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How the World Views Autonomous Vehicles

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Photo credit: Florenc.Elezi / Shutterstock.com In a recent global survey conducted by Maison Law, a personal injury law firm based in Fresno, California, the levels of trust and comfort with autonomous vehicles were explored across different countries.

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Hyundai Motor to establish Hyundai Mobility Global Innovation Center in Singapore

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HMGICs will occupy a footprint of 44,000 m 2 with the building area of 28,000 m 2. With Hyundai CRADLE’s presence in Singapore, the company will expand its global innovation network to Southeast Asia, with hubs already established in Korea, US, Israel, Germany and China.

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Better Place closes $200M Series C financing; valuation now $2.25B

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Better Place, a developer and provider of electric car networks—including battery switch stations, batteries and public/personal charge spots ( earlier post )—worldwide, has secured $200 million through a Series C equity financing from a consortium of top-tier investors and partners, nearly doubling the company’s valuation to $2.25

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Renault and Better Place partner in Australia to launch Fluence Z.E. with switchable battery in 2012

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Better Place is building and operating the first fully integrated electric car charging network in Australia, and it will be the infrastructure provider for the innovative Fluence Z.E. It will be sold everywhere in Europe and together with Better Place, in Israel and Denmark. The car will be fully compliant with ADR. The Fluence Z.E.

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

Cars That Think

A person who requires insulin must walk a tightrope. If it falls too low, the person may faint; if it rises too high and stays elevated for too long, the person may go into a coma. Inconsistency : Insulin action differs between people, and even within the same person at different times.

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Virent and HCL CleanTech receive $900K grant to demonstrate lignocellulosic sugars as feedstock for drop-in biofuels and bioproducts

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BIRD (Binational Industrial Research and Development) Energy is a program for US-Israel joint renewable energy development funded by the US Department of Energy, the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, and the BIRD Foundation. Virent Energy Systems Inc. The grant supports almost half of the $2.1 million total project cost.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

Charged EVs

For example, companies who sell and install charging stations for office buildings or for multi-apartment complexes. In most cases we need to ask permission to share our customers’ names, but I can mention one company: The Paz Group , one of the biggest, if not the biggest oil and gas company in Israel. They’re called Wattif.