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BYD wins order for another 406 electric buses in Bogotá, Colombia

Green Car Congress

BYD entered the Colombian market in 2012 and made several milestone achievements: building the first pure electric taxi fleet in South America in 2013, entering the Bogotá BRT system in 2017. There are currently 483 electric buses in TRANSMILENIO S.A, —Lara Zhang, Regional Director of BYD Latin America.

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BYD will sell EVs in Brazil

Teslarati

“I believe now is the right time politically and environmentally for us to invest in building these new technologies in Brazil,” Li said during an interview while launching the two SUV models on Wednesday. The Song, a hybrid, and the all-electric Yuan will be imported until the new factories built in Baha begin operations.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

Cars That Think

Twenty-one years later, in 2015, the IEEE member founded Psyonic , which designs and builds advanced, affordable artificial limbs. I loved everything about engineering, programming, and building things," he says. "I From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs. Akhtar is the CEO.

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China become the sector’s biggest car exporter in Q1 2023, surpassing Japan

Baua Electric

In particular, in April, the per 30 days export quantity reached 376,000 devices, a month-on-month building up of three.3%, 3%, and a year-on-year building up of 170%, in line with the China Affiliation of Car Producers. Additionally, from January to April this 12 months, Chinese language automobile firms exported a complete of one.37

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Eaton signs long-term agreement with Argentine bus manufacturer TATSA to design and supply hybrid systems

Green Car Congress

Since 2005, the company has been building commercial vehicles at a plant in San Martin, Buenos Aires, and this year will start production in a new plant located in Maldonado, Uruguay. As a member of the Argentine commercial vehicle industry, TATSA is engaged in an expansion process in both domestic and international markets.

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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance

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Videntis is already selling software that detects falls in buildings, or illegal dumping outdoors, neither of which requires identifying individuals. Indeed, after China’s 2008 Olympics, Ecuador and other countries with mixed human rights records purchased surveillance equipment based on systems displayed at the 2008 Olympics.

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Six Ways Chevron Imperils Climate, Human Rights, & Racial Justice

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Kathy Mulvey, Climate accountability campaign director, Kathy Mulvey designs and leads corporate accountability initiatives and campaigns at UCS, conducting research and analysis, engaging corporate targets, building coalitions, and mobilizing experts and supporters.

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