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Study: e-scooter head and neck injuries on the rise

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Henry Ford researchers looked at available data from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and found that between January 2009 and December 2019 there were more than 100,000 e-scooter related injuries reported. The estimated national total of electric scooter cases from 2009 to 2019 was 103,943 (95% CI: 79,650–128,237).

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IHS Markit: US gasoline demand could be cut almost in half due to COVID-19

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Further, according to the latest IHS Markit forecasts, the global auto industry will exerience an unprecedented and almost instant stalling of demand in 2020, with global auto sales forecast to plummet more than 12% from 2019 to 78.8 during the global recession in 2008/2009. million units. Europe autos demand for 2020 is set at 15.6

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Hennessey Venom F5, 2024 Mercedes-Benz G-Magnificence: Automotive Information Headlines

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Mercedes-Benz is operating at the first primary replace for the G-Magnificence, the tide model of which has been on sale for the reason that 2019 style pace. Pace the newest used to be in 2009 with the divulge of the 16 Galibier idea, there used to be additionally an try in 1993 with the divulge of the EB 112 idea.

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SAIC-GM Connectivity Strategy 2025 lays out roadmap to cloud-based connectivity, autonomy

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2019: Introduce Super Cruise technology, enabling hands-free driving. 2019: Introduce Super Cruise technology, enabling hands-free driving. Launched in China in 2009 through GM’s Shanghai OnStar joint venture, OnStar has nearly 1 million subscribers nationwide. Between 2019 and 2020, SAIC-GM’s telematics system will be upgraded.

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IHS Markit: global auto sales to drop 22% this year

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Impacts to global auto demand in the wake of COVID-19 have rapidly progressed to severity levels higher than the 2008-2009 recession, and significant uncertainty around prospects for a meaningful recovery remain. million units, a drop of 15% from 2019 levels. million-unit decline from 2019, according to the latest IHS Markit forecast.

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Meet the Newest IEEE-HKN Eminent Member

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IEEE Fellow Karen Panetta , the 2019 IEEE-HKN president, presided over the event. "It She served on the President's Council of Advisors from 2009 to 2017 and was a vice chair from 2010 to 2017. Savitz is the 144th person to be elevated to IEEE-HKN eminent member since the title was established in 1950.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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His team entered its “Project Spread the Light: Provide Electricity in a Small Settlement” in the 2009 IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Project Competition, which was for students who had developed solutions to real-world problems. The London Stock Exchange identified GVE as one of the fastest-growing private companies in Africa in 2019.

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