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Alpine is to become a global brand, with seven vehicles being planned for the United States by 2027. Alpine is on track to become a global brand with 50 [percent] of volumes outside of Europe by 2030,” said de Meo. One could have also said that of Porsche in 2002. Known models, slated for the U.S.,

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MAY 20, 2016

NanoSteel, a developer of nanostructured steel materials, and the company’s joint development launch partner, AK Steel Corporation, have won the Platts Global Metals “Breakthrough Solution of the Year” Award. Earlier post.). Its primary focus is proprietary alloys for use as sheet steel in automotive lightweighting applications.

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JULY 27, 2018

the leading producer of flat-rolled aluminum products and the world’s largest recycler of aluminum, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aleris Corporation, a global supplier of aerospace and automotive rolled aluminum products, for approximately $2.6 Novelis Inc., billion including the assumption of debt.

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MAY 2, 2019

Weichai’s commitment to support the deployment of 2,000 FCEVs in China is the largest to date globally. Established in 2002 and with listings on the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchanges, Weichai Power Co., This is a very exciting next step for our Weichai-Ballard joint venture. billion RMB (approximately $22.7

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

He was appointed Executive Vice-President of Production at SEAT in 2002, becoming Deputy President of the brand in 2009, and was subsequently named Group Chief Officer for the Environment, Energy and New Business Areas in 2012. Fred Kappler will assume responsibility for Group Sales.

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MAY 7, 2014

This specially equipped fleet of Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles are part of GM’s 119-vehicle Project Driveway program, which launched in 2007. —Charlie Freese, executive director of GM’s global fuel cell engineering activities. Last year, GM announced two fuel cell-related collaborations.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

These materials, BLDRmetal J-10 and BLDRmetal J-11, enable the 3D printing of components for highly abrasive environments that can benefit from additive manufacturing’s ability to eliminate tooling, create advanced geometries, and build custom parts on demand.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Hyundai is set to launch a new EV brand as it looks to gain its share of the largest market globally. That’s up from 12% just two years ago and around a third of the global market. Hyundai and BAIC’s relationship dates back to 2002 when they established a joint venture to build a car plant in China. million units sold.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Global elevator company Schindler and Renault signed. The two companies have been partners since 2002, when Schindler selected Renault to supply its vehicle fleet of some 16,000 vehicles. The fleet is used primarily by Schindler technicians, who maintain the company's global portfolio of elevators and escalators.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

As part of its restructuring, Volkswagen Group is combining its activities in the US, Mexico and Canada into the newly formed North American Region (NAR). He was appointed Member of ŠKODA AUTO’s Board of Management in 2002, and became Vice Chairman one year later. The Supervisory Board has appointed Prof.

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APRIL 21, 2016

Designed to provide automakers with a new standard in material performance, the sheet steel is poised to accelerate vehicle lightweighting initiatives focused on affordably meeting rising global fuel-economy regulations. —NanoSteel CEO and president David Paratore.

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MAY 13, 2013

These research and development efforts have helped reduce automotive fuel cell costs by more than 35% since 2008 and by more than 80% since 2002. At the same time, fuel cell durability has doubled and the amount of expensive platinum needed in fuel cells has fallen by 80% since 2005. By bringing together key stakeholders from across the U.S.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Most major automakers, including GM, have made significant progress in the development of fuel cell electric vehicles, but achieving commercial deployment with global impact will require further cost reductions. 1 in total fuel cell patents granted in 2013, and continues to lead all companies in total fuel cell patents granted since 2002.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

He landed a position with United Illuminating, an investor-owned utility in Connecticut now part of Avangrid. In 2002 an opportunity to work for IEEE opened up. He served as chair from 1999 to 2002, when he joined IEEE as a staff member. "I He says it was the capstone of his career.

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AUGUST 30, 2018

Established in 2002 and with listings on the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchanges, Weichai Power Co., is a leading automotive and equipment manufacturer specializing in the production of powertrains, automobiles, intelligent logistics, automotive parts and components.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

These products will join GM’s global vehicles, allowing GM India to quickly add entries in growing market segments. Both companies felt this was the proper time to deepen cooperation beyond China’s borders in order to enhance our partnership as part of our individual companies’ long-term growth strategies.”

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

3G networks launched back in 2002 and were an integral part of the growth of cell phones and wireless communications. Eventually, faster speeds were needed and shutting down the 3G networks globally is part of a larger commitment to re-use 4G and 5G infrastructure, which is more efficient than 3G.

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APRIL 19, 2010

The new global model is based on the Lacetti Premiere sold by GM Daewoo in Korea. VIDAMCO was established in 1996 by the former Daewoo Motor and became part of GM Daewoo upon the company’s establishment in 2002. VIDAMCO ranks second in Vietnam’s passenger vehicle market in terms of market share (34.5%).

