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Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

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Universal Hydrogen has flown a 40-passenger regional airliner using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. In this first test flight, one of the airplane’s turbine engines was replaced with Universal Hydrogen’s fuel cell-electric, megawatt-class powertrain. The other remained a conventional engine for safety of flight.

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What You Might Not Know About Connected Autonomous Vehicles

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Critical considerations pertinent to connected autonomous vehicles, such as ethics, liability, privacy, and cybersecurity, do not share the same spotlight as the CAVs’ benefits. Anything employing wireless connectivity is fair game for hackers and cybercriminals. In the Behind the Wheel: Who Is Driving the Driverless Car?

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VeDeCoM Institue begins operation; focus on low-carbon connected vehicle systems

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Recently, the France-based VeDeCoM Institute announced its operational launch as an Institut de la Transition Energétique (ITE - Energy Transition Institute) of the “Investment for the Future” program following the signing of an agreement with the French National Research Agency (ANR).

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Paris Incubateurs and Renault launch second series of start-ups for the Connected Mobility incubator

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Paris Incubateurs and Renault launched the second series of start-ups for the Connected Mobility incubator, which will host the WayzUp, Clameurs, Aerys and Zenpark start-ups. A call for applications was launched in December 2012 to find enterprises seeking to benefit from the exciting environment of the Connected Mobility incubator.

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Paris Promised the Olympics Would Be Accessible. The Clock Is Ticking.

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For example, the newly built 128-acre Olympic and Paralympic Village , hailed by the organizers and advocacy groups as a shining example of universal design, offers accessible buildings, multisensory signage and zones for assistance dogs. Another time she almost missed her connecting flight waiting for promised assistance.

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Vattenfall and Aalborg University Partner with SCF Technologies on Near Supercritical Bio-oil Process

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Vattenfall and Aalborg University are partnering with Danish startup SCF Technologies in a two-year project to design a demonstration plant based on SCF’s CatLiq process—an application of the firm’s supercritical fluid technology in the catalytic production of bio-oil from organic waste. Overview of the CatLiq process. Click to enlarge.

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Groupe Renault creating first European factory dedicated to the circular economy of mobility in Flins

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To support this approach, the ReFactory will also include an incubator, open to start-ups, academic partners, large groups, local authorities and intrapreneurship, as well as a training center, backed by a university center, to promote know-how and accelerate research in the circular economy.

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