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Kelley Blue Book reports that values for fuel-efficient used vehicles have peaked

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Kelley Blue Book’s www.kbb.com reports that after increasing close to 25% throughout 20 weeks of consecutive gains, values for fuel-efficient used vehicles have now peaked. In fact, Kelley Blue Book analysts currently see values for some of these vehicles dip into the red for the first time since January. Segment Weekly change.

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Worldwatch Institute: global biofuel production fell in 2012 for first time since 2000

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World ethanol and biodiesel production. In 2012, the combined global production of ethanol and biodiesel fell for the first time since 2000, down 0.4% from the figure in 2011, according to the Worldwatch Institute’s latest Vital Signs Online report. Global ethanol production declined slightly for the second year in a row, to 83.1

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Autonomous driving visionary Dr. Lawrence Burns joining Neural Propulsion Systems as Executive Advisor; L4/L5 autonomous driving

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After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014). He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), an M.S.

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Foster Wheeler awarded contract for hydrogen production unit in Kazakhstan for major refinery modernization

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A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract for the basic engineering design of a new hydrogen production unit, based on Foster Wheeler Terrace Wall steam reforming technology, to be built at the Atyrau Refinery in Kazakhstan.

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Daimler’s moovel acquires mytaxi and RideScout to consolidate presence in mobility services market

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Daimler’s integrated mobility service company moovel GmbH ( earlier post ) has acquired a 100% holding in Intelligent Apps GmbH, the operator of the popular mytaxi taxi booking app. With a global volume of more than ten million downloads, mytaxi is the front runner in the field of taxi booking apps.

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This Startup’s AI Tool Makes Moving Day Easier

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Today, the startup employs 70 people worldwide and operates in 36 countries, and Rattner says he’s excited to get out of bed every morning because he’s building a product that simply wouldn’t exist otherwise. From 2011 to 2015, she worked for a moving company, and she sometimes told him about the challenges facing the industry.

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Integrating traffic simulation and propulsion modeling to estimate EV range for drivers

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A paper on their work, initially presented at the SIMULTECH 2011 conference in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, is newly published in the book Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications. As a results modeling and simulation are essential tools in analysis of BEV performance.

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