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Volkswagen & Siemens launch joint electric mobility pilot project in Rwanda

Green Car Congress

The success of our innovative and pioneering mobility solutions business has shown us that Rwanda has the potential to leapfrog the internal combustion engines into electric cars. Ghana and Ethiopia are planned as the next locations. Rwanda has a young and progressive population that appreciates individual and modern mobility.

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Boeing Directs Airlines to Check 787 Cockpit Seats After Latam Incident

Baua Electric

In 2018 and 2019, two 737 Max 8 planes crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing nearly 350 people. Its three models can carry 248 to 336 passengers, according to Boeing, and is used by airlines on international and transcontinental flights. The 787 Dreamliner, a two-aisle jet, is one of Boeing’s most important planes.

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‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality

Baua Electric

They suggest that Boeing is struggling to improve quality years after two crashes of Max 8 planes in 2018 and 2019 killed nearly 350 people. That pace collapsed to virtually zero soon after the second crash, in Ethiopia, when regulators around the world grounded the plane. Boeing said that since Jan.