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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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With the pandemic spreading across the globe, strict lockdowns in key markets, combined with consumer panic and economic uncertainty, have all contributed to the huge decrease in sales last month. We have to remember that the industry was already operating in a challenging environment, especially towards the end of last year.

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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The European electric vehicle market continues to grow

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According to data released by BloombergNEF, Europe now accounts for 34% of global electric vehicle sales and is the second largest worldwide market after China. According to statistics, Norway’s electric car sales have accounted for 64.5% of total new car sales, and the electric car penetration rate is the highest in the world.

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GM announces Ultra Cruise: hands-free driving across 95% of driving scenarios for premium vehicles

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Ultra Cruise works through a combination of cameras, radars and LiDAR, developing accurate, 360-degree, three-dimensional statistical representations of the environment surrounding vehicles with redundancies in critical areas. The app will provide more centrally located information, including driver’s statistics, trips and history.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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The same study also concluded an overall lower consumption of tobacco worldwide is statistically linked to less people contracting lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC)—another type of NSCLC. The results of the study were published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. LSCC is often linked to a history of smoking. 2021.118835.

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Study: traffic density, wind and air stratification influence concentrations of NO2

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However, weather also has an influence on NO 2 concentrations, according to a study by the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), which evaluated the influence of weather conditions on nitrogen dioxide concentrations in Saxony 2015 to 2018 on behalf of the Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG).

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Hyundai makes strategic investment in deep learning computer vision startup allegro.ai

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will accelerate deployment of AI technology in many business areas, thereby improving the quality of Hyundai’s products, thereby increasing customer satisfaction while creating a safer driving environment. Hyundai said that the partnership with allegro.ai Founded in 2016, allegro.ai Optimize and Control. Back to Data.

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