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France Launches 14-Point Plan to Accelerate Development of Electric Cars and Plug-in Hybrids; 1.5B for Charging Infrastructure, New 625M Li-ion Battery Plant

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Jean-Louis Borloo, France’s Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea, presented a national 14-point plan designed to accelerate the development and subsequent commercialization of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids in France. Among the financial highlights of the plan are a public investment of €1.5

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GE Aviation and the University of Cincinnati collaborate on new research center

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GE Aviation, in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati Research Institute (UCRI), has created the GE Aviation Research Center at the company’s world headquarters in Evendale, Ohio. The scope of this agreement marks a first in Ohio between a leading aerospace company and a leading university research institute.

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First international safety standard for Level 4 automated driving systems has been published

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An international group of experts led by WMG, University of Warwick working together as a part of an ISO technical committee, has published the first international (ISO) safety standard for Level 4 automated driving systems, taking them a step further towards being more widely available.

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“Project Volt Gas Volt” proposes long-term financing plan to support widespread implementation of power-to-gas systems

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Although they are targeting an initial implementation France, they see it as broadly applicable. Further, they note, France is unique in that its nuclear plants cannot use all the electricity they could generate, for lack of demand. Lepage and Bell propose establishing a 30-year “Green Redemption Fund” in France to support VGV.

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1st French-American EV Technology Forum

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ENSTA PARISTECH : university training engineers with a comprehensive scientific knowledge. IFP NEW ENERGIES : a public-sector research and training center, aimed at developing the technologies and materials of the future in fields of energy, transport and the environment.

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Study finds twice as many cellulose fibers as microplastics in the Atlantic Ocean

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A study by three French institutes—Ifremer, the University of Bordeaux and the IRD (a public research institution)—has found that the surface water of the Atlantic Ocean is twice as polluted by cellulose fibers as it is by microplastics. Upcoming sea passages will enable an even deeper understanding of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

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The co-signatories, like Prof Herrington, are part of SoS MinErals, an interdisciplinary program of NERC-EPSRC-Newton-FAPESP funded research focusing on the science needed to sustain the security of supply of strategic minerals in a changing environment. Paul Lusty, Team Leader for Ore Deposits and Commodities at British Geological Survey.