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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – October 2017

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” Because the exact rules and definitions are unclear, and business owners with criminal histories could ask someone else to undergo the background check. 22 and replace temporary rules that began in 2017. 09/01/2017. Background Check Agency Faces Massive Backlog, 09/06/2017. The new regulations take effect Sept.

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Embarer’s Eve eVTOL urban air mobility business going public via SPAC

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Eve UAM, the urban air mobility (UAM) business created by Embraer and established as an independent company in October 2020, has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Zanite Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company focused on the aviation sector.

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EIA: US fuel ethanol production capacity continues to increase

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Total listed, or nameplate capacity, of operable ethanol plants increased by 5%—more than 700 million gallons per year—between January 2017 and January 2018. This year, some respondents increased their nameplate production capacity values to be consistent with EIA’s definition. million b/d) in 2017.

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Volvo Cars announces production-viable autonomous driving system; targeting limited pilot customer rollout by 2017

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With the Drive Me project entering its second year ( earlier post ), Volvo Cars is thus moving rapidly towards its goal of placing 100 self-driving cars in the hands of customers on selected roads around Gothenburg by 2017. High definition 3D digital map. The system is reliable enough to work without requiring driver supervision.

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Airbus to test CFM open-fan engine on A380 testbed

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These will include: definition of the pylon ‘aero-lines’ (ie. Fast-forward to 2017, when as part of a European Clean Sky initiative, Safran had developed a revitalized “Contra-Rotating-Open-Rotor” (CROR) concept and subsequently ground-tested it. The GE36 UDF demonstrator on the ground test stand in 1985.

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UQM Technologies to be acquired by Danfoss; ~$100M deal

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has entered into a definitive merger agreement with the Danfoss Power Solutions (US) Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Denmark-based Danfoss A/S, under which Danfoss will acquire all outstanding common shares of UQM for $1.71 The merger anticipates that UQM will become part of the Danfoss Power Solutions segment. billion (US$6.6

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Petrobras completes first production well in ultra-deep Libra field

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It will start production in 2017, connected to Pioneiro de Libra FPSO, during the first Libra extended well test. Petrobras plans to start up a new definitive production system every year in the Libra block, starting in its northwest part. km south of discovery well 2-ANP-2A-RJS, in a water depth of 1,951 meters (1.21