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Volvo Cars opens new Tech Hub in Singapore

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Volvo Cars is opening a new Tech Hub in Singapore, a global hotspot for advanced technology and manufacturing excellence. The Singapore facility will initially focus on building up capabilities in technology and software development, data and analytics as well as advanced manufacturing—a core strategic area for Volvo Cars.

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NXP and NTU Singapore launch $16M smart mobility test bed

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NXP Semiconductors has signed an agreement with Singapore’s Nanyang Technology University (NTU) to establish a real-world smart mobility test bed on the NTU campus. It is also a step to accelerate the introduction of life-saving vehicle communications globally.

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Singapore LTA selects nuTonomy for trials of autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service; new AV testing center

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In addition to Delphi ( earlier post ), Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has also selected nuTonomy to begin trials of an autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service. Singapore-based nuTonomy is the first, and to date, only private enterprise approved by the Singapore government for the testing of AVs on public roads.

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MIT and National Research Foundation of Singapore Launch Project on New Models and Tools for Future Urban Transportation

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Research Foundation of Singapore launched a new project to develop new models and tools for the planning, design, and operation of future urban transportation. Subra Suresh, Dean of Engineering and Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at MIT.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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An international team of scientists, led by NTU Singapore, has linked increased air pollution to an uptick in cases of lung adenocarcinoma (LADC) worldwide. This study, done in collaboration between NTU and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, showed that a 0.1 The research team found that it has increased globally by 3.6 ?g/m

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Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

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President and CEO Jaehoon Chang explained how the company’s second-generation dedicated EV platform, under the new Integrated Modular Architecture (IMA), will replace its Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) going forward. The proportion of global EV production is set to increase from 8% this year to 34% in 2030. trillion (US$7.4

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Even in his home of Singapore, few people know of Tan or Trek. Today it is familiar worldwide. Why aren’t they more famous?

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