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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

Cars That Think

The ship’s captain stopped the engines, and the aircraft flashed its lights at the rubber boat. Instead, Maltese authorities told the ship’s captain to wait for vessels from Malta to pick up the migrants. Athanasios Kapoutsis , an engineering researcher on the team. But neither the ship nor the aircraft came to the rescue.

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DNV and Lloyd’s Register recertify Leclanché marine storage system with new 65 Ah high energy battery cells

Green Car Congress

MWh Leclanché battery systems, in the Mediterranean Sea connecting Italy, Malta and Spain. The Wasaline Aurora Botnia car and passenger ferry, one of the world’s most environmentally friendly roll-on/roll-off passenger ferries using both a liquified natural gas (LNG) engine and a 2.4

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Drone Startup to Fly Pallets Without Pilots

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It addresses the less sexy but equally important middle-distance problem—the route that connects factories to warehouses. In October, Dronamics announced that it would use Malta as its base, with a view to connecting first to Italy and later to other Mediterranean countries. The rest don’t have regular service at all.”.

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The Chip Shortage, Giant Chips, and the Future of Moore’s Law

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Chipmakers worked flat out to meet demand and have unleashed a blitz of expansion, though most of that is aimed at higher-margin chips than those that clogged the engine of the automotive sector. At a gathering of stakeholders in the automotive electronics supply chain this summer at GlobalFoundries Fab 8 in Malta, N.Y., The result?

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

The pickup truck, takes cab-forward packaging to an extreme, with no need for a large engine bay and the driver’s seat essentially over the front wheels. inch wheelbase, the Canoo is roughly the same length as compact pickups were more than 20 years ago—when the engine bay was part of the packaging. March 14, via CleanTechnica. .

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

Baua Electric

International airfare departing from the United States is up 10 percent for 2024 compared with 2023, according to Kayak , a travel search engine. For example, it could improve automatic rebooking onto new flights when customers miss connections or weather snarls runways. Mr. Smith is also recommending Malta. On the ground, A.I.

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