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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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The findings confirm that cities in Europe face the same challenges as American ones, such as New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco, where Uber and Lyft have been shown to exacerbate pollution and congestion.

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Imec introduces first 79 GHz radar transmitter in 28nm CMOS; mm-wave radar-on-chip

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Imec, in collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), has introduced the first 79 GHz radar transmitter implemented in plain digital 28nm CMOS. The company presented these results at the recent ISSCC2014 in San Francisco. Imec welcomes industrial and academic partners for joint R&D.

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Four Next-Generation Fuel Cell Buses Introduced in Hartford

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Only the Greater Oakland/San Francisco, Calif., UTC Power has provided fuel cell powerplants for fleet transportation since 1998 and its made-in-Connecticut fuel cells have powered buses in the United States, Spain, Italy and Belgium. Van Hool of Belgium is one of the world’s largest bus and coach manufacturers.

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How the EU Chips Act Could Build “Innovation Capacity” in Europe

Cars That Think

Jo De Boeck , chief strategy officer and executive vice president at the Belgium-based nanoelectronics R&D center imec , explained a proposed R&D structure and its likely impact to engineers at the 2023 IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) last month in San Francisco.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

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Those are Los Angeles, New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area. The electric XC40 comes from Ghent, Belgium, incidentally. But its first volume entry, the Polestar 2, is now also being delivered to buyers in the handful of urban areas most amenable to a new brand selling only cars with plugs.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and other Northern European countries, contact SP Innovation. is Hymotions San Francisco-based distributor/installer. If youre an engineer or an advanced do-it-yourselfer who is comfortable around high voltage batteries and automotive workshops, you can join the discussion and the project!

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