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Rio Tinto secures direct container service from Pilbara to Singapore

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Mining major Rio Tinto has secured a new commercial freight shipping service connecting Western Australia’s Pilbara region to the major international shipping hub of Singapore. The regular freight service commenced with the arrival of the MCP Graz at the Port of Dampier from Singapore. million kilometers.

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Singapore LTA selects nuTonomy for trials of autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service; new AV testing center

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In addition to Delphi ( earlier post ), Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has also selected nuTonomy to begin trials of an autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service. This provides a more comfortable option for first-and-last-mile connectivity. Center of Excellence for Testing & Research of AVs – NTU (CETRAN).

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NXP and NTU Singapore launch $16M smart mobility test bed

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NXP Semiconductors has signed an agreement with Singapore’s Nanyang Technology University (NTU) to establish a real-world smart mobility test bed on the NTU campus. Plans involve installing further technologies on the campus to simulate the future smart city.

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It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars

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Last February, the European Union approved a law that would ban the sale of combustion engine cars in its member states from 2035 — joining several US states , Canada , Japan , Singapore, India, New Zealand, and a number of other nations with similar bans already on the books (see chart, below ). Ethiopia, however, isn’t waiting for 2035.

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Pricol reports 39.25% jump in net profit to Rs 41.5 crore in Q4FY24 | Autocar Professional

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Pricol, which claims to be among India’s leading dashboard manufacturers, has strong manufacturing in segments such as driver information, connected vehicle solutions, and actuation, control, and fluid management systems. On a financial year basis, the company’s net profit increased by 12.77% to Rs 140.6

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Even in his home of Singapore, few people know of Tan or Trek. It was called the ThumbDrive. Today it is familiar worldwide.

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Swiss authorities’ decision leads to the cancellation of the Renewable Jet Fuel project in Geneva Airport

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With Neste’s planned additional 1 million ton renewable product capacity in Singapore, renewable jet fuel production is estimated to increase significantly by 2022. Neste MY Renewable Jet Fuel is an essential element in the Green Hub initiative.

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