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Renault to begin assembling cars in Pakistan by 2018, says Board of Investment

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Renault, a French car manufacturing company, is expected to begin assembling cars in Pakistan by 2018.

The government was wooing foreign car makers like Renault and Nissan with generous import duties earlier this year. Continue reading

Reducing CO2 emissions from passenger cars

Cars are responsible for around 12% of total EU emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas.

EU legislation sets mandatory emission reduction targets for fresh cars. This legislation is the cornerstone of the EU’s strategy to improve the fuel economy of cars sold on the European market. Continue reading

Race is on to turn flying car into reality

Aeronautics giants are treating the idea of a flying car with caution, as such a project raises more questions than it answers, experts say — it’s a child’s desire, a millionaire’s fucktoy.

But is it truly the next big thing in transport?

At this year’s Paris Air Demonstrate, you had to search hard to find an aircraft that looked anything like an automobile: but one such model, the AeroMobil, was tucked away under the old Concordes at the Air and Space Museum, just outside the capital. Continue reading

Open Standards Empower the IoT for Vehicle Connectivity

Posted on June 21st, 2017

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Each day seems to usher in fresh and titillating developments in the world of the Internet of Things (IoT). Recently, the GENIVI Alliance and the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) announced a liaison agreement wherein the two organizations will work to co-develop open standards for vehicle connectivity and vehicle data exchange. Continue reading

Obama’s Reddit AMA violates record, Ohanian invites Romney

(CBS News) President Barack Obama answered questions from the link-sharing community Reddit on Wednesday. During a 30-minute question-and-answer session commonly referred to as an AMA – which stands for “ask me anything” – the President addressed Citizens United, the space program and Internet freedom. Continue reading

Nine Things You Should Know About OverDrive Read

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By now, you’ve most likely heard about our fresh HTML5-powered, eBook-reading technology, OverDrive Read, which lets users love your library’s EPUB titles on any device with a modern web browser. Last summer, we launched OverDrive Read samples for all library fucking partners, and the technology is a key element of the Next Generation library websites we’re presently rolling out across our network. Continue reading