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Tesla seeking government affairs specialist in Sweden amid union protest

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” The person selected for the position would have a number of responsibilities. “Tesla has no form of global policy against organized labor,” he said. . “Tesla is seeking an all-round Stockholm- or Oslo-based Nordic public policy and business development manager, to join its growing EMEA team.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass.

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IEA report draws lessons from rapid uptake of EVs in Nordic countries

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In proportion to its population, the Nordic region—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden—is strikingly ahead of the rest of the world in adopting electric cars. Norway, Iceland and Sweden have the highest ratios of EVs per person, globally.

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NSF leads $400M federal effort to boost advanced wireless research

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Experts anticipate as many as 200 billion connected devices globally by 2020. Joint solicitation with the Academy of Finland on Wireless Innovation between Finland and the US (WiFiUS). The need for ultra-high-speed, high-bandwidth and low-latency (rapid-response) wireless connectivity will only increase.

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Northern Lights Energy and Reva Electric Car Company Sign Agreement to Develop the Electric Vehicle Market in Iceland

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We are working with a number of parties in Denmark and Finland to enable the conversion process of the current cars running in Iceland to support a swift development of the electric vehicle market. This is what the Project 2012 is all about. —Sighvatur Lárusson, the Chief Operating Officer of NLE.

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Can Electronics Become Compostable?

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Sustainable electronics is becoming an increasingly important topic around the world, and today we’re going to be talking with Liisa Hakola , a senior scientist at VTT in Finland , about the European Union’s Sustronics program aimed at this very topic. And well, in Finland, the forest industry has typically been quite strong.

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6G Is Years Away, but the Power Struggles Have Already Begun

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Ericsson (Sweden), Nokia (Finland), Samsung (South Korea), and Huawei (China) build the radio units, baseband units, and other hardware and software that go into cell towers and the wired networks that connect them. Cellular standards are developed and overseen by a global cellular industry consortium, the. While many U.S.

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