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Forget the Milano EV – Alfa Romeo changes name to something non-Italian-sounding

Baua Electric

The ongoing tensions between Italy and Alfa Romeo’s parent company Stellantis reached a head last week when the Italian government told the automaker that naming its upcoming Alfa Romeo EV the Milano was against the law because the car will be built in Poland. A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland. Get started here.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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

Green Car Congress

TomTom, the leading supplier of in-car location and navigation products and services, has extended its HD Traffic portfolio of real-time (updates every 2 minutes) traffic products for congestion reduction with the addition of Australia, Canada, Luxembourg and Poland, bringing the total count of countries covered to 18.

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Standards Certification Testing: Bringing Order to the Internet of Things

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Comarch —the $500-million IT company with headquarters in Krakow, Poland, and offices in 100 countries—is playing a leading role in developing automated standards certification systems. Comarch used CATF to build FiRa’s MAC Conformance Test Tool. Comarch came along, too, winning OCF Outstanding Contributor Awards in 2017 and 2020.

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This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

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He started selling the idea to me and even bribed me by promising an internship at Philips , where he had connections. BUILDING A FIELD Gelenbe graduated in 1966 with a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Middle East Technical University , in Ankara. “Kreiken told me studying anything else was absolutely crazy,” Gelenbe recalls. “He

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Teen Wins Scholarship for His Glaucoma-Detection Device

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I love creating solutions,” he says, “and building things for people.” Lynn Bowlby This year’s second-place recipient was Filip Piękoś, a junior from Zespół Szkół Technicznych i Ogólnokształcących in Jarosław, Poland. I designed, prototyped, and built a custom keyboard that doesn’t require a person to use their hands.

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