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Visteon awarded 1st production program for Fusion platform; launch expected in 2018

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The vehicle line is expected to launch in 2018. For the driver, Fusion combines multiple levels of information into one system for the first time, including vehicle-related and safety-critical information such as speed or warning signals, as well as personal information from the Cloud.

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Two largest US automotive trade associations merge: Alliance for Automotive Innovation

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Global Automakers and The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers—the two largest automotive industry trade associations in the US—merged to form a new association leveraging the expansive history of both organizations while creating a single, unified industry voice. —John Bozzella.

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EIA projects nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050, led by growth in Asia

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In its International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2018 and 2050. million vehicles in 2018 to 169 million in 2050, and electric vehicle stocks in the non-OECD countries are projected to increase from 2.2

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Lyft commits to 100% EVs by 2030

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This includes cars in the Express Drive rental car partner program for rideshare drivers, its consumer rental car program for riders, the autonomous vehicle program, and drivers’ personal cars used on the Lyft platform. In 2018, Lyft started a carbon-offsets program to make rides on the Lyft platform carbon-neutral.

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UAW targets Tesla in future plans to bargain with ‘Big Five or Six’

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One of our biggest goals coming out of this historic contract victory is to organize like we’ve never organized before,” Fain said. The person also said that the UAW has shared its commitment to offering any needed resources for that campaign. The UAW is showing itself to be a militant, well-organized force.”

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Study: e-scooter head and neck injuries on the rise

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cases per 100,000 person-years from 4.46 in 2018 to 2.42 The most common age group of head and neck injuries before 2018 was ?17?years, years, but injuries in 18- to 44-year-olds grew significantly to become the most injured group in 2018 to 2019 (P? Incidence grew in 2019 to 8.63 Head and neck injuries represented 28.5%

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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

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Organized by John McCarthy , Marvin Minsky , Claude Shannon , and Nathaniel Rochester , it brought together a few dozen of the leading thinkers in AI, computer science, and information theory to map out future paths for investigation. So who was this unknown person? He assured me that the unknown person was not his father.

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