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The Renault-Nissan Alliance and MOBI.E Tech (Portugal) to Promote Electric Mobility

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Tech have partnered for the promotion of electric mobility in Portugal. The stations will be installed all over Portugal, in places such as public car parks, shopping centers, hotels, airports and gasoline stations. The Renault-Nissan Alliance and the Portuguese consortium MOBI.E Tech is actively working towards deploying the MOBI.E

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VW Scirocco gets a completely new range of engines; up to 20 PS more power and 19% more fuel efficient

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In the late summer of 2008 Volkswagen re-introduced the model with the third-generation Scirocco. By the end of 2013, 212,450 Scirocco had left the Volkswagen factory in Palmela, Portugal. Two generations of the Scirocco were built in a space of 18 years between 1974 and 1992 with production totaling 795,734 units.

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Europe Passenger Car Registrations Down 7.4% in April

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in comparison to January-April 2008. in Portugal. New passenger car registrations in Europe fell by 7.4% in April compared to the same month last year, according to figures from the ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.Over the first four months of 2010 the market expanded by 4.8% Source: ACEA. Click to enlarge.

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Will Robots Triumph over World Cup Winners by 2050?

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Standard Platform League Austin Villa , UT Austin’s RoboCup team, describing the RoboCup Standard Platform League in 2008. But in 2022, FC Portugal and Magma Offenburg were able to surpass us with deep reinforcement learning methods. The Small-Size League final between TIGERs Mannheim and ER-Force at RoboCup 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Worldwatch Institute study expects number of countries running high-speed rail nearly to double by 2014

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In just three years, between January 2008 and January 2011, the operational fleet grew from 1,737 high-speed trainsets worldwide to 2,517. Italy, Portugal, and the United States all hope to reach track lengths of more than 1,000 kilometers. The rise in HSR has been very rapid. Another 15 countries have plans for shorter networks.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. This result follows declines in January and February, taking the quarterly volume down to 3.04 million units.

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New Car Registrations in UK fall 30.9% in January; Industry Urges UK Government to Provide Scrappage Incentives to Boost Demand

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This would be some 410,000 units off the 2008 total and almost 685,000 units down on 2007. Alternatively fuelled vehicle (AFV) demand showed a particularly sharp decline, down 47.4%, in part reflecting strong growth in 2008. In January, diesel penetration rose 0.7 400-800 to scrap vehicle plus €1,500-3,400 if purchase a new vehicle.

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