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Chinese self-driving startup WeRide plans to start autonomous vehicle testing in Singapore this year

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In September 2022, WeRide launched its Singapore company and signed a memorandum of cooperation with a subsidiary of a local public transport operator in November. In September 2022, WeRide established the Singapore branch and signed a memorandum of cooperation with Strides in November, according to the article.

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Groupe PSA and nuTonomy form strategic partnership to test fully autonomous vehicles in Singapore

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Autonomous vehicle (AV) software developer nuTonomy ( earlier post ) and Groupe PSA have entered a strategic partnership through which nuTonomy will seamlessly integrate its software system into customized PEUGEOT 3008s for on-road testing of fully autonomous cars in Singapore.

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Singapore LTA selects nuTonomy for trials of autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service; new AV testing center

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In addition to Delphi ( earlier post ), Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has also selected nuTonomy to begin trials of an autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service. Singapore-based nuTonomy is the first, and to date, only private enterprise approved by the Singapore government for the testing of AVs on public roads.

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Neste: use of our renewable fuels reduced global climate emissions by 8.3 million tons in 2017

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billion kilograms—in 2017, according to calculations made by the company. The positive result was made possible by Neste’s increased production volumes at its renewables-producing refineries in Finland, the Netherlands, and Singapore. million metric tons—8.3 million tons from 2016.

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World’s largest containership delivered, ready for LNG retrofit

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meters in width), MOL Triumph was delivered from Samsung Heavy Industries on 27 March 2017. The vessel is the first of a fleet of six 20,000 TEU-class containerships for the company. MOL will take the delivery of the second 20,000 TEU-class vessel in May 2017. The main engine is a MAN B&W G95ME unit.

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Toyota to invest $1B in Grab and strengthen collaboration to accelerate development of new mobility technologies

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Since August 2017, Toyota and Grab have been developing connected services for Grab utilizing driving data collected by Toyota’s TransLog data-transmission driving recorder. The recorder, developed by Toyota for corporate fleets, has been installed in 100 Grab rental cars. In March this year, it acquired Uber Technologies Inc.’s

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São Paulo study finds concentration of ultrafine particulates rose by 1/3 in switch from ethanol to gasoline

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Geiger and Alberto Salvo, an associate professor of economics at the National University of Singapore, led the study—their second with São Paulo big data. São Paulo has the world’s largest flexible-fuel vehicle fleet, with cars that can run on all gasoline, all ethanol or some mix of the two.

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