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Mercedes-Benz will be producing 8 all-electric EQ models in 2022

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In Factory 56 the S-Class and, in the future, the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, and the EQS will be produced in a fully flexible manner on the same line. Factory 56 embodies the future of production at Mercedes-Benz and sets new standards for automobile construction. kWh/100 km) in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. neutral production.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

Plug in America

Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. This goal is achievable; with more EVs hitting the market and EV technology is rapidly improving, the future of EVs is here.

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Nissan to produce Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines in North America; latest step in collaboration

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powertrain assembly plant will build Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz models. Two-seater smart vehicles will be produced at Daimler’s plant in Hambach, France, and four-seater smart and Renault production are slated for Renault’s plant in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Powertrain cross-supply.

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EEA reports finds Europe to exceed NOx emission ceiling, mostly due to road transport

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Some Member States, such as the Netherlands and Slovenia, expect to exceed their respective NO x ceilings by only small margins (less than 5%). The European Commission has recently launched a comprehensive review of its air policy, building on the 2005 Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution (TSAP) and Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) initiatives.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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In 2015, under pressure to address migration from Syria’s civil war, European leaders failed to build a working redistribution of asylum seekers, but they did set in motion a legal framework for a newly empowered European border agency. In other words, the border agency wants to see the future on the other side of its borders.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

A plan is necessary to provide certainty to business and consumers that a future transport system will be affordable, convenient, safe and sustainable. New Zealanders need to understand that the future of transport will look different than it does today. We also don’t need to ‘reinvent the wheel’. Japan has a 2035 deadline.

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

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So the controller of the artificial pancreas must plan on lowering blood glucose an hour from now—it must predict the future. The point is to predict future states and thereby partially compensate for the delayed diffusion of subcutaneous insulin into the bloodstream. The next step was to actually build it.

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