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International review study seeks to improve modeling for plug-in vehicle adoption

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The team reviewed models from 16 countries, including the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Stephens, Zhenhong Lin, Patrick Plötz, Changzheng Liu, Jens Brokate (2018) “What drives the market for plug-in electric vehicles? - Till Gnann, Thomas S. 2018.03.055.

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University College Dublin Study finds Prius IV hybrids drive >60% of the time in zero-emissions mode under Irish conditions

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Each volunteer was supplied with a Toyota Prius IV hybrid vehicle (Prius + Luxury grade with 17" wheels and a full suite of premium features) for one calendar week during November 2018. The researchers measured the time the cars spent in zero emissions mode versus internal combustion mode.

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DB Schenker expands its electric fleet with 36 new FUSO eCanter vehicles

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International logistics service provider DB Schenker will bring a total of 36 additional FUSO eCanter vehicles into operation in eleven European countries. DB Schenker has already been using the FUSO eCanter in Berlin since 2018 delivering packaged goods in the city center.

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Trinity, TOTAL researchers design new molecules that boost fuel efficiency

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The research was funded by TOTAL Marketing Services and supported by MaREI, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine. Current market research indicates that internal combustion engine sales peaked in 2018 and that from now on sales of electric cars will slowly overtake cars running on fossil fuels.

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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

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in all of 2018 and 10% in 2020. “As Johnson signed a bill at the end of 2020 that would ban the sale of cars that run entirely on internal combustion engines from 2030. For example, catalytic converters developed by Catagen Ltd in Northern Ireland have helped car manufacturers reduce emissions. BEVs accounted for 15.2%

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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He was largely responsible for moving the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in 1978 from Philadelphia to San Francisco. He also served as the 2018–2019 chair of the IEEE Technical Activities Board periodicals committee. He helped found the IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering.

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Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

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According to experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, D.C., In 2018, NASA launched a satellite with laser imaging technology to monitor changes in Earth’s surface—notably changes in the patterns on the ocean’s surface; the satellite cost more than $1 billion. IEEE Spectrum. two methods offer.