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nuTonomy and Grab partner to expand public trial of on-demand self-driving car service in Singapore

Green Car Congress

nuTonomy , a developer of software for self-driving cars, and Grab , a Southeast Asia ride-hailing app, are partnering to expand nuTonomy’s ongoing public trial of self-driving cars in Singapore. All rides are free-of-charge and customers may travel within the one-north business district as well as to adjacent neighborhoods.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

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. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks.

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NUS-led study: beltway to divert diesel trucks in São Paulo improved air quality and public health

Green Car Congress

A study by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the University of São Paulo revealed that a beltway constructed to divert heavy-duty diesel vehicles traffic in the Brazilian city of São Paulo improved air quality and public health in the city.

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Lyft and nuTonomy form strategic R&D partnership to optimize passenger experience in self-driving cars

Green Car Congress

Both companies care immensely about solving urban transportation issues and the future of our cities, and we look forward to working with Lyft as we continue to improve our autonomous vehicle software system. Flynn Marine Park and the adjacent Seaport and Fort Point neighborhoods. —Karl Iagnemma, CEO and Co-founder of nuTonomy.

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Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport

Baua Electric

Don’t just kill layover time To accommodate travelers with long waits between flights, Singapore Changi Airport has three different free bus tours of the city and a walking tour of the Jewel entertainment and retail complex that take just two and a half hours; all tours are available daily.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

But EVs come with important weaknesses, and so people shouldn’t count on them alone to do the job, even for the transportation sector. This is a generous allowance, but that’s reasonable because transportation is harder to decarbonize than many other sectors. Number of EVs on the road in China in 2021.