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Volkswagen starts operation of $22M North American Battery Engineering Lab in Chattanooga

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The BEL is the first facility of its kind for Volkswagen of America and one of four strategically located units in the Volkswagen Group globally, with one in Germany (Braunschweig) and two in China (Shanghai, Changchun). That’s the equivalent of driving from Orlando to Seattle three times in seven days.

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Volkswagen Group partners with Microsoft on automated driving

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The Volkswagen Group’s software company Car.Software Organization will collaborate with Microsoft to build a cloud-based Automated Driving Platform on Microsoft Azure and tp leverage its compute and data capabilities with the goal of delivering reliable and safe automated driving (AD) experiences even faster and on a global scale.

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Harbour Air and magniX partner to build world’s first all-electric airline; seaplanes to ePlanes

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Operating 12 routes between hubs such as Seattle and Vancouver and across the Pacific Northwest, Harbour Air welcomes more than 500,000 passengers on 30,000 commercial flights each year. globally, all while providing few low-cost, fuel-efficient options for passenger flights under 1,000 miles.

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San Francisco selects BAE Systems Series-ER for 68 transit buses for Green Bus Zones

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The stop/start function can be programmed with a global positioning system to automatically shut down the engine at specified locations. This technology helps San Francisco get one step closer to full zero emissions operations, improving the health of the city’s environment and its residents. Initial SF Muni Green Zone routes.

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Study finds association between air pollution, coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese population

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This finding should contribute to an understanding of air pollutant effects worldwide, providing both much-needed, locally generated data and supportive evidence to inform the air pollution standard setting process on a global scale. —first author, Meng Wang. —Meng Wang. Wang M, Hou Z, Xu H, et al.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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The former executive vice president of Samsung Research’s Global AI Centers specializes in end-to-end speech recognition, end-to-end text-to-speech tools, and language modeling. He left Microsoft in Seattle where he had worked for three years as a software development engineer and speech scientist. Kim earned his Ph.D.

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Alaska Airlines launching 75 flights powered by 20% biofuel blend in the US; SkyNRG the fuel supplier

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Two flights will leave Seattle on 9 Nov. Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, will continue to operate select flights between Seattle and the two cities over the next few weeks using a 20% blend of renewable biofuel. —Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President of Environment and Aviation Policy Billy Glover.

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