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Mercedes-Benz running automated test drive in Shanghai; infrastructure peculiarities

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million kilometers in Europe, the US, China, Australia and South Africa, and more than 1.2 An important part of the activities of R&D China is to capture and process the local traffic conditions and practices for the development of automated driving functions. China is the largest automobile market in the world.

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Volkswagen founds mobility services company in Rwanda; to begin local assembly of Polo and Passat

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The objective is to provide modern integrated mobility services in Africa in future. As part of its worldwide regionalization strategy, Volkswagen is planning to expand its business presence significantly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Volkswagen brand has founded “Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda”, a company based in Rwanda.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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The patent success in South Africa was thanks to Thaler’s attorney, Ryan Abbott. Abbott and his team filed applications in 2018 and 2019 in 17 patent offices around the world, including in the United States, several European countries, China, Japan, and India. Thaler created Dabus in part to devise and develop new ideas.

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Volkswagen & Siemens launch joint electric mobility pilot project in Rwanda

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In a first for the African continent, the Volkswagen Brand has launched a pilot project in partnership with Siemens to test the feasibility of electric mobility in an African country. Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda offers mobility solutions services such as ride-hailing and corporate car sharing.

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Mercedes-Benz unveiling facelited C-Class at Geneva with new engines, plug-in hybrid versions

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For example, Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC as part of the Driving Assistance package is able to support the driver in numerous situations on the basis of map information and predictively adjust the speed e.g. when approaching bends, junctions or roundabouts. Class also uses map and navigation data for assistance functions.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Even so, during 2010-2014, people in parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, the Midwest and the Middle Atlantic still experienced more than 15 days a year in which ozone levels exceeded the US health-based air quality standard of 70 parts per billion (ppb) averaged over eight hours. Malley, Owen R. Cooper, Joseph P.

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Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

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Satellite image taken 16 January 2018 off the coast of Europe. The new study uses observations from 2003 to 2015 in spring, the cloudiest season, over the shipping route between Europe and South Africa. This path is also part of a popular open-ocean shipping route between Europe and Asia. NASA Earth Observatory.

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