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Continental launches series production of technologies for robo-taxis

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Continental’s braking portfolio includes suitable technologies for robo-taxis, such as the MK C1 one-box brake system. This system has been in series production since 2016 and combines ABS, ESC and a brake booster.

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Diesel car registrations in Europe in 2017 down 7.9%; SUV sales up 19.5%; AFVs up 46% but share still low

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higher than in 2016. when compared to 2016 and the highest volume of registrations since 2007 when 16.02 volume growth experienced in 2016 and 2015 respectively. Comparatively, SUV registrations in 2016 were just 3.81 in 2016 to 29.3% —Felipe Munoz, Global Automotive Analyst at JATO Dynamics.

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DuPont Industrial Biosciences awarded grant for high-efficiency biogas enzyme production

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DuPont is proud to be a partner in project DEMETER and to apply our decades of experience in the global industrial enzyme business to supporting the continued growth of the biogas sector in the European Union and around the world. —Conrad Burke, global marketing director. Earlier post.).

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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—Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics. Despite this positive change, their emission levels were still higher than the averages they recorded in 2016 and 2017. g/km), C3 Aircross (-4.7), C1 (-4.5). Although last year’s average was 1.3 France was the only market to see better results, as its average fell from 112.0

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