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Ricardo white paper outlines needed developments to realize autonomous driving

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Engineering firm Ricardo has published a white paper— Key Enablers for the Fully Autonomous Vehicle —highlighting the technologies and development processes that are needed to develop commercially feasible self-driving cars that meet consumer expectations while also achieving compliance with likely future transport regulations.

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Argonne white paper outlines battery and R&D requirements for electric aviation

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A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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IHS Global Insight Report Projects That Plugged-in Vehicles Could Capture 20% of the Global Market by 2030

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Plug-in electric vehicles—plug-in hybrids and full battery-powered—will represent nearly 20% of the global market for light vehicles in 2030, according to findings in a study on the business case for Plugged-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) by automotive industry analysts at IHS Global Insight. market share for plug-in hybrids and a 9.9%

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Steel LCA study: lightweighting with advanced high-strength steel produces lower GHG emissions than with aluminum

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The study was independently reviewed by expert representatives from Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Argonne National Lab, and thinkstep to establish conformance with International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the globally recognized benchmark for standard setting. Source: SRI. Click to enlarge.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. batteries, electric drive systems, etc.), More than 2.2

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How EV adoption is soaring in unlikely circumstances, and what could make it better

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How this optimism remains was examined in a recent white paper from Cox Automotive , which outlined how EVs continue to defy all odds and gain market share, despite monumental challenges standing in the sector’s way. EV Adoption grows despite rough conditions. Despite this, EV adoption has increased every year since 2019.

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Default Passwords Jeopardize Water Infrastructure

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Drinking water systems pose increasingly attractive targets as malicious hacker activity is on the rise globally , according to new warnings from security agencies around the world. We developed a white paper recommending this type of approach in 2021,” Morley says. “I By contrast, Hazell points to the U.K. and the E.U.’s

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