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Warehouse Robots to Automate Your Living Room

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A couple decades ago Kiva Systems had the brilliant and certainly very valuable realization that it was possible to make an entire environment (like a fulfillment warehouse) robotic without filling that entire environment with robots.

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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Cars sold in Europe in 2013 were collectively 4% more efficient than the year before, according to provisional data from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Compared to the current levels the average emissions gap between gasoline and diesel was more than 10 times higher in 2000. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge. There were 11.8

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Study finds that replacement programs that reduce vehicle lifetime can result in increased lifecycle CO2 emissions

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Effects of changes in the average lifespan of ordinary passenger cars newly registered between 1990-2000 on total induced CO 2 emissions in 2000. If the 2000 market shares of hybrid cars were 14.1%, a one-year decrease in lifetime will reduce life-cycle CO 2 emission in 2000 by 0.6%. Credit: ACS, Kagawa et al. Technol. ,

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Kia surprisingly tops Hyundai in market value with affordable EVs rolling out

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The Hyundai Motor Group was formed in 2000 after buying out Kia. Despite a “difficult business environment” expected this year, Kia plans to keep the momentum up by launching new lower-cost EVs. In 2003, the first Hyundai Genesis arrived, and in 2015, the luxury brand became a standalone marque. million in sales (wholesale).

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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How the money would be distributed is yet to be decided but Hoon said it would be available only to people buying cars that ran entirely, or for the vast majority of their time, on electricity. Its that part that could incentivise consumers to buy an electric vehicle." My Web del.icio.us My Web del.icio.us winchester, hampshire.

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Black carbon is a much larger cause of climate change than previously assessed; about twice previous estimates, and 2/3 the effect of CO2

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Emission rates of BC in the year 2000 by region, indicating major source categories in each region. Total global emissions of black carbon using bottom-up inventory methods are 7500 Gg yr -1 in the year 2000 with an uncertainty range of 2000 to 29000. Source: Bond et al. Click to enlarge. W m -2 (+0.17 W m -2 range).

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Australia PM Gillard announces carbon pricing plan; transport fuels exempt, but lowered fuel tax credits to bring carbon price to some businesses

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Under the scheme, around 500 of the largest emitters in Australia—facilities that have direct greenhouse gas emissions of 25,000 tonnes of CO 2 -equivalent per year or more (excluding emissions from transport fuels and some synthetic greenhouse gases)—will need to buy and surrender to the Government a permit for every tonne they produce.