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Forvia Hella receives series orders for digital Smart Car Access system – ET Auto

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New Delhi: The international automotive supplier Forvia Hella is expanding its market position in the field of digital access systems with additional customer orders. Forvia Hella launched UWB technology in conventional access systems in 2019. The Smart Car Access system from Forvia Hella is based on ultra-wideband technology (UWB).

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Mercedes-Benz begins construction of new €500M engine plant in Jawor, Poland

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Engine production is scheduled to commence at the new site in 2019. The Mercedes-Benz Cars powertrain production compound comprises several German and international sites, managed from the lead plant in Untertürkheim. The Daimler subsidiary Star Transmission in Romania assembles transmissions and produces parts and components.

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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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Excess death rates were particularly high in eastern European countries, such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Ukraine, with more than 200 each year per 100,000 of the population. When they looked at individual countries, the researchers found that air pollution caused an excess death rate of 154 per 100,000 in Germany (a reduction of 2.4

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How Russia Sent Ukraine Racing Into the “Energy Eurozone”

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Ukraine can now import up to 2 gigawatts of European power over links from Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary, enabling it to conserve domestic reserves of coal and hydropower. ius noted that a crucial test of the Baltics’ ability to operate as an electrical island was scrubbed in 2019 amid intergovernmental squabbling.

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ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

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Reintroducing commercial supersonic transport (SST) aircraft into the global aviation fleet could have significant noise and climate impacts by 2035, according to a new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). This equals about one-fifth of a proportional carbon budget afforded international aviation under a 1.5

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