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Mercedes-Benz launching round-the-world fuel cell car drive

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The journey will last 125 days, driving through four continents and the widest variety of climate zones as well as an equally diverse mixture of routes, ranging from asphalt streets to unpaved roads. Such an undertaking would not be possible, using purely battery-powered electric vehicles.

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Opinion: Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

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But the toxicity levels have dissipated, and nuclear energy is rebounding as a cleaner power source with next generation safeguards. Powering all of these developments will require an impressive amount of uranium. Gray , President and CEO of Zadar Ventures Ltd., a North American uranium and lithium explorer.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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The largest increase in oil production comes from Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada. More efficient power plants and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could boost prospects for coal, but the latter still faces significant regulatory, policy and technical barriers that make its deployment uncertain.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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And not all countries have reliable satellite coverage—in agricultural markets like Kazakhstan, coverage can be unstable. What we offer is a camera and a box stuffed with processing power and neural networks. As soon as the camera and the box are mounted and connected to the combine's control system, we're good to go.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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And not all countries have reliable satellite coverage—in agricultural markets like Kazakhstan, coverage can be unstable. What we offer is a camera and a box stuffed with processing power and neural networks. As soon as the camera and the box are mounted and connected to the combine's control system, we're good to go.

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