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Nissan spices up e-Power hybrid system for sporty Note Aura Nismo hatchback

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While it won't be coming to the United States, the Nissan Aura Note Nismo shows the tuning potential of the automaker's e-Power series hybrid system, which is expected to appear in future U.S.-market Nissan on Tuesday unveiled a performance-tuned hybrid hatchback for the Japanese market. market Nissan models.

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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

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Both are represented in the study by a major gas of each type, the VOC formaldehyde and NO 2 , that are measureable from space by the Dutch-Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard NASA’s Aura satellite, launched in 2004. This transition means that future NO x reductions will likely further decrease ozone production, said Jin.

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NASA-led study identifies unprecedented depletion of stratospheric ozone layer above Arctic

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To investigate the 2011 Arctic ozone loss, scientists from 19 institutions in nine countries (United States, Germany, The Netherlands, Canada, Russia, Finland, Denmark, Japan and Spain) analyzed a comprehensive set of measurements. Manney, Michelle L. Santee, Markus Rex, Nathaniel J. Livesey, Michael C.

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DISCOVER-AQ project to begin flights to enhance measurement of ground-level air-quality from space

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Since many countries, including the United States, have large gaps in ground-based networks of air pollution monitors, experts look toward satellites to provide a global perspective. Overall, the World Health Organization estimates that air pollution causes some 2 million premature deaths globally per year.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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As for the future impact of PARC research—the sky’s the limit. Since MAXC, the center has built prototypes of dozens of hardware and software systems—prototypes that sometimes numbered in the thousands of units. This is perhaps ironic, since one vision of the office of the future was that it would be paperless. “I

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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And at this writing, the issue of Opel’s future ownership has yet to be settled.] Henderson goes on to say “ We (GM) have never missed a fuel economy standard and don’t intend to miss one in the future. ”. I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system. Focus on fuel economy.

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News: 2024 Volkswagen ID.Buzz

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The ID.Buzz was first released in Europe in two-row passenger and a cargo configurations, but the United States will be getting the three-row ID.Buzz that comes either with rear-wheel (RWD) or all-wheel drive (AWD). VW announced that the total first year production run of all types for the whole world will be 100,000 units.

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