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GM enters commercial agreement with and invests in Powermat, a personal device inductive charging company

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General Motors and Powermat, a provider of wireless charging technology for mobile personal devices, announced a commercial agreement that will eliminate the need for charging cords for personal electronic devices in many future Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac products beginning mid-2012. Chevy Volt Powermat. Click to enlarge.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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In February 2008, GRF became one of the first forests—and the largest—to receive verification as a source of greenhouse gas reductions under the protocols of the Climate Action Reserve , adopted by the California Air Resources Board in 2007. global warming potential for a reference period of 100 years (GWP).

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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

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The car, intended to be a simple, practical global city car leveraging light-weight engineering, streamlining, and driveline efficiency, is scheduled to be unveiled in November 2015. To address this we are looking at ways to make personal transport as accessible and affordable as possible. City car Fuel Efficiency Personal Transit'

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Top BLDC Motor Manufacturers in India

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THE BRAND WHICH IS MANUFACTURED WITH BACK WARD INTEGRATION FACILITY AT BADDI, HIMACHAL PRADESH HAS ALSO CROSSED THE BOUNDRIES OF INDIA AND HAS SINCE ESTABLISHED GLOBALLY AS A QUALITY PRODUCT THEREBY ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL APPEAL ON ENERGY SAVING/GREEN ENERGY CONCERNS. MOONS Industry Contact Person : Anil M Telephone : 91-0-7507882027 9.

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Volkswagen Group in strategic collaboration with self-driving technology startup Aurora Innovation; Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) fleets

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Before that, Chris was a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, and helped win the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. Anderson has been developing self-driving technology for the better part of the last decade, starting with the creation of MIT’s Intelligent Co-Pilot in 2007. He has a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon.

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Honda President Ito steps down, Takahiro Hachigo to replace him

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Hachigo went on to assume responsibilities as the person-in-charge of developing the second generation CR-V, Honda’s highly successful compact sport-utility vehicle for the worldwide markets, in 2001. and subsequently gaining promotion to Managing Officer in April 2007. In April 2006, Hachigo became Operating Officer of Honda R&D Co.,

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GM planning to “own” the customer relationship beyond the vehicle; autonomous Volts, car sharing and fuel cells

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General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her leadership team outlined the company’s plans to capitalize on the future of personal mobility by owning the customer relationship beyond the vehicle, building upon nearly two decades of connectivity leadership. —Mary Barra. Fuel Cell Propulsion. Mixed Materials.

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