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Kia starts pilot of last-mile delivery service in Singapore for future electric PBV business

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to break into Singapore’s last-mile delivery market. On January 28, the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at launching a pilot project in Singapore using the Niro EV and evaluating the potential for a future PBV-based business model. From Kia’s Plan S presentation in 2020.

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Singapore Airlines & CAAS partner on “Green Package” flights; biofuels, optimized operations and fuel-efficient A350-950

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Singapore Airlines (SIA), in partnership with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore ( CAAS ), has started operating a series of 12 “green package” flights over a three-month period on its non-stop San Francisco-Singapore route.

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UN delegates reach agreement on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters

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Already being referred to as the “High Seas Treaty”, the legal framework would place 30% of the world’s oceans into protected areas, put more money into marine conservation, and covers access to and use of marine genetic resources. Delegations will reconvene later to adopt the text formally.

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In getaway battle, he discovered a trail, point of view, and occupation at Toyota in Canada

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Nearest graduating from the College of Waterloo in Ontario with a bachelor of technologies, in 1990 Tien was supervisor of intermodal services and products for the Canadian Pacific Railway, now referred to as CPKC. Working with them through the years, I started to like the Toyota culture,” he advised Car Information Canada from Singapore. “So

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VW of America boosting research in US for electric mobility and sustainable transportation

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Opened in 2020, Volkswagen’s Innovation Hub is located at the University of Tennessee Research Park at Cherokee Farm in Knoxville, in a region referred to as ‘the Materials Valley’ due to the concentration of research facilities. This includes the ORNL, of which VWGoA has also established research collaborations.

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Tesla China cancels three hiring events in June, hints which areas are overstaffed

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The cancellations hint at which areas Elon Musk referred to as overstaffed. Tesla has already started taking Model Y orders in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and Singapore, hinting that Tesla China’s production is back up and running. . Tesla China canceled three online hiring events set for June.

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Turboden to supply a 10 MW heat recovery ORC unit for Arvedi steel plant in Italy

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Other Turboden heat recovery ORC references in the steel industry: a 700 kW unit for NatSteel in Singapore; a 2.7 GSE is the state-owned company which promotes and supports renewable energy sources (RES) in Italy. MW unit for Elbe Stahlwerke Feralpi in Germany; and a 2.2 MW unit for ORI Martin in Italy.

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