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New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

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The number of EVs on the road versus internal combustion engine vehicles – EV fleet share. The bottom overall countries in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (21) Italy (22) United Kingdom (23) Hungary (24) Romania (25) Ireland (26) Poland (27) Lithuania (28) Greece (29) Malta (30) Cyprus. Methodology.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Instead, Maltese authorities told the ship’s captain to wait for vessels from Malta to pick up the migrants. The private, Malta-based vessels picked up the survivors, steamed about 237 kilometers south, and handed over the migrants to authorities in Libya, which was and is in the midst of a civil war, rather than return to Malta, 160 km away.

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Drone Startup to Fly Pallets Without Pilots

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If this service had been available a year or two ago, it might not have prevented the logistics logjam that now plagues the world, but it would have cleared away some of the more problematic bottlenecks. Once its aircraft are certified, Dronamics must get a route approved through one of the E.U.’s The rest don’t have regular service at all.”.

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The Chip Shortage, Giant Chips, and the Future of Moore’s Law

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At a gathering of stakeholders in the automotive electronics supply chain this summer at GlobalFoundries Fab 8 in Malta, N.Y., trillion transistors, consumes 20 kilowatts, and carries enough internal bandwidth to stream a billion Netflix movies? Only last month, Alibaba said it would make the source code available for its RISC V core.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Switzerland leads the world in sustainability, followed by France, Denmark, Malta, and Sweden. The tenth EPI report ranks 180 countries on 24 performance indicators across 10 issue categories covering environmental health and ecosystem vitality. Disability-Adjusted Life Years lost due to PM 2.5. Source: EPI. Click to enlarge.

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

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billion in 2019, according to the International Air Transport Association. But in the United States, domestic and international airfares are expected to move in opposite directions. International airfare departing from the United States is up 10 percent for 2024 compared with 2023, according to Kayak , a travel search engine.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

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The link to the reveal was posted only on its European site, which may indicate that its first production EV outside China will be available only in Europe. Austria, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta also signed up. The X Prologue will be the first Toyota EV concept released outside China.

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