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New FIAT 500e Inspired By models align with symbols of Italian culture – music and beauty

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Fiat CEO Olivier Francois debuted the two new models today at Aspen Ideas: Climate in Miami, Florida. Two new models join the (500e)RED edition: Inspired By Beauty and Inspired By Music. Each celebrates a pillar of both the FIAT brand and Italian culture.

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GM CEO shares insights on Elon Musk and Tesla NACS partnership

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During an interview with CNBC ‘s Andrew Ross Sorkin at the Aspen Ideas Festival , Barra was asked about how she views Tesla and Elon Musk following their NACS agreement. When asked if she still viewed Musk as a competitor, Barra stated that she views the Tesla CEO as both a partner and a competitor.

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Mayors of 12 major cities pledge to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025; major areas to be zero-emission by 2030

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The Together4Climate event allowed civic and business leaders to share ideas and drive ambition in creating communities that are cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable, while simultaneously growing the green economy and promoting innovation.

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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The KCP winners, announced during a celebration at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Friday, 28 June, were chosen from almost 150 applications from all over the world. The Opus 12 core invention combines new catalysts with a novel drop-in component that reprograms existing hardware to split CO?.

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ORNL researchers advance performance benchmark for quantum computers

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These benchmarks give us an idea of how future quantum systems will perform when tackling similar, though exponentially more complex, simulations. Pooser and his colleagues calculated the bound state energy of alkali hydride molecules on 20-qubit IBM Tokyo and 16-qubit Rigetti Aspen processors.

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GM, Honda to collaborate on next-generation fuel cell technologies; targeting commercial feasibility in 2020 time frame

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Toyota’s Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle – Advanced (FCHV-adv), part of a fleet of 100 in a nationwide demonstration program, was recently on-site at the Aspen Ideas Festival. The company has committed to introducing a hydrogen fuel cell sedan in the US by 2015. Fuel Cells Hydrogen'

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Two Genomic Research Projects in British Columbia Tackle Issues in Emerging Forestry Biofuels Industry

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The idea is that the 20+ year supply of dead lodgepole pine will have provided enough time to replant with a fast-growing tree variety to replace it as biofuel feedstock. Ultimately, this combination of environmental and economic data will describe a suite of optimal approaches to bioconversion of lignocellulosic feedstock for BC.