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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. The growth has been greatest in China, which is home to half of the global electric market and 11 of the 25 top electric vehicle market cities. A comprehensive policy package is necessary to launch the electric market.

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TomTom: Global traffic congestion up; Bengaluru world’s most traffic-congested city

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Paris (39%), Rome (38%) and London (38%) ranked in at 14 th , 15 th and 17 th respectively. In the US, the top five most congested cities are Los Angeles (42%), New York (37%), San Francisco (36%), San Jose (33%) and Seattle (31%). Kyiv (53%), Bucharest (52%), and Saint Petersburg (49%) make up the rest of the top five.

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NIO unveils production electric SUV for China market; NIO ES8 to launch end of this year

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China-based electric vehicle startup NIO unveiled the NIO ES8, an electric SUV planned for serial production for the China market later this year. NIO is a global start-up; NIO has more than 2,000 employees in San Jose, Shanghai, Munich, London and eight other locations.

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British Airways partners with Velocys on renewable jet fuel from household waste

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The planned plant will produce enough fuel to power all British Airways’ 787 Dreamliner operated flights from London to San Jose, California and New Orleans, Louisiana for a whole year. Once implemented, they are expected to provide long term policy support for this market. It would be the first plant of this scale.

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Learn About the Candidates Running for 2023 President-Elect

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Tom Coughlin Harry Who Photography Coughlin is founder and president of Coughlin Associates , in San Jose, Calif., which provides market and technology analysis as well as data storage, memory technology, and business consulting services. She also is an adjunct research professor at Western University in London, also in Ontario.

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NextEV Launches NIO Brand; NIO EP9 fastest electric car on the Nürburgring Nordschliefe

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At a launch event in London, electric car company NextEV unveiled its brand, NIO and its electric supercar, the NIO EP9, which has achieved a new lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschliefe. It has more than 2,000 employees in San Jose, Shanghai, Munich, London and eight other locations.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

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We bought a booth at the first RoboNexus trade show held in San Jose in 2004. We got permission from Hasbro to take it to market on our own if we could find enough investment to make it happen. By 2010, we were wishing there were ways we could revive the AMPbot project. Balancing Android robots built for Google.