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ST Engineering launches several initiatives on autonomous vehicles in Singapore

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ST Engineering announced several initiatives to advance Singapore’s Smart Mobility 2030 vision of a smart transportation network and to strengthen its leadership in the development of autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies. ST Kinetics’ autonomous buses will be one of the first in Singapore to operate on public roads.

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Joby Aviation secures $100M in Series B for electric VTOL; Intel, EDBI, JetBlue and Toyota

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The financing was led by Intel Capital, and includes strategic investors Singapore-based EDBI, JetBlue Technology Ventures, and Toyota AI Ventures. With its previously-unannounced Series A financing led by Capricorn in 2016, this brings the company’s total funding to more than $130 million.

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ExxonMobil plans five-year investment of $185B to develop new energy supplies; 21 major oil and gas projects to begin production between 2012 and 2014

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To help meet that demand, ExxonMobil is anticipating an investment profile of approximately $37 billion per year through the year 2016. In 2012 and 2013, the company expects to start up nine major projects and anticipates adding more than 1 million net oil-equivalent barrels per day by 2016. billion oil equivalent barrels.

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ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

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Increasing numbers of national, sub-national, and local regions have disallowed the use of open-loop scrubbers, including Malaysia, China, Singapore, and the port of Fujairah; the Panama Canal also recently banned the use of open-loop scrubbers. As of November 2019, VLSFO was nearly as expensive as MGO.

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Continental launches series production of technologies for robo-taxis

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This system has been in series production since 2016 and combines ABS, ESC and a brake booster. Development of these technologies is being conducted by a global network of in the US, Germany, China, Japan and Singapore. The pilot will begin in late August and last up to six months.

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Lux Research: question is when--not if--a diesel ban will happen

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In December 2016, Paris and Madrid announced intentions of banning diesel vehicles by 2025, and both have since made further announcements to reinforce their intention. Seoul and Singapore have or will have restrictions on diesel vehicles, but have not formally signaled their intention for a blanket ban.

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Scaleo chip introduces 1st automotive MCU manufactured using GLOBALFOUNDRIES 55nm automotive-specific semiconductor platform

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With a projected revenue growth of about 11% over the 2013-2016 period, automotive semiconductors are one of the fastest growing segments, with about twice the growth rate of the mobile device segment. The growing need for fuel-efficient, eco-friendly, safer and more connected cars is sustaining an increase of electronics content in vehicles.