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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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The YP group is a global network of IEEE members who graduated with their first professional degree within the past 15 years. The task force collaborates on organizing virtual and in-person events with IEEE groups including Women in Engineering and external organizations such as the International Renewable Energy Agency.

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Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ national oil companies plan to extract lithium from brine in their oilfields, in line with efforts to diversify their economies and profit from the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), three sources told Reuters.

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SpaceX and Dish’s Super-Shady War for the World

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Or—given the outsize personalities involved (including Elon Musk and Michael Dell) and the epic, five-year duration of the dispute to date—maybe more like a space opera. it is purely market driven,” says Shahed Mazumder, global director of telecom solutions at Aerospike , a database firm. In the U.S., Neither wants interference.

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Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

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The basic aim of the challenge is to find the proverbial needle in a haystack using a combination of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and an unmanned surface vessel (USV) to search an area that the Coast Guard would have to search in person to find a bad actor vessel.

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How the World Views Autonomous Vehicles

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Photo credit: Florenc.Elezi / Shutterstock.com In a recent global survey conducted by Maison Law, a personal injury law firm based in Fresno, California, the levels of trust and comfort with autonomous vehicles were explored across different countries.

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Zeekr introduced access into Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain

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These days, September 29, Geely’s Zeekr logo introduced its access into Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain. Those nations are one of the global’s greatest oil exporters, and but, they’re marching into the unutilized power car transition.

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Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

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Battery electric cars accounted for 70% of the electric car stock in 2023, states the IEA annual report of the EV global parc. While sales of electric cars are increasing globally, they remain significantly concentrated in just a few major markets. Electric car sales in 2023 were 3.5