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Poll: Would You Want to Work a Shorter Week?

Cars That Think

Iceland ran a pilot between 2015 and 2019, and this year it said the program was an overwhelming success, the BBC reported. Other countries that are trying out a shortened workweek include Australia, Japan, Scotland, and Spain, according to World Population Review. But either they did not respond or they had not yet decided.

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Mitsubishi Motors signs cooperation agreement to promote EVs with the Singapore Government

Green Car Congress

Companies can leverage Singapore’s electronics cluster and engineering talent to build new capabilities here. MMC is currently selling the i-MiEV in Japan, Hong Kong, and Australia; there are some 4,000 i-MiEVs in operation worldwide. —Leo Yip, Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board.

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What is the Combined Charging System (CCS) Standard?

Driivz

SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers) and the European Automobile Manufacturing Association (ACEA) proposed the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard in 2011. CCS2 is also used in Greenland, Iceland, South America, South Africa, Arabia, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Oceania, and Australia.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

Cars That Think

A scholarly literature has documented this process in fields as diverse as engineering, risk reduction, management, and urban studies. Icelandic volcano eruption of 1973. A similar effect followed the eruption of a long-dormant Icelandic volcano in 1973. Remote working has become the new status quo in many sectors.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

To answer these questions, we collaborated with Envirostrat to investigate some of the most common questions and concerns about the environmental impact that increased EV uptake will have on NZ, and in particular, how they really compare to ICEVs (internal combustion engine vehicles). In comparison, EV engines run on lithium batteries.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

To answer these questions, we collaborated with Envirostrat to investigate some of the most common questions and concerns about the environmental impact that increased EV uptake will have on NZ, and in particular, how they really compare to ICEVs (internal combustion engine vehicles). In comparison, EV engines run on lithium batteries.