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

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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. Customers will also be able to purchase the Polestar 1 outright if desired.

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Holtec and Mitsubishi Electric partnering to advance SMR-160 small modular reactor program

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Replacing motors and pumps with gravity-driven fluid-flow systems not only hardens the plant against disasters such as those at Fukushima, Chernobyl and TMI, but leads to large reductions in the plant’s overnight, operating and maintenance costs. Source: Holtec. Click to enlarge. All safety-related systems are inside containment.

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DRIVE C2X presents results of large-scale connected vehicle field testing in Europe

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The operational tests took place in seven test sites in Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. The Road Works Warning-System warns drivers at an early stage when approaching a road works area, e.g. road building, maintenance, mowing. In total, more than 200 vehicles drove more than 1.5 Road Works Warning (RWW).

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