Tesla Motors is planning to modify its electric cars to meet China’s charging standards, in order to boost sales in the country by eliminating concerns over its technology incompatibility. A national charging standard is being ...
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German automobile major Daimler, its car-sharing services arm car2go and components maker Bosch will join hands for a pilot project, making future cars capable of maneuvering automatically in a parking garage via smartphone application. ...
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, including textile and clothing firms, face several challenges—access to finance, rickety infrastructure, patchy energy supplies and security concerns, says a recent Economist ...
India's e-commerce sector would grow at a rate of 10-15 per cent annually, higher than the GDP growth rate, in coming years, minister of state for finance Jayant Sinha said in New Delhi, the media has reported. The minister also said that ...
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The nuclear energy industry is pushing to keep a critical export agreement with China on the books beyond the end of this year. A nuclear cooperation agreement that allows United States companies to export their products and ...
India has risen to 15th position on the back of solid growth in retail sales and strong prospects for future GDP growth, according to global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney's Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) 2015 that surveyed ...
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Volkswagen of America, arm of German automobile major Volkswagen, has partnered with renewable energy and carbon offset services provider 3Degrees for carbon reduction drive in California and Texas, while pumping in $10m to boost its ...
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Fuel retailers' solutions firm Kalibrate has identified more than 30,000 spots in California for setting up hydrogen refueling stations for fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), categorizing them in the range between best and worst on the ...
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US-based regulated public utility firm San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will put in place electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure at up to 550 business and multi-family sites in the Californian region under its pilot program Electric ...
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Toshiba International Corporation (TIC) has introduced the G2020 Series, its latest three-phase uninterruptible power system (UPS), in which silicon carbide (SiC) power modules in a three-level design enable 98%-efficient power protection ...
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China's service sector activity expanded in May, but at a slower pace, an official monthly survey showed on Monday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector fell to 53.2 in May, down from 53.4 for April, ...
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China's new 10-year new-energy vehicle development plan has more objective, practical goals than the one released in 2012, after NEV sales in the first quarter accounted for only 5 percent of this year's original target. The Ministry of ...
In a recent signing ceremony, Bureau Veritas and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the certification body for the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED green building program, finalized the terms of their exclusive global ...
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The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has welcomed the release Infrastructure Australia (IA) Audit Report, describing it as a timely and directional insight into Australia’s infrastructure requirements. The inquiry by the ...
Australia has dropped another place in world competitiveness rankings, falling further in economic performance and government efficiency rankings, raising concerns about our competitiveness as a smart economy. In releasing the Australian ...