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Plug In America joins global alliance

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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. The Alliance released this video to promote awareness of the Alliance. “We We can already see the EV growth; more than 3.24

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IEEE’s Honor Society Expands to More Countries

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Global expansion resulted from the merger of North America–based HKN with IEEE in 2010. There are now 30 chapters outside the United States, including ones recently established at universities in Ecuador, Hungary, and India. New chapters in Ecuador, Hungary, and India Several chapters have been established in recent months.

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BYD launches 3 new electric vehicles at the Paris Motor Show

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features a ‘multi-load path’ structure controlling how energy is absorbed by the car in the event of a collision, minimizing intrusion into the passenger cabin. Global leader in new energy vehicles. BYD is the global leader in new energy vehicles (NEVs), and the third-largest auto brand in the world based on market capitalisation.

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Study finds advanced driver assistance systems not always reliable in long-term operation

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Risk events are failures in the system that reduce performance. Depending on the scenario, the current study by TÜV Rheinland and TRL showed that the estimated number of annual risk events due to malfunctions of the systems could even be as high as 2.3 million on average.

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IEEE Humanitarian Program Sees Record Growth

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events last year, including the Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs and the Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Community Conference. MANY FIRSTS The committee held its first Global Summit in November. COLLABORATIONS The committee participated in several U.N.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Kecskemét (Hungary), a second plant under construction will be CO 2 -neutral. The event will be accompanied by an exhibition with examples of sustainable and green projects in the global production organization of Mercedes-Benz Cars. In Jawor (Poland), a new CO 2 -neutral engine plant is being built.

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JRC Report Concludes Extreme Weather Wont Affect Average Levels of European Crop Output for 2010; Yields Up, Although Acreage Down; Heat and Drought Have Huge Impact on Russia

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Europe has faced a number of extreme weather events, such as floods and rain shortages, since the start of the year. Russia ranks fourth on the global list of wheat exporters. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia were hit by floods in the spring.

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