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Volvo Car Corporation intends to lead in field of autonomous driving technology; targeting the next-generation of consumers

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Volvo Car Corporation intends to gain leadership in the field of autonomous driving as the next major step forward in vehicle safety. Autonomous driving—the self-driving car—gives the human driver the ability safely to do something else besides drive, such as sending text messages or reading a book while the car drives itself.

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Former president of Shell Oil calls for aggressive action on alternative fuels to break oil monopoly on transportation

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We exist to better educate the public, to have the conversations that need to be had with government, corporate executives, NGOs, with all sectors of society, on future alternatives. Since writing the book, economic growth has been “ stunted ”, and China’s growth reduced. It’s not going to happen. —John Hofmeister.

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SEC issues cease-and-desist order against split-cycle engine developer Scuderi Group for violations of Securities Act

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The company’s private placement memoranda informed investors that Scuderi Group intended to use the proceeds from its offerings for “general corporate purposes, including working capital.” As one instance cited by the SEC in its order, Scuderi Group sold more than $3.8 million, or 4.3%

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Toyota, City of Grenoble, Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, Cité lib, EDF launch ultra-compact urban EV car-sharing project; i-ROAD and COMS

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TMC will also provide the One-Mile Mobility Management System, a centralized IT management system that will enable users to check location and availability of car-sharing vehicles and book them through smartphones. Concept of the Grenoble urban EV car-sharing project. Click to enlarge.

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chark in-car delivery service expands to Berlin

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After a successful pilot project in Stuttgart, chark—an in-car delivery service and a corporate start-up project of Lab1886, Daimler AG’s global innovation incubator—is expanding to Berlin. They positively highlighted the personal convenience, the greater ease in daily life as well as the speed of the delivery.

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BMW Group Launches car sharing service “ReachNow” in Seattle

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After downloading and registering on the ReachNow app, available in the App Store and on Google Play, members can locate and book the closest available car in the ReachNow app or find a ReachNow car on the street. Car sharing for residential and corporate groups. Chauffeur service – book a car with a driver.

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

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He’s the co-founder and CEO of ERI , one of the largest electronics disposition providers in the world, and the co-author of ERI’s 2021 book The Insecurity of Everything : How Hardware Data Security is Becoming the Most Important Topic in the World. That’s why we wrote the book: The vast majority of our clients still were not listening.

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