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BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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The future assembly and its production processes will be designed for a new cluster architecture geared towards electric drive trains. It will ramp up for the first time at our future plant in Debrecen, Hungary, before being rolled out across our global production network in stages. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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bp and Uber partner to drive delivery growth globally

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The new partnership covers retail sites in Australia, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa and the west coast of US. As part of the agreement, Uber Eats and bp will work to introduce delivery options onto bp’s own app, BPme—initially planned to be available in the UK, US and Australia by the end of 2023—powered by Uber Direct.

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Arushi Kumar joins Royal Enfield as AVP and manager, marketing global group | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Arushi joined Royal Enfield after spending close to two years with Mahindra & Mahindra, where she was part of the team that showcased the electric vehicle portfolio BE in the UK and South Africa. She was also part of the Mahindra Edge program for high-potential candidates.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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The patent success in South Africa was thanks to Thaler’s attorney, Ryan Abbott. Abbott and his team filed applications in 2018 and 2019 in 17 patent offices around the world, including in the United States, several European countries, China, Japan, and India. Thaler created Dabus in part to devise and develop new ideas.

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Volkswagen & Siemens launch joint electric mobility pilot project in Rwanda

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Africa’s youth need sustainable jobs and better prospects for a future in their home countries. By the end of 2019, Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda will have a fleet of more than 200 vehicles consisting of Polo, Amarok, Teramont and Passat. Move App has about 27,000 registered users.

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Haomo's self-driving ambitions leap forward with launch of DriveGPT

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To easily understand the logic behind this, Gu gives an example: Suppose we give a prompt to reach a certain target point, this prompt may come from the navigation of a map, or in the future it may come from human voice instructions during voice interaction.

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Roskill: Spread of COVID-19 threatens cobalt supply; bottlenecks out of DRC

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At this time, the loss of supply from these closures amounted to more than 1% of the total mine supply in 2019. The impact could be significant for Africa, a key cobalt producing region where the outbreak is still in its early stages. Roskill will update its Cobalt: Outlook to 2029 report, published in August 2019, in May.

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