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Wright Electric to develop electric 100-passenger aircraft for one-hour regional flights

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By focusing on one-hour flights, the Wright Spirit addresses the world’s busiest city pairs, such as Seoul-Jeju (world’s busiest route, 14 million passengers annually), London-Paris, Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo, and San Francisco-Los Angeles.

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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. million users in London in 2019 and with 2.7 million users in France in 2017.

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Mubadala, Siemens Energy sign MoU to accelerate green hydrogen capabilities in Abu Dhabi

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Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Mubadala also has offices in London, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, New York, San Francisco and Beijing. Mubadala, a sovereign investor, is a $232-billion business that spans six continents with interests across multiple sectors and asset classes.

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BMW-Sixt car-sharing JV DriveNow launches in London; 30 i3s coming in 2015

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DriveNow, the carsharing joint venture between the BMW Group and Sixt SE ( earlier post ), has launched its flexible carsharing service in London. DriveNow furthermore intends to add 30 all-electric BMW i3 cars to the London fleet in spring 2015, expanding it to a total of 300 vehicles during the course of next year.

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Qantas and Airbus to invest US$200M to establish SAF industry in Australia

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The Qantas Group, which has committed to using 10% SAF in its overall fuel mix by 2030, is sourcing SAF overseas, including 15% of its fuel use out of London currently and 20 million liters each year for flights from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Australia from 2025.

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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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United to buy 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom; option for 35 more; optimized for 100% SAF

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Among the many future potential routes for United are Newark to London in just three and a half hours, Newark to Frankfurt in four hours and San Francisco to Tokyo in just six hours. Capable of flying at speeds of Mach 1.7—twice Boom is working with Rolls-Royce on propulsion.