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Report: Hitachi To Team Up With Johnson Controls In Battery Technology, Possibly In Power Electronics and Electric Machines As Well

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The Nikkei reports that Hitachi Ltd. the collaboration leads to major contracts with carmakers, the two firms plan to build joint venture plants in the US, Europe and Asia. the collaboration leads to major contracts with carmakers, the two firms plan to build joint venture plants in the US, Europe and Asia.

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NOAA: Global Combined Land and Ocean Surface Temperature Was Second Warmest for September

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NCDC scientists also reported that the average land surface temperature for September was the second warmest on record, behind 2005. Highlights of the report include: The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.12 °F (0.62 °C) above the 20 th century average of 59.0 °F Tags: Brief. Credit: NOAA.

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Water Levels Dropping in Some of the Worlds Major Rivers

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The change in runoff inferred from streamflow records worldwide between 1948 and 2004, with bluish colors indicating more streamflow and reddish colors less. The scientists, who examined stream flows from 1948 to 2004, found significant changes in about one-third of the world’s largest rivers. Tags: Climate Change Water.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

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At one point, the brand was seeing an 80 percent breakdown in favor of ladies living in Central Asia and started worrying it might be a problem. Despite numerous data sets suggesting that a majority of car brands skew toward having male buyers, Cars.com released a 2019 report stipulating that roughly 62 percent of all car buyers were female.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

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At one point, the brand was seeing an 80 percent breakdown in favor of ladies living in Central Asia and started worrying it might be a problem. Despite numerous data sets suggesting that a majority of car brands skew toward having male buyers, Cars.com released a 2019 report stipulating that roughly 62 percent of all car buyers were female.

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UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

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The report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), entitled Climate Change Science Compendium 2009 , highlights new research that identifies some events thought likely to occur in longer-term time horizons as already happening or set to happen far sooner than had previously been thought. Earlier post.).

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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AFP Some 21m electric bicycles were sold in China in 2008, according to Frank Jamerson, author of Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports. Some 800,000 are also sold each year in South East Asia, he says, where they replace the noisy and smelly petrol scooters that are ubiquitous in many places. Tags: evdriven. All rights reserved.