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AirAsia and Skyports partner to explore air taxi vertiport development in Malaysia

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Already a global leading brand in the commercial airline industry, AirAsia is also actively involved in the operationalization of AAM in Malaysia. Complementing this, Skyports Infrastructure brings to the table its global portfolio of designing and building take-off and landing infrastructure for eVTOL passenger aircraft.

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TeraWatt Technology solid-state battery prototype tests showing 432 kWh/kg

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TeraWatt Technology announced that its 4.5Ah prototype solid-state battery design achieved a record-breaking energy density of 432Wh/kg (1122Wh/L) in validation tests conducted by third parties, including TOYO System based in Japan. Branded as TERA3.0, TeraWatt Technology continues to further iterate the TERA3.0 Since TERA3.0

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The ICCT: Nearly half of the world’s EVs are in 25 cities; China leads the way

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Cumulative electric vehicle sales and 2017 passenger vehicle sales in top global electric vehicle markets. Global electric vehicle sales increased by more than 50% from 2016 to about 1.2 Global electric vehicle sales increased by more than 50% from 2016 to about 1.2 Source: The ICCT. Source: The ICCT.

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U of Birmingham scientists launch project to tackle global clean cold challenge

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Scientists from the University of Birmingham launched a major research project to investigate how “clean cold” could help to achieve almost all of the United Nations’ (UN) global Sustainable Development Goals. It is now becoming clear that cooling will be critical to achieving almost all the UN’s Global Goals. It also accounts for 3.3

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Daimler developing battery-electric version of Econic HD truck; customer testing in 2021, series production in 2022

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With our global platform strategy, we are applying uniform technologies and vehicle architectures also for electric vehicles worldwide, and can accelerate development enormously through synergies. The E-Mobility Group is developing a globally uniform electric architecture – analogous to the global platform strategy for conventional vehicles.

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Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid Fleet Trial in London Reaches Halfway Mark; Next-Generation Euro-Specific Model Under Consideration

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The halfway stage has been reached in the three-year fleet trial of the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid in the London area. Daimler Trucks’ Global Hybrid Center in Kawasaki, Japan, is already working on the next generation of the Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid. Fumio Akikawa, head of the Global Hybrid Center.

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Study links ambient PM2.5 and ozone specifically caused by vehicle exhaust emissions to ~361,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2010 and ~385,000 in 2015

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A new study provides the most detailed picture available to date of the global, regional, and local health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles; other on-road vehicles; shipping; and non-road mobile engines such as agricultural and construction equipment. of global ambient PM 2.5

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