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Multiple Injuries and Arrests at Tesla's German Gigafactory Protests

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Officials said that 16 people were arrested on charges ranging from damaging new vehicles to breaking into a local airfield. In addition to opposing Tesla’s local expansion, protestors want to bring attention to the environmental impacts of the automaker’s battery supply chains, including problems caused by lithium mining in South America.

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Volkswagen picks up pace of transformation with new ACCELERATE strategy

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In South America and the United States, Volkswagen is striving to break even in the current fiscal year. The company can now post a profit in North America with a decrease in sales volumes of around 15% and in South America with sales volumes down by as much as 30%. Faster expansion of e-mobility.

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Uruguay launches first BYD battery-electric buses; projecting 500 by 2015

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The BYD electric bus, powered by two in-wheel electric motors capable of a cruising speed of more than 88 km/h (55 mph) and a Li-ion battery pack has a range of more than 250 km (155 miles)—nearly 24 hours of service daily for most transit applications. Buquebus and CTS Auto S.A.,

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IHS Markit: more than 11.2M Vehicles will be equipped with V2X in 2024

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A major driving force for the implementation of enhanced connectivity in vehicles today is the demand for safer roads and the minimization of road fatalities. India isn’t expected to see any type of V2X production in vehicles until 2023, while the South America region falls outside of the forecast period (2017-2024) altogether.

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Booking Holdings invests US$500M in DiDi Chuxing; DiDi partners with Continental

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DiDi offers a full range of app-based transportation services for over 550 million users, and continues to innovate in shared mobility and smart transportation across China, South America, Australia and Japan markets. Partnership with Continental. Didi also recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Continental.

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La Poste Group and Renault enter new eco-mobility partnership; coincides with delivery of the 5,000th Kangoo Z.E.

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Since the launch of France’s low-carbon vehicle project in January 2009, La Poste group, which has the country’s largest industrial fleet with some 69,000 vehicles, has equipped itself with a complete range of electric vehicles, including small light commercial vehicles, quads, three-wheelers and electrically assisted bicycles.

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Toyota to explore integration of SmartDeviceLink Technology with Ford subsidiary; open source version of Ford AppLink

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Developing robust, flexible, safe and user-friendly connected services is a priority for us, and one that we believe is shared by Ford, Livio and other contributors to SDL technology. Works with vehicle-embedded voice recognition technology, and so not limited by cellular connections or available bandwidth for functionality.

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