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consumption, hence lowering CO 2 emissions. Technical Research Institute of Sweden; and Volvo Car Corporation and Volvo Technology of Sweden. These papers—available on the SARTRE web site along with the video—have respectively covered the subjects of the challenges of. held in October at Busan, Korea.
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