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Study links ambient PM2.5 and ozone specifically caused by vehicle exhaust emissions to ~361,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2010 and ~385,000 in 2015

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The urban areas with the highest number of transportation-attributable air pollution in 2015 were Guangzhou, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mexico City, Cairo, New Delhi, Moscow, Beijing, London, and Los Angeles. Transportation-attributable PM 2.5 and ozone deaths, associated mortality rates, and population in G20 economies in 2015. Source: The ICCT.

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Renault’s Alpine F1 group will get funding from Hollywood actors

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LONDON — Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are becoming a member of Otro Capital and RedBird Capital Companions in an investor team taking a 24 % fairness stake in Alpine Racing, Renault Crew’s Components One group, Renault stated in a observation. The 200-million-euro ($218.10 The 200-million-euro ($218.10

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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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Mercedes-Benz expanding SUV production capacities in US, bringing in AM General

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Production capacities at the Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa plant (Mercedes-Benz US International – MBUSI), which will be gradually be released in this process, will then be used for the M-Class, the GL-Class and the new GLE Coupé due in summer. The Mercedes-Benz R-Class has been offered exclusively in China since 2013. To date, more than 2.1

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European Researchers Developing Multifunctional Structural Composite Material That Can Double as Energy Storage

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Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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Solena signs LOI with Rentech for Fischer-Tropsch technology for first commercial-scale renewable jet fuel facility in Europe

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Separately, the International Air Transport Association has voluntarily agreed to a 50% emission cut of 2005 levels, by 2050. Solena has identified potential sites for the project in East London and is in discussions with various funding sources to finance the project.

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Learn About the Candidates Running for 2023 President-Elect

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He is currently director of the university’s Transformative AI and Robotics International Research Center. In 2005 he was appointed as a Fellow of the Japan Science and Technology Agency ’s Center for Research and Development Strategy. She also is an adjunct research professor at Western University in London, also in Ontario.