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Canadian startup launches INDIEGOGO funding campaign for low-cost electric self-charging solar tricycle produced in Pakistan

Green Car Congress

The VEGAN is to be made from lightweight fiberglass and aluminum; maximum range per charge is 120 km. Of that, the battery will deliver 90 to 95 km; with self-charging and solar, the range increases to 120 km +. Production will be in different manufacuring hubs in Pakistan. Total vehicle weight is 175 kg; payload is 320+ kg.

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Pakistan will witness a huge rise in electric vehicles adoption

Electric Vehicles India

Pakistan will witness a huge rise in electric vehicles adoption. The government of Pakistan is preparing for a new shift in the local automotive industry. After the introduction of the EV policy for two-wheelers and three-wheelers, electric bikes, rickshaws, and small commercial vehicles are becoming a norm in Pakistan.

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GSMA study indicates Bangkok could gain US$1B per year in benefits through ITS; reduced travel time, CO2 emissions and accidents

Green Car Congress

ITS applications range from traveller information and traffic management solutions to transport pricing and payment systems, as well as pedestrian and vehicle safety applications. ITS solutions can be delivered over a broad range of wireless and wire-line communications-based information and electronics technologies.

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Is It Safe to Travel to the Bahamas? Here’s What You Need to Know.

Baua Electric

Many parts of the world are under Level 2 advisory, for reasons ranging from street crime to concerns over terrorism. Level 3, by contrast, advises Americans to “reconsider” or “avoid” travel (countries such as Egypt, Nigeria and Pakistan are now at Level 3). Currently, Russia and Ukraine are among the countries with a Level 4 rating.

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Axial Vector and Kirloskar Oil Engines Forming JV for Mass Production of Axial-Type Engines

Green Car Congress

The JV will be held 76% by KOEL—India’s largest manufacturer of diesel engines, both air-cooled and liquid cooled, covering a power range of 3 hp to 11,000 hp—and 24% by Axial Vector. It also manufactures more than 35,000 AC generators in the 5 kVA to 300 kVA range. AVEC Engine Joint Venture (Investor presentation).

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

Cars That Think

On a visit to Pakistan with his parents, 7-year-old Aadeel Akhtar met a girl his age who was missing her right leg. In 2014 he and another graduate student, Mary Nguyen, partnered with the Range of Motion Project , a nonprofit that provides prosthetic devices to people around the world who can't afford them.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

Cars That Think

He worked in bookstores and then started a fashion business with his friends while planning his escape from Iran through Pakistan in 1982. There he helped build Wi-Fi access points with a 2-kilometer range. He ended up as a refugee in Madrid. He then worked for a startup, Vivato , with offices in Spokane, Wash.,