for the secretive project. More recruiting occurred throughout the year, again more engineering and software experts.

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Toray to acquire European carbon fiber fabric and pre-preg business

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Toray will take over the assets of Saati’s plant in Legnano in January 2015, which would start operation as Composite Materials (Italy) S.r.l., (CIT), CFE), and CFRP parts business that uses carbon fiber fabric at its German subsidiaries of Euro Advanced Carbon Fiber Composites GmbH (EACC) and ACE Advanced Composite Engineering GmbH (ACE).

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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Average emissions for Germany, Britain, Italy, and Spain increased, ranging from a rise of 0.8 g/km for Italy. This was in part caused by marked changes in attitude and regulations around the use of diesel fuels which has had the unintended consequence of pushing people to drive higher-CO 2 -emitting gasoline vehicles.

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Renault and Bolloré form a partnership in electric vehicles; assembly, car-sharing and 3-seat Bluecar

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The overall environmental impact of an electric vehicle is virtually half that of an equivalent internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle, Renault noted, citing its comparative study of Fluence ICE and electric vehicles. The Bolloré Group has commissioned Renault gradually to take over assembly of the Bluecar, formerly built solely in Italy.

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PSA to acquire Opel/Vauxhall & GM Financial Euro operations for €2.2B; partnering on electrification and maybe fuel cells

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billion) in 2016, PSA will become the second-largest automotive company in Europe, with a 17% market share. billion) are expected by 2026—of which a significant part is expected to be delivered by 2020, accelerating Opel/Vauxhall’s turnaround. GM will retain the engineering center in Torino, Italy. billion (US$1.38

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