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Daimler Trucks E-Mobility Group starts global initiative for electric-truck charging infrastructure

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The first workshops have been taking place for some time now. The close dialog between the main players is also intended to speed up previously lengthy and complex planning and application processes for network connections. Global electric truck portfolio at Daimler Trucks. Japan is the next market to follow.

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CTA Foundation, IBM, Local Motors collaborate on accessible, self-driving vehicles

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To begin identifying new innovations in accessible transportation, the CTA Foundation, IBM and Local Motors will launch a series of workshops and hackathons throughout 2017 to reach innovators of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. Adapting light and videos for users with photosensitive epilepsy.

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NSF leads $400M federal effort to boost advanced wireless research

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In the last decade, wireless usage across the US has expanded significantly, with nearly 350 million smartphones, connected tablets and wearable devices in use—more than double the number from a decade ago—carrying more than 100,000 times the traffic they supported in 2008.

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IEEE Humanitarian Program Sees Record Growth

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HAC’s IEEE SIGHT program, which helps connect IEEE members with underserved communities and local organizations for work on sustainable development projects, now has almost 25,000 members. MANY FIRSTS The committee held its first Global Summit in November. The number of project proposals increased by almost 50 percent last year.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans strategic initiative adVANce: holistic system solutions for transport; electric Vision Van

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It is the first van worldwide to fully digitally connect all people and processes involved, from the distribution center to the consignee. Another application concentrates on the efficient part and tool management for service vehicles, for example tradespersons’ mobile workshops. We are clearly more than just a manufacturer of vans.

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Greenius On The Green Scene - The South Bay Report

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In the last ten days I took Kathleen Jacecko’s terrific TeachingGreen workshop, “Tooling Around Town in (Green) Style&# at the Unitarian Church in Palos Verdes and learned things about the transportation issue I did not know. The put on very well run workshops for adults and in-class presentations for kids. Lillian Light.

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Mazdas new SKYACTIV gasoline and diesel engines are steps on the road to its Ideal Engine; focus on compression ratio

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Mazda hosted Green Car Congress at a SKYACTIV Technologies media workshop this week in Vancouver, Canada, at which engineering management explained the development philosophy, approach and results for the initial set of SKYACTIV technologies. It can thus do without NO x aftertreatments and still meet emissions standards globally.

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