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SEC charges Volkswagen AG, former CEO Winterkorn with defrauding bond investors during emissions fraud

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filed March 14, 2019). The complaint alleges that Volkswagen made false and misleading statements to investors and underwriters about vehicle quality, environmental compliance, and VW’s financial standing. The litigation is being led by Daniel Hayes. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, et al.,

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Big Data Could Accelerate Drug Approvals

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It’s the application of some of those advanced analytic techniques that we have seen used in other industries, such as finance, that we are looking to bring to the quality-assurance space,” Ménard says. Faster resolution to issues There are two pain points that data analytics can solve, he says.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant’s analysis indicates that only buyers in California and Oregon will purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles in order to meet the ZEV requirement in 2018 and 2019. Sales of all light duty vehicles are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of just 1% annually in Western Europe and 1.3% million tons.

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

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The government itself has set a target to have 30% of the light fleet electric by 2035. The graph below from the IEA sets out the Charging points per EV and kW per electric Light Duty Vehicle (LDV) in selected countries, 2021.4 It could be an informal arrangement or a legal entity. We have more than 70 members from the sector.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a free-trade area covering 54 African Union nations, which came into force on 30 May 2019 and effectively went operational on 1 January 2021. —James Frith, head of energy storage at BNEF. The AfCFTA agreement has the potential to create the largest free-trade area in the world.

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