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ADB leads $135M climate financing package for VinFast e-bus fleet and EV charging network in Vietnam

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) mobilized a $135-million climate financing package for VinFast Trading and Production Joint Stock Company (VinFast) for manufacturing Vietnam’s first fully-electric public transport bus fleet and first national electric vehicle (EV) charging network.

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Audi offers up to €10,000 trade-in bonus for switching from Euro 1-4 diesels to Euro 6; biomethane benefit

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Audi AG is offering trade-in bonuses to customers who switch to an Audi with Euro 6 standard from diesel-powered cars with emission standards Euro 1 through Euro 4. The bonuses offered by Audi are aimed at all drivers of diesel cars with the emission standards Euro 1 through Euro 4, regardless of the model or brand.

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Electric Vehicle Arteries (EVA+) fast charging: Enel, Verbund, Renault, Nissan, BMW & Volkswagen partner in Italy & Austria

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A grant agreement worth a maximum of €4.2 EVA+ will be officially launched in Brussels in January 2017. Over the course of the three-year project 200 multi-standard fast charge stations, each of which is capable of offering all the fast charging standards (CSS Combo 2, CHAdeMO or AC charging), will be installed.

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Asian Development Bank providing $300M towards replacing 100K gasoline trikes with E-Trikes in the Philippines; $300M for major road upgrades in Chhattisgarh, India

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In addition to its $300 million loan, ADB is also administering another $105 million loan and grant from the Clean Technology Fund for other Philippine environmental-focused projects. The project will run for five years, with an estimated completion date of December 2017. 300M to India’s Chhattisgarh State for major road upgrades.

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Geely raises $400M via Green Bonds sale to develop and produce TX5 range-extended electric London taxis

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The plug-in hybrid TX5 London Cab will be launched in the UK at the end of 2017 and in international markets in 2018. In late 2015, the People’s Bank of China released the Green Financial Bond Directive, which outlines standards on how to use green bonds. The directive was the country’s first guideline on green bonds. million (US$25.4

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15 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2024

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It’s interesting to note that Google’s 2017 transformer model , which introduced the architecture that underpins almost all of today’s large language models, was trained for only US $930. However, he notes that China leads in other categories including AI patents granted and installation of industrial robots.

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PwC industry survey provides check-up on determining factors for EV success

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More than 200 participants from the automotive, utilities, energy, technology, government, finance, education and other sectors provided their feedback for the effort. This is already a reality as governments around the world have offered billions of dollars in the form of loans, grants, and rebates through various stimulus programs.