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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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Five years later, he changed roles and began serving as director of Telecom Italia’s Future Centre , an interactive technology museum, in Venice. In 2017 and 2018 he served as head of EIT’s Industrial Doctoral School , headquartered in Palaiseau, France. Roberto had a unique talent for recognizing and valuing the best in each person.

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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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The Reference case in AEO2014 assumes that VMT per licensed driver begins to increase after 2018. The Low VMT case assumes an environment in which travel choices made by drivers result in lower demand for personal vehicle travel, consistent with the recent trend. —Hutchins and Maples. —below the 1.7% —below the 1.7%

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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In 2006 he was elected a Samsung Fellow, the company’s highest honor, for his contributions and in expectation of his future work. future needs. Kyung Chong-Min, Kim’s first doctoral candidate, joined KAIST’s faculty in 1983; by the time he retired in 2018, Kyung had trained more semiconductor specialists than Kim himself.

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Human Horizons aims to be more than just an EV startup in China

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We met in the early 2000’s when he was design director at the Pan-Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), the SAIC-GM joint venture design and engineering center in Shanghai. For sure, the automotive future is a bit murky. It was publicly introduced on October 22, 2018 in Shanghai. We believe this is about to change.”.

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The New Supersonic Boom

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Piloting the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed the speed of sound while in horizontal flight. Fourteen production aircraft were manufactured, but one was scrapped in 1994 and another crashed in 2000.). Everett Collection/Alamy. Boom Supersonic.

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BMW Group launches high performance D3 platform: data-driven development for autonomous driving

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In autumn 2017 the first group of engineers moved into the new building, which celebrated its official opening in April 2018. It was back in 2000 when the BMW Group first started to conduct research into its vision of a car that people could drive themselves but didn’t have to. Autonomous Driving at the BMW Group.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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The study was conducted as part of its What the Future series, which couples survey data and interviews with experts in the field to see what “big questions” companies should be asking themselves about the future of their industries. This issue of What the Future focuses on mobility, and if people are ready for the coming technology.