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New study puts air-pollution related deaths in India in 2019 at 1.67 million

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million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 million deaths in 2019—the largest pollution-related death toll in any country in the world—and also accounted for $36.8 There are similar statistics from Europe, Australia, and Japan.

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Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

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A study by a team of researchers from China, the US and Germany suggests that future climate change may worsen air quality for more than 85% of China’s population, leading to an additional 20,000 deaths each year. are shown from current (2006 to 2010) to future (2046 to 2050) years. RCP 4.5). (The C) and ozone (D) exposure are shown.

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Daimler Trucks’ Autonomous Technology Group adding testing center in New Mexico

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Daimler Trucks and Torc started their collaboration in spring 2019. The team in Oregon, will continue focusing on the development of vehicle safety systems, which are critical for delivering the safety standards for self-driving trucks today and in the future. This number is expected to nearly double in the next two and a half decades.

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BLS researchers suggest automation will not eliminate truck-driving jobs

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While some stories in the media present automation as having the potential to eliminate large swaths of jobs in the near future, a new study by researchers Maury Gittleman and Kristen Monaco at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics argues otherwise. Some segments of trucking will be easier to automate than others.

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ADAC testing finds new diesel cars cleaner than required; Euro 6c and 6d-Temp vehicles well below the permissible NOx limits

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The tolerance values—conformity factors (CF)—had been set by the European Commission in order to take into account the technical and statistical inaccuracies of the RDE measurements. Our measurement results show that diesel technology can have a future.

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Yibin Tianyi commissions a 20ktpy lithium hydroxide plant in first phase of 100 ktpy plan

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Roskill notes that in response to growing demand for high-nickel cathode materials, Chinese lithium convertors have constructed and commissioned significant lithium hydroxide capacity since 2019. Roskill statistics show that the market share of NCM523 in Q1-Q3 2020 was reduced to 24% with NCM712, NCM811 and NCA expanding quickly y-o-y.

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CRU: lithium price downtrend continues, with disappointing EV sales in China the driver

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In August 2019, CRU reported on the steady slide in prices that has occurred in the lithium market since the beginning of the year. Lithium carbonate prices in China dropped between January and August 2019 by nearly 20% since the beginning of 2019 to RMB 65,000/t, equivalent to $9.25/kg in July based on official CAAM statistics.

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