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NIO’s expansion into German, Dutch, Danish and Swedish markets coming with buildout of battery swap stations

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With the help of intelligent hardware such as Aquila, NIO’s sensing system comprising LiDAR, ADAM and NIO’s supercomputer platform with a computing power of up to 1,016T, will ultimately be able to offer advanced safety assistance and automatic driving in scenarios such as high-speed carriageways, urban areas, parking, and charging environments.

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UK government launches new clean air strategy; ending sales of conventional diesel and gasoline LDVs by 2040

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UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove published a new Clean Air Strategy to cut air pollution backed up through new primary legislation. The European Commission is taking the UK to court—along with Germany, France, Italy, Romania, and Hungary—over its long-standing failure to meet EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO?).

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Northern Lights Energy and Reva Electric Car Company Sign Agreement to Develop the Electric Vehicle Market in Iceland

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The mission is to place Iceland in the forefront of countries that uses sustainable energy sources for its personal vehicle fleet, moving away from fossil fuels, saving billions of ISKs for the society and reducing the 680,000 tons of carbon dioxide that is annually being emitted by the personal vehicle fleet in Iceland.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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The world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7 By 2050, one in four persons living in Europe and Northern America could be aged 65 or over. In 2018, for the first time in history, persons aged 65 or above outnumbered children under five years of age globally.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Today, BYD employes 130,000 people in 11 factories, either in China and one each in India, Hungary and Rumania. Innovation appears to be Mr. Wang’s personal passion. Much as I admire the Obama administration’s energy and environment team, there’s no way that the U.S. This could turn out to be one of Buffett’s very best deals.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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Globally, a majority of those surveyed say that AVs will be easier, more comfortable safer, more relaxing, more economical, more enjoyable, and friendlier to the environment. Nearly six in 10 people consider themselves “car people,” and 81% feel that the car they drive reflects their personality, a least to some degree.