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Continental calls for market-based adaptation of the legal framework to support autonomous driving

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International automotive supplier Continental is calling for a market-based adaptation of the legal framework for automated driving. However, the necessary adjustments to the traffic regulatory framework must not fail to take into account the connection with these market dynamics.

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Volkswagen Group expands presence in Russia with agreements with GAZ

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The Volkswagen Group and GAZ Group have extended their manufacturing agreement for Volkswagen and ŠKODA models in Russia until 2025. TDI engines for GAZ light commercial vehicles, opening up new business opportunities in international markets. Petersburg and other major cities in Russia as well as some export markets.

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Ricardo study predicts that BRIC automotive markets will be eclipsed by the “Rising-15”

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A study by Ricardo Strategic Consulting has concluded that while sluggish automotive demand in Europe, Japan and North America will be balanced by the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) markets through 2020, thereafter the ‘Rising-15’ nations become the engine for profitable growth—assuming political stability.

Market 210
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Canada files to define outer limits of expanded Atlantic continental shelf; preliminary filing on Arctic, targeting North Pole

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Legal context. Article 76 of the Convention sets out a process for states to determine the limits of this “extended” continental shelf and gain international recognition for those limits. Legal certainty and international recognition is vital to developing our potentially immense resources. —Minister Baird.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. Russia currently operates seven nuclear-powered icebreakers. Emblemsvåg and the NuProShip team picked three reactor designs after analyzing 93 concepts in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s SMR handbook. One is a thorium-fueled molten-salt reactor.

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Smith School report recommends individual governments take more national and bi-lateral actions to curb greenhouse gas emissions

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Bringing developing countries into the carbon markets in order to encourage low carbon development, provide finance and make the most of mitigation opportunities. International climate negotiations can only go so far. —Professor Sir David King, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

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Digitalization and the field of mobility services in particular offer high earnings potential, said Müller, adding that the Group will soon form a legally independent, Group-wide company to promote business in the mobility services of the future with the necessary speed, entrepreneurial focus and the required agility. billion in total.

2015 150