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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

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Geely’s current major overseas markets include Ukraine, Russia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. In 2009, Geely bought the Australian transmission manufacturer Drivetrain Systems International (DSI) and then in 2010 Geely purchased Volvo Car Corporation from Ford.

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Researcher Describes Conceptual Cold Fusion Battery, or Small Power Unit

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That claim fomented an international sensation because nuclear fusion holds potential for providing the world with a virtually limitless new source of energy. The number of presentations on the topic at ACS National Meetings has quadrupled since 2007. of SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., Tadahiko Mizuno, Ph.D.,

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Russia deems SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 safe to launch cosmonauts

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Somewhat unsurprisingly, faced with economic sanctions for its illegal activities in the Crimean Peninsula that partially impacted Russia’s space industry, Roscosmos took advantage of its sudden monopoly over International Space Station (ISS) astronaut access and began aggressively increasing the prices NASA had to pay to crew the ISS.

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Scientists create “buckydiamondoids”; union of buckyballs and diamondoids function as rectifier

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An international team led by researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have joined two unconventional forms of carbon—diamondoids and buckyballs—to create “buckydiamondoids”. What we got was a basically a one-way valve for conducting electricity—clearly more than the sum of its parts.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Although EV battery costs have fallen dramatically over the past decade, the International Energy Agency is projecting a. The International Energy Agency. International regulatory frameworks must therefore not only protect supply chains from disruption but also protect human rights and the environment. passenger vehicles.