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South China city planners proposing Pearl River Delta megacity with 42M people; merging 9 cities

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The “Turn The Pearl River Delta Into One” scheme will create a 16,000 sq mile urban area that is 26 times larger geographically than Greater London, or twice the size of Wales. Together, they account for nearly a tenth of the Chinese economy. A hat-tip to David!

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VW Team’s AV tool platform behind schedule till next key Audi, Porsche launches

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LONDON — Volkswagen Team’s Cariad plans to deliver its behind schedule 2.0 Two tool mavens will connect Cariad’s control board along Bosch. tool platform to marketplace in 2027 or 2028 next the launches of key pristine electrical fashions from Porsche and Audi.

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CCI approves JSW’s acquisition of up to 38% stake in MG Motor India | Autocar Professional

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The Chinese auto major will continue supporting the joint venture with advanced technology and products to deliver mobility solutions to the Indian consumer. According to the agreement reached between the two companies, JSW Group will acquire a 35% stake in SAIC’s Indian subsidiary MG Motor India for an undisclosed sum.

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Leading the Way for More LGBTQ Inclusivity in STEM

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Agrawal found solace in advocacy and support organizations in London after moving there in 2005. She went on to form her own groups and lead diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at the universities she worked for in London and Sydney. She joined City, University of London , as a research fellow working on computational photonics.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. The company is proactively working with partners across China to expand the use of methanol-fueled vehicles.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

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But what’s most interesting about the mammoth, £580 million project isn’t so much the turbines as the subsea transmission link that will connect the wind farm to the Scottish mainland. Peak demand in the Shetlands is only about 44 MW, so at any given time as much as 90 percent of the Viking output could flow south via the link.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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The ARPANET Is Born Kahn wasn’t the only one thinking about connecting disparate computers in the 1960s. In 1965, Larry Roberts, then at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , connected one computer in Massachusetts to another in California over a telephone line. There were 30 or 40 nodes on the ARPANET at the time.

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