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CAF to acquire Polish bus manufacturer Solaris; focus on urban electromobility

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Railway industry company CAF has entered into an agreement to acquire Solaris Bus & Coach, a global supplier of conventional and electric buses with presence in over 700 cities in 32 countries. Solaris’ main markets are Poland, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia and the Baltics. roda, and a workforce of more than 2,300 people.

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CAF to acquire Polish bus manufacturer Solaris; focus on urban electromobility

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Railway industry company CAF has entered into an agreement to acquire Solaris Bus & Coach, a global supplier of conventional and electric buses with presence in over 700 cities in 32 countries. Solaris’ main markets are Poland, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia and the Baltics. roda, and a workforce of more than 2,300 people.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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As a full professor and deputy president of the School of engineering at the University of Bologna in Italy, Metra specializes in design for test and reliability of integrated circuits and systems. Martha Palacio Palacio has spent his entire 40-year career designing, developing, and producing electronic countermeasures systems.

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Elio Motors selects Comau for powertrain and automated assembly systems for 3-wheel vehicles

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a global leader in the development and implementation of engineering solutions for sustainable automation and production, as its automation partner to build its three-wheel, high efficiency vehicle. Elio Motors has selected Comau Inc., Comau will provide Elio with powertrain and automated assembly systems.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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IEEE Life Fellow Sergio Benedetto Vice President, Publication Services and Products Sergio Bregni Benedetto is a professor emeritus at Politecnico di Torino, in Turin, Italy. Benedetto has collaborated with the European Space Agency and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design codes that are now standard for satellite communications.

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Volvo’s Polestar 1 PHEV makes European debut; pre-orders open 13 March

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The European debut follows its global media reveal in Shanghai, China, in late 2017. An additional 12 new markets for Polestar 1 have been added and will open for pre-orders simultaneously, including Switzerland, the UK, Belgium, Finland, France, Poland, Austria, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Portugal and Canada. Earlier post.).

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Chevrolet debuts 2014 Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel for US and Canada

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The GM engineering team—comprising engineers from the US, Germany and Italy—altered the base engine to address four main areas: emissions; on-board diagnostics; operation in more difficult environmental conditions; and operation at higher altitudes. Chevrolet has had a lot of success globally with the diesel engines.

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