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Polestar unveils Polestar 2 electric fastback; targeting Tesla Model 3

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Polestar 2 will make its first public appearance at the Geneva International Motor Show next week. Initial launch markets include China, the United States, Canada, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK. Production of Polestar 2 begins in early 2020 in China for global markets in both left- and right-hand drive.

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J.D. Power: quality takes a back seat to innovation as problems reach a record high

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The higher usage and unique BEV use cases translate to more problems experienced using the app in comparison to those with an internal combustion engine vehicle. PP100 gap exists between vehicles that have an Android Automotive OS without Google Automotive Services (51.1 Android Automotive Operating System (AAOS) issues: A 21.5

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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What's at stake is control of international 5G networks, which are expected to transform global communications. Huawei has long been regarded as a rogue player in the international telecoms market with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Huawei has since been blocked from 5G networks in the Netherlands. So the U.S.

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Video Friday: Robot Soccer Finals

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Taking inspiration from cephalopods, here we present an underwater robot with a compliant body that can achieve repeatable jet propulsion by changing its internal volume and cross-sectional area to take advantage of jet propulsion as well as the added mass effect. Please send us your events for inclusion. Robot Brains ].

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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By delivering the migrants there, the masters of the Maltese vessels, and perhaps the European rescue authorities involved, may have violated the international law of the sea, which requires ship masters to return people they rescue to a safe port. billion) a year internally on managing migration, not counting national-level spending.

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Are Autonomous Buses the Answer for Efficient Transportation and Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption?

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Shuttles like these emulate systems currently used in the Netherlands. To get an idea of just what benefits driverless buses could bring, the International Transportation Forum (ITF) created an autonomous bus simulation based on Lisbon traffic to see how a European city might cope with an exclusively self-driving bus system.

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Our Founders Story

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Rather than undertaking years of market research and spending millions of dollars on focus groups, we just went on Google. Over the past three years, myenergi has seen an average annual growth of more than 180%, while subsidiaries have been opened in Germany, Ireland, Australia and the Netherlands along the way.

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