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Thursday, 18 May 2017

The Guardian

• Air pollution kills more people in the UK than in Sweden, US and MexicoWHO figures show people in Britain are more likely to die from dirty air than those living in some other comparable countriesPeople in the UK are 64 times as likely to die of air pollution as those in Sweden and twice as likely as those in the US, figures from the World Health Organisation reveal.Britain, which has a mortality rate for air pollution of 25.7 for every 100,000 people, was also beaten by Brazil and Mexico – and it trailed far behind Sweden, the cleanest nation in the EU, with a rate of 0.4. Continue reading...

Times Online

• Electric cars will not dent global oil demand, says BP [subscription]Electric vehicles will spur demand for gas for use in power plants, BP has claimed, as it tried to shrug off concerns over their impact on its oil business.

Wales Online

• A hospital consultant has spent his nights in his garage inventing a self-balancing electric unibikeBy day he is a consultant at Morriston Hospital, and by night an inventor - and now he’s hoping to inspire youngsters to get into computer programming and engineering with his wheely good creation.

Other Regional Press

• Campaigners for cleaner air and better public transport will be rallying in Gravesend tommorrowThe rally will see protesters board a ferry to campaign in Tilbury and Gravesend against the lack of public transport across the Thames and the so-called ‘toxic triangle’ falling inside the area between the Dartford Crossing, A2 and the new Lower Thames Crossing.

Forbes

• Google Racking Up More Patents Than Most Automakers On Connected And Self-Driving CarsIf you expected automakers to lead in patenting intellectual property for connected and self-driving cars, you'd be wrong. Looking at patents for the past five years, Google is in a dead heat with Audi for most patents in that category.

Buying Business Travel

• Union threatens legal action over Uber licence renewalGMB wants Transport for London to impose conditions on taxi-hailing service

Other News Sources

• Magna shines a light on blind spots with ClearView vision systemsStatistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that nearly 840,000 blind spot accidents occur each year in the United States, resulting in 300 fatalities. Magna International, a leader in camera-based advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and mirrors, has developed ClearView™ to help improve visibility while changing lanes, backing out of a parking space, or driving with a vehicle full of cargo.