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Velodyne Lidar acquires AI software company Bluecity

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The solution is deployed across four continents with 74 installations, including systems rolled out domestically in California, Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, Maryland, Texas, Nevada and Michigan and internationally in Canada, China, UAE, India, Finland, Germany and Australia.

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Neste joins eFuel Alliance

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We are happy to be part of the alliance, working together to promote renewable fuel solutions for both the short and long term. The fuel is available to customers in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and in the United States in California and Oregon.

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Karma gets approval to build electric cars in China

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The original production run of the Fisker Karma luxury sedan was contracted to Valmet Automotive in Finland. But as the Karma Revero, the car will be built at a new facility in California.

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X Takeover adds Jared Isaacman as keynote speaker

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Taking place on July 27 and 28 at The Madonna Inn fields in San Luis Obispo, California, the event starts at $40 for an early bird day pass on the registration page , with that price available until April 30. New record for largest Tesla light show clinched by owners in Finland What are your thoughts?

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UCR researchers discover new method to dissipate heat in electronic devices; modulating the flow of phonons

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An international team of scientists led by a researcher at the University of California, Riverside has modified the energy spectrum of acoustic phonons—elemental excitations, also referred to as quasi-particles, that spread heat through crystalline materials like a wave—by confining them to nanometer-scale semiconductor structures.

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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The US, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Japan, and other countries bolstered efforts to deploy hydrogen fueling infrastructure. The California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) also took significant steps in 2012 planning for more hydrogen fueling stations in anticipation of the commercial availability of FCEVs in the 2015-2017 timeframe.

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Yet another study shows plug-in hybrids aren’t as clean as we thought

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Previous studies were done in Europe by T&E and TU Graz (T&E has done multiple studies on this ) and by the ICCT utilizing data from California. Gaps fell between 176% (Finland), up to 287% (Poland). In each case, PHEV emissions and fuel use were much higher than expected, though it differs for various regions and car models.

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