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Skoda begins production of second-gen Kodiaq from Kvasiny plant | Autocar Professional

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Consequently, the plant is primed to build up to 410 Kodiaqs a day. The Kodiaq RS, introduced in autumn 2018, marked the first SUV in Skoda’s sporty RS family. The Kodiaq RS, introduced in autumn 2018, marked the first SUV in Skoda’s sporty RS family. Škoda Auto unveiled the second-generation Kodiaq in Berlin on October 4.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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The catch here is, that being able to produce enough clean hydrogen (hydrogen is highly reactive and is not available in pure form in the natural state) to be used as a fuel in a sustainable manner is not impossible but hard and expensive. The oxygen comes from the air, while the hydrogen comes from a tank. Why Fuel cells are Preferred?

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The Future of Fission Reactors May Be Small

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Instead of building an airport, one analogy goes, crafting an SMR is like building an aircraft. I think, in the next 15, 20 years, there is going to be a real chance for SMRs to be commercially available and widely deployed.” Hence the name: small modular reactors (SMRs). And it’s still on the drawing board.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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In 2018, for the first time in history, persons aged 65 or above outnumbered children under five years of age globally. The report includes updated population estimates from 1950 to the present for 235 countries or areas, based on detailed analyses of all available information about the relevant historical demographic trends.

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GPT-4, AGI, and the Hunt for Superintelligence

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Yes, you will be able to build a computer that simulates a human brain and the way people think, but it doesn’t mean it’s conscious. If you want to build machines that help us and serve our goals by providing text and predicting the weather or the stock market, writing code, or fighting wars, you don’t really care about consciousness.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. reported range of just 240 km, although a 360-km model is also available.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. In October, our relatives in Israel bought this amazing Hyundai Ioniq BEV, designed and built in Korea.

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