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Bavarian village to decide future of key BMW factory
Bavarian village to decide future of key BMW factory
by  AFP

A sleepy Bavarian village could decide the future of BMW's drive towards electromobility as it goes to the polls on Sunday over the German automobile giant's plans to build a huge battery factory. - High-voltage batteries - The factory would be "a huge opportunity for the region to invest in sustainable technologies and jobs for the future", he said.

As planet gets warmer, ski gondola maker goes urban
As planet gets warmer, ski gondola maker goes urban
by  AFP

Austrian company Doppelmayr is well known for making gondolas for ski resorts, but its workshop is increasingly building cable cars for congested cities as climate change has opened up new markets. "But climate change will of course cause demand to shift," he said.

Hi, Robot: machines take over at China's Asian Games
Hi, Robot: machines take over at China's Asian Games
by  AFP

From autonomous bug zappers to android pianists and driverless ice-cream trucks, machines rule the world -- at least at China's Asian Games. And industrial robots have raised fears around the world that machines could make millions of jobs obsolete.

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