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Six mobility start-ups launching Volkswagen’s incubator program at Transparent Factory

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Volkswagen announced the incubator program at CeBIT 2017 in Hanover earlier this year. Over the course of eight hours, 14 entrepreneurial companies from Romania, Spain and Germany presented themselves in 30‑minute sessions in front of eight judges. At the end of 2017 and start of 2018, more teams will move into the factory.

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How Russia Sent Ukraine Racing Into the “Energy Eurozone”

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We are no longer alone,” is how President Volodimir Zelenskyy put it on Wednesday , declaring Ukraine part of the "energy Eurozone." Synchronization with the European grid marked a hasty culmination of a process that began in 2017 and was expected to take at least another year.

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ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

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Canada, Germany, Iraq, Ireland, Romania, Turkey, and parts of the United States would experience frequent sonic booms; the most heavily impacted regions could be exposed to between 150 and 200 incidents per day, or up to one boom every five minutes over a 16 hour flight day. The fleet of SSTs would emit an additional 1.6

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