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Mercedes-Benz S-Class INTELLIGENT DRIVE drives autonomously over 100km interurban and urban route with near-production technology

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Based on these sensor data and determination of the vehicle’s own position with reference to information from a digital map, an autonomously driving vehicle analyses the available free area for driving and plans its own route. Also in later standard operation, some of these data will continue to be stored.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% Climate Change And The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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Founded in 1989, and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Valence has facilities in Nevada, China and Northern Ireland. For reference, a typical lead acid battery can survive 500-800 cycles while 2,800 cycles is almost 8 years of use assuming one cycle a day. a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs. gallon in January 2009.

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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Heat-Pipe PCM Based Cool Storage for Air-Cooled Systems The project team will develop a novel storage system that collects and stores heat rejected from a power plant condenser during the day until the heat waste can be more efficiently rejected during the night at lower ambient temperatures. SRI International. TDA Research.

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