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Charged and umlaut continue partnership on 2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark

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We have also introduced some new KPIs, to have in-depth analytics, because the industry is interested in this comprehensive level of data and analytic insights. Ionity secured victory among the CPOs in Austria, Switzerland and Belgium. But you see also that the automotive industry is managing the transition well.

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TomTom extends coverage of real-time traffic products for congestion reduction

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The other countries currently covered are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. We have shipped about 60 million devices to date, and the devices are progressively becoming more connected.

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Honda diesel sets new Guinness record for fuel efficiency, averaging 83 mpg US in 8,387-mile drive across 24 EU countries

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The team set out from Aalst, Belgium, on 1 June, navigating the continent in a clockwise direction. In addition, lighter pistons and connection rods were used. Behind the wheel of a Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 liters per 100km) by more than 25%. The thickness of the cylinder walls was reduced to 8mm, down from 9mm on the 2.2 liter i-DTEC.

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Figuring Out Semiconductor Manufacturing's Climate Footprint

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Lizzie Boakes is a life cycle analyst in the Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems Program at IMEC , the Belgium-based nanotech research organization. This, again, is quite a sensitive topic to discuss from a research perspective when you don’t have insight into the fab itself. Welcome, Lizzie. Lizzie Boakes: Hello.

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Eavesdropping on the Brain with 10,000 Electrodes

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chief scientist at Imec , a leading independent nanoelectronics R&D institute, in Belgium, I saw the opportunity to extend advanced semiconductor technology to serve broad new swaths of biomedicine and brain science. How does our neural system map the position of an individual within a physical environment? Parkinson’s disease.