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SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

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In a white paper published in 2010, SMART Managing Director Susan Zielinski noted: Recognizing that no single solution will save the day for transportation in this rapidly urbanizing and increasingly complex world, a groundswell of transportation innovation is arising worldwide. We have found globally that this [connection] is needed.

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UK Greenlights Amazon Kuiper, Starlink Faces New Rival

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Scott Palo , professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, says that establishing an inter-satellite optical communications network is one of the biggest challenges in satellite-based wireless and broadband networks. Optical interconnects, Palo says, are critical for a connected space ecosystem.

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ARB Staff Posts Expert Review Reports of the ZEV Technical Analysis

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Joan Ogden, Professor and Research Director, University of California, Davis; and Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni, Professor and Research Director, Ohio State University—were invited to provide independent scientific advice on the ZEV documents released by staff on 25 November 2009. Earlier post.).

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Toyota unveils Driver Awareness Research Vehicle

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And like any human-to-human connection, they have an emotional effect on people. These included the funding of two university research programs in addition to the DAR-V new-concept research vehicle. In truth, it should more aptly be called the driver-vehicle relationship. People relate to electronic devices socially.

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European Commission outlines comprehensive Transport 2050 plan to increase mobility while cutting transport CO2 emissions 60%; phasing out conventionally-fueled (non-hybrid) cars in cities by 2050

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Achieving this will require a transformation in Europe’s current transport system, the white paper notes. This will secure a competitive advantage on top of reducing emissions, the paper says. The Transport 2050 roadmap to a Single European Transport Area (Links to white paper and supporting documents).

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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

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Now, the village draws power partially from the Garadagh plant, and university groups come to Garadagh almost every week to learn how solar plants work in practice, he says. Areas razed by war are like a a blank white paper, says Orkhan Huseynov , a spokesman for SOCAR, the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

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University of Utah. This demonstration will be performed at the BP refinery, and a lateral pipeline will be built to connect to Denbury’s Green Pipeline to transport 1 million tons of CO 2 per year. Investigators will demonstrate advanced amines and additives supplied by Hitachi and Dow to capture 300,000 tons of CO 2 per year.

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