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Westport Innovations acquires alt fuel systems company Prins Autogassystemen for €12.2M

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In October, a Prins technology paper presented at the 2013 Global Technology Conference (GTC) in London “Development of Dual Fuel technology: Prins Dieselblend-2.0 Prins’ established footprint in large emerging markets for alternative fuels including Turkey and Africa opens access to new markets for Westport’s products. Geographies.

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Deloitte study concludes mass adoption of EVs in Europe is some distance away

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In the UK, however, consumers consider the ability to travel at least 200 miles between charges to be the tipping point, especially in London and the South East. Within Europe, 4,760 consumers in seven countries—Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey and UK—were surveyed from 28 January to 10 February 2011.

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The Best Places In The US & Europe To Vacation With An Electric Car

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I wrote a piece earlier today about the best places in the UK to vacation with an electric car — based on the simple metrics of most hotels or Airbnbs with EV charging stations and most hotels or Airbnbs with EV charging stations per capita. The company that created that ranking, Elmo Drive, has also […].

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Quadrupeds Are Learning to Dribble, Catch, and Balance

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But seriously, there are lots of important robotics problems that can be solved in fun and interesting ways; don’t let anyone tell you different, especially not the current United States ambassador to Turkey. Margolis, and Pulkit Agrawal from MIT, will be presented at ICRA 2023 in London.

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This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

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Many IEEE members credit a parent or a teacher for encouraging them to pursue an engineering career, but for Erol Gelenbe it was his next-door neighbor in his hometown of Ankara, Turkey. After retiring in 2019 from Imperial College London , Gelenbe joined the Polish Academy of Sciences. That was in the late 1950s.

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ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

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The two busiest airports, Dubai and London Heathrow, could each see more than 300 operations per day. A 2,000-strong supersonic fleet would translate to approximately 5,000 flights per day at 160 airports located predominately in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceana.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Mr. Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year. they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging.

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