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Driving Dystopia: Pickup Sales Are Probably Going to Decline in the UK

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While familiar with the concept, I was not ready to traverse the graphs and tables required to determine how much you’re on the hook for depending upon what type of vehicle you’ve chosen. For corporate automobiles that also see private use, benefit-in-kind taxes are calculated as a perk on top of the base salary.

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Toshiba and Gestamp partner to leverage IoT and AI for high-precision detection of weld seam quality

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Gestamp is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of metal components for automobiles, with more than 100 factories in 22 countries. TDX has been working with Gestamp since April 2018 on a proof-of-concept initiative that has monitored the quality of the welds in chassis parts produced at a Gestamp plant in the United Kingdom.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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However, such policies have become contentious with European examples further down the path of progress seeing relatively consistent opposition due to the fact that the ultimate goal is to eliminate the automobile. Many places in Cleveland are effectively too poor for the concept to work due to there being a deficit of amenities.

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The Future of Tech in Mobility

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The introduction of gas-powered engines and automobiles changed the world. Half a century later World War II saw many things, including even more advances in automobiles and transportation. After the War, automobiles became readily accessible. Nearly every family had an automobile. The Future of Tech in Mobility.

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Total hydrogen station in Munich first to feature standard compressed H2 and BMW cryo-compressed H2 technology

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The term “cryo-compressed” was coined by Salvador Aceves and colleagues at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and refers to their concept of storing hydrogen at cryogenic temperatures but within a pressure capable vessel, in contrast to liquid (or cryogenic) vessels which store hydrogen at low pressures.

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BMW showcasing urban mobility connectivity applications at ITS World Congress

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The concept of intermodal routing is enhanced by the DriveNow package available in Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin and San Francisco. This premium car sharing with BMW and MINI automobiles is independent of car-hire stations. The Urban Safety Concept (BMW C 650 GT) with BMW ConnectedRide. Earlier post.)

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Driving Dystopia: Companies Are Getting Serious About Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Connectivity

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The concept even became a keystone issue for lobbyists trying to convince lawmakers to create regulations favorable to autonomous cars. But it never manifested due to just how ambitious the overarching concept happened to be. The United Kingdom relied heavily on speed cameras for decades.

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