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China study connects ozone pollution to cardiovascular health

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Exposure to ozone, long associated with impaired lung function, is also connected to health changes that can cause cardiovascular disease such as heart attack, high blood pressure and stroke, according to a new study of Chinese adults. In contrast, only 31 million Americans live in counties where other pollutants exceed EPA standards.

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Does e-commerce affect the amount of travel in the United States?

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During the fourth quarter of 2017 retail e-commerce sales totaled $119.0 Average time spent traveling per day for all persons in connection with purchasing goods and services. Average percentages of persons traveling per day in connection with purchasing goods and services. The values in the parentheses are standard errors.

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GM China sales top 4M vehicles for the first time in 2017; SUV sales up 37%

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General Motors and its joint ventures sold more than 4 million vehicles in China for the first time in 2017. In 2017, GM added 18 new and refreshed models in China. Cadillac, which has had 22 months in a row of double-digit sales growth, posted a sales increase of 51% to 175,489 units in 2017. from the previous high in 2016.

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center launches 5-year, $35M program on autonomous and connected vehicle technologies

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The new research effort, named CSRC Next, will focus on the challenges and opportunities of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies over the next decade. CSRC is working with the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Toyota Connected (TC). One of the key beneficiaries of CSRC research has been emergency medicine.

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BMW opens new Shanghai R&D center; focus on human-machine interaction and hardware-software integration

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In China, BA TechWorks in Nanjing will expand its software team to 500 associates by the end of 2023, with software development capabilities for full stack development of Intelligent Connected Vehicles. The BMW Group established its first battery center outside of Germany with full battery capabilities in China in 2017.

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Audi & partners form Connected Vehicle to Everything of Tomorrow consortium for 3GPP Rel. 14 Cellular-V2X trial

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At CES 2017, Audi AG, Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., ConVeX will be co-funded by the participating organizations and the German Federal Ministry of Transportation and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) within the scope of the “Automated and Connected Driving on Digital Test Fields in Germany” funding guidelines.

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SMUD announces regional initiative to develop a future mobility center in Sacramento

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The Mobility Center would bring existing regional efforts to secure an electric vehicle prototyping hub and the Autonomous Transportation Open Standards initiative under one umbrella organization. The Mobility Center will build on the ATOS model by providing a full life cycle suite of services from idea all the way to market.