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AirAsia and Skyports partner to explore air taxi vertiport development in Malaysia

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A pioneer in the burgeoning AAM industry, Skyports Infrastructure has a diverse portfolio of projects across major cities, including Paris, London and Los Angeles. Within the Asia Pacific region, the company has made steady progress, with ongoing partnerships to assess and develop AAM infrastructure in neighboring Singapore and Japan.

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HEI study finds London Congestion Charging Scheme shows little evidence of improving air quality

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The London Congestion Charging Scheme (CCS)—which charged for travel into central London and reduced traffic volume ( earlier post )—has shown little evidence that it improved air quality as well, according to Part I of a new study published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI).

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GlobalData: Russian nickel sanctions would slow electric vehicle adoption

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Following overnight increases in the 3-month nickel price earlier this week—with prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) up as much as 250% in two trading days above $100k per ton—the LME made the decision to suspend trading in the metal on 8 March. Trading had yet to resume as of 10 March.

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HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

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This scenario is particularly relevant in Asia, home to the world’s largest concentration of megacities. In EMeRGe the composition of the plumes of pollution entering and leaving Europe and leaving Asia will be measured by performing optimized transects and vertical profiling. —Joohn Burrows.

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Tesla says ‘nearly half’ of the vehicles it produced in Q1 equipped LFP batteries

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Tesla had been using LFP battery cells in Asia and Europe for some time, while North American builds of the Model 3 SR+ utilized Nickel-Cobalt-Aluminum battery chemistries. In August 2021, Tesla started offering LFP battery packs to customers in North America who had ordered Standard Range Model 3 trim configurations.

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Jaguar Land Rover launches new mobility services technology business InMotion

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Next month InMotion will begin real-world testing of a number of different services such as car sharing and car ownership solutions, across North America, Europe and Asia in the coming months. The insights from this will lead to a set of closed real-world experiments, testing multiple approaches to find the most effective.

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Study: PM2.5 pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year

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For much of Asia, if air pollution were removed as a risk for death, 60-year-olds would have a 15 percent to 20 percent higher chance of living to age 85 or older. Apte was joined in this study by colleagues from University of British Columbia, Imperial College London, Brigham Young University and the Health Effects Institute.

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