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AUTO NEWS: What does your car know about you? We hacked a Chevy to find out.

  • Date: 17-12-19
  • Category: AUTO NEWS
  • Source: Washington Post

Our privacy experiment found that automakers collect data through hundreds of sensors and an always-on Internet connection. Driving surveillance is becoming hard to avoid.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Mercedes delays U.S. sales of EQC electric crossover

The wait for an all-electric Mercedes-Benz in the world's No. 2 auto market just got longer.

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WAGE NEGOTIATIONS: S.Africa's Northam agrees Booysendal platinum mine wage deal

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 13 (Reuters) - South African miner Northam Platinum Ltd NHMJ.J said on Friday its Booysendal operations had reached a five-year wage settlement with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).

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PGM PRODUCERS: Northam raises R500m for Eland development

  • Date: 13-12-19
  • Category: PGM PRODUCERS
  • Source: Engineering News

Platinum group metals miner Northam Platinum has completed a private placement of senior, unsecured, floating rate domestic medium-term notes to the value of R500-million.

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SOUTH AFRICA: Eskom terminates load shedding but trouble looms in January 2020

  • Date: 13-12-19
  • Category: SOUTH AFRICA
  • Source: The South African

South Africans can finally breathe a brief a slight sigh of relief, following weeks of electrical disruptions resulting directly from the national power supplier’s dismal operational incapacity. While the country was warned of Eskom’s rickety summer power plan as early as September, the reality of protracted powerlessness proved more daunting and damaging than could’ve been imagined.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: US states develop action plan to electrify trucks & buses

California is joining with seven other US American states to develop an action plan to put “hundreds of thousands” more emissions-free trucks and buses on roads and highways. The California Air Resources Board announced the initiative.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Europe Gains Ground in Global Race to Sell Electric Cars

Europe is poised to lead global growth in electric-car sales next year as governments across the region offer consumers ever-sweeter incentives toward the purchase of new vehicles.

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FUEL CELLS: How fuel cells will affect the automotive landscape

  • Date: 12-12-19
  • Category: FUEL CELLS
  • Source: Auto News

The transportation sector is one of the most prominent contributors toward emissions. In this scenario, the usage of fuel cells has become very prominent. These cells have high efficiency and their dependability as an alternative fuel across transport applications has increased in recent years. The presence of a supportive regulatory spectrum is also responsible for the rise in demand for these cells.

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