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Rimac joins Europa-Terrain for Voltron Nevera rollercoaster

Baua Electric

The Europa-Terrain theme landscape close the German the town of Rust is development a rollercoaster impressed partly through Rimac and the corporate’s high-performance electrical car era. The Voltron Nevera rollercoaster shall be situated in a unused division highlighting Croatia, the place Rimac used to be based and is situated.

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Hyundai Motor Group to invest €80M in Rimac; collaborating on high-performance EV and FCEV prototypes by 2020

Green Car Congress

Under the new partnership, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation will each invest €64 million and €16 million, respectively, for a total combined investment of €80 million in Rimac. Rimac was founded in 2009 by Mate Rimac as a garage project in Croatia with the vision to build the sports car of the 21 st century.

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T&E study finds cruise ships emitting 10x more SOx in Europe port cities than all Europe’s 260M cars

Green Car Congress

An in-house study by environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) has found that the luxury cruise brands owned by Carnival Corporation & PLC emitted in 2017 in European seas alone 10 times more SO x than all of Europe’s 260+ million passenger vehicles.

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Wärtsilä enters into licence agreement with CSSC Guangzhou Marine Diesel Engine Co. Ltd for manufacture of Wärtsilä 2-stroke engines in China

Green Car Congress

Wärtsilä Corporation and CSSC Guangzhou Marine Diesel Co. Ltd (GMD), a member of the state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Group, have signed a licence agreement for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä 2-stroke engines in China.

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Toho Tenax’s prepreg helps to cut 1.1MW Tajima Rimac electric racer’s weight

Green Car Congress

The racing team is a joint project of the Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles and Tajima Motor Corporation Co., The vehicle was built in cooperation between Tajima Motor Corporation, SIM-Drive and Rimac Automobili (Croatia). The electric racecar is called the 2015 Tajima Rimac E-Runner Concept_One.

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Honda targets new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency with 8,500-mile diesel drive across Europe

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To ensure accurate monitoring of the route, journey time and distance driven, the record car has been fitted with a tracking device, provided by fleet telematics and stolen vehicle recovery expert, Tracker (part of the Tantalum Corporation).

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IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

Cars That Think

IEEE CORPORATE INNOVATION AWARD Sponsor: IEEE DENSO Kariya, Aichi, Japan “For the innovation of QR (Quick Response) code and their widespread use across the globe.” IEEE JOHN VON NEUMANN MEDAL Sponsor: IBM FRANK THOMSON (TOM) LEIGHTON Akamai Technologies Cambridge, Mass. IEEE RICHARD M.

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