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

Central Pacific Ocean surface temperatures have now exceeded temperatures observed during 2002-2003 and 2006-2007 events, and are approaching temperatures observed during the 1997-1998 season. The El Niño phenomenon is part of the El Niño-Southern Ocean. and oceanic conditions that can affect average global surface.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Ford began producing cars in Russia in 2002. The proposed joint venture will have access to the global range of Ford’s latest products delivered under its One Ford plan. It also will be responsible for the import and distribution of Ford brand products, parts and accessories in Russia.

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MAY 20, 2010

Lear is a fully integrated manufacturer of seats, from the metal structure and mechanisms to the foam and seat trim, notes Ryan Burns, vice president of Product Engineering for Lear’s Global Seating Operations. This active whiplash protection system reduces whiplash injury by 43% and meets all global safety regulations. ProTec PluS.

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JULY 13, 2009

El Niño events are linked with reduced rainfall in eastern, northern and parts of southern Australia in the second half of the year, and higher daytime temperatures. The last El Niño events occurred in 2002 and 2006, when, according to the bureau, “rainfall deficiencies were widespread and severe”.There

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The Carbon Core body structure of the new BMW 7 Series has been awarded the EuroCarBody Award 2015 at the 17 th Global Car Body Benchmarking Conference. The EuroCarBody Award has been announced at the annual conference of experts every year since 2002 and is regarded as a leading award for innovations in car body construction.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Ice shelves are retreating in the southern section of the Antarctic Peninsula due to changes in global climate, according to a newly study published by the US Geological Survey, prepared in cooperation with the British Antarctic Survey, the Scott Polar Research Institute, and the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie. Source: USGS.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

China is the global leader in methanol use and has recently expanded its methanol production capacity. Starting in the 1990s, MTBE was used as an oxygenate and octane enhancer in reformulated gasoline sold in the United States, with domestic production exceeding 200,000 b/d from 1998 to 2002.

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MARCH 27, 2010

New NASA measurements of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), part of the global ocean conveyor belt that helps regulate climate around the North Atlantic, show no significant slowing over the past 15 years. This overturning is one part of the vast conveyor belt of ocean currents that move heat around the globe.

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APRIL 10, 2010

I am a part of a robotics team who has become national champions and been invited to Istanbul, Turkey which, in part, has to do with our research project. Currently our team is taking apart a 2002 Honda Odyssey Mini-van and we are converting it into an ALL ELECTRIC not just a HYBRID. Our Goal: Changing America.

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MARCH 24, 2010

meters (21 feet) of global sea rise. A 2009 study by Velicogna, published also in Geophysical Research Letters , showed that between April 2002 and February 2009, the Greenland ice sheet shed roughly 1,605 cubic kilometers (385 cubic miles) of ice. inches) of global sea-level rise per year. millimeters (0.02 Isabella Velicogna.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

After retiring from IBM in 2002, Williams volunteered at the Computer History Museum , in Mountain View, Calif. He left in 1985 to join the Rand Afrikaans University, now part of the University of Johannesburg. He was an active member of the IEEE Magnetics Society and received its 2007 Johnson Storage Device Technology Award.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Hummer SUV sat silently behind Doug Parks, GM’s executive vice president of global product development, during his segments. The two body styles parallel the pair of H2 versions sold from 2002 to 2009, when Hummer was one of eight brands offered by GM. Everything old is new again. After all, that’s exactly what Tesla did.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

From 1994 to 2002, he led the GM Advanced Technology Vehicles Group (GM ATV) that launched the GM EV-1. His group also developed and produced the S-10 Electric Truck and the GM Precept concept hybrid vehicle, part of President Clinton’s Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles program.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

He was therefore perfectly positioned to be the author of the definitive corporate history of the company he used to work for, in a book entitled IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon , which was published in 2019 by MIT Press. Steven Cherry Selling businesses off when they became commodities is part of a pattern.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Parry co-chaired the IPCC working group on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation between 2002 and 2008. Parry and colleagues warn that this underestimate of the cost of adaptation threatens to weaken the outcome of UNFCCC negotiations, which are due to culminate in Copenhagen in December with a global deal aimed at tackling climate change.

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APRIL 13, 2012

Global-mean temperature change caused by car exhaust emitted from gasoline and diesel engines specified in the previous and upcoming European vehicle emission standards (EURO 3, 4, 5, and 6). After the UK had begun taxing vehicles according to CO 2 emissions, the share of registered new diesel cars increased from 26% in 2002 to 38% in 2005.

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DECEMBER 10, 2022

7 billion In 2021, global sales of thumb drives from all manufacturers surpassed $7 billion, a number that is expected to rise to more than $10 billion by 2028. Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that 1,960 tonnes of mercury arising from human activities are currently emitted annually into the atmosphere, generated mainly by artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)—the largest single anthropogenic source globally—and coal- or lignite-fired power plants.

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JULY 21, 2021

As Gerstner noted in his 2002 book , “What my colleagues seemed unwilling or unable to accept was that the war was already over and was a resounding defeat—90 percent market share for Windows to OS/2's 5 percent or 6 percent." Palmisano , who once worked in the PC organization, became CEO in 2002. IEEE Spectrum.

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