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Toyota unveiles flexible fuel hybrid prototype in Brazil

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Toyota unveiled a prototype hybrid flexible-fuel vehicle (Hybrid FFV) during an event Toyota held São Paulo, Brazil. Stakeholders including the state government, universities, and the sugarcane association (the Sugarcane Industry Union: UNICA) attended the event.

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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance

Cars That Think

This summer, at the Paris Olympic Games, security officials will perform a much bigger experiment in the heart of the City of Light, covering the events, the entire Olympic village, and the connecting roads and rails. This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024. Surveillance is not a monolithic concept.

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Boeing, GOL Airlines collaborate to increase sustainable aviation biofuel supply in Brazil

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will work together to speed the research, development and approval of new sources of sustainable aviation biofuel in Brazil. The agreement between Boeing and GOL is a significant new step in efforts to advance an aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. Boeing and GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A.

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Michelin brings back Challenge Bibendum event as Movin’On

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After a three-year hiatus, Michelin is rebooting the venerable Challenge Bibendum sustainable mobility event. The event showcased 50 low-emission cars that traveled a total of 600 kilometers (373 miles) in three days. The first Challenge Bibendum took place in 1998 with a course that ran from Clermont-Ferrand to Paris.

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VW’s PowerCo, Stellantis, Glencore again $1B nickel, copper SPAC do business in in Brazil

Baua Electric

LONDON — World miner Glencore, Stellantis and Volkswagen Crew’s battery unit PowerCo have yes to again a $1 billion do business in by means of blank-cheque treasure ACG Acquisition Corporate to shop for two mines in Brazil, ACG stated. A day in the past, Appian started criminal complaints in a $1.2-billion

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ABB & Formula E Go To Brazil (Video)

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Promoting renewable energy in the Global South is essential, and for several important reasons. First, countries in the Global South are often highly reliant on fossil fuels for energy production, which contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants that have harmful environmental and health impacts.

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Shell and Cosan make Raízen JV permanent; commitment to Brazil sugar, ethanol and fuels distribution

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The changes to the JV agreement remove the time-bound options for Shell and Cosan to buyout each other’s shares in the JV from 2021 and replace them with event-triggered options. Event-triggered options are a common feature in JV agreements and are designed to address specific risks that may arise during the life of the JV.

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