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(240309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker assembles an electric minibus at a factory in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, March 6, 2024. The Chinese Golden Dragon Company supplies components to the local company, which assembles both EV minibuses and 12-meter-long big buses to meet the country's ever-growing demand for EVs. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

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Chile's first Chinese-made double-decker electric buses provide service for PanAm Games

STORY: Chile's first Chinese-made double-decker electric buses provide service for PanAm Games SHOOTING TIME: Nov, 3, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of double-decker electric buses STORYLINE: A fleet of Chinese-made double-decker electric buses is providing service for the 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games hosted by Santiago, the capital city of Chile. The 10 buses manufactured by Chinese company BYD were unveiled in August for Santiago's public transit system. Some 7.4 kilometers of new roads were built for transportation during the games, and the fleet is being used exclusively on routes that reach the National Stadium, the country's leading sports arena located in the capital's Nunoa district, creating an electric corridor. The 12-meter-long, 4.17-meter-high double-decker, 70-seat buses are 100 percent electric and can each carry 97 passengers. The buses can travel up to 280 kilometers on a single charge, with chargin

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Canoe welcomes Olympic visitors to Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Canada - Members of the First Nations with drums and paddles accompany hotel staff carrying a traditional aboriginal canoe into the lobby of the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel on Jan. 26, 2010. The 12-meter-long canoe is the centerpiece of an aboriginal village set up in the hotel to display indigenous culture during the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone coffins

UTO, Japan - A replica of an ancient boat (R) sets off for a monthlong experimental voyage from Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, to Osaka on July 24 in a bid to resolve an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat, rowed by 18 people, tows two boards with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them.

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone coffins

UTO, Japan - A crew of 18 persons rows a replica of an ancient boat out into the sea off Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on a monthlong experimental voyage to Osaka on July 24, aimed at resolving an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat is towing a barge loaded with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them.

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World's 1st mobile water purification system debuts

NEW YORK, United States - Jean-Michel Cousteau, explorer, educator, environmentalist and film producer, joined business executives on April 25 in launching the first water purification unit that converts polluted water into drinkable water. The 12-meter-long mobile emergency filtration system, or MEFS, which was on display at a Manhattan pier in Chelsea, took in large quantities of the Hudson River and converted the brown liquid into clear water during a process that took about 15 minutes.

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Chinese-made self-driving bus hits road in Paris

STORY: Chinese-made self-driving bus hits road in Paris DATELINE: Dec. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a self-driving bus 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PENG ZHICHUAN, CRRC Electric Vehicle 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): CHRISTELLE TANG, President of Clement Bayard STORYLINE: A self-driving bus hit the road in the suburbs of Paris earlier this week. The 12-meter-long bus, made by China's CRRC Electric Vehicle, has completed its trial run on open roads and will be ready to start operations with passengers. 　　　　 SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PENG ZHICHUAN, CRRC Electric Vehicle "This year we have mainly improved the operation efficiency of the bus. And efforts were made to improve the accuracy of speed control and trajectory control, so that the bus can operate more safely on this route." SOUNDBITE 2 (French): CHRISTELLE TANG, President of Clement Bayard "The reason why we are developing autonomous buses is not to replace drivers, but to facilitate travel for residents

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World's 1st mobile water purification system debuts

NEW YORK, United States - Jean-Michel Cousteau, explorer, educator, environmentalist and film producer, joined business executives on April 25 in launching the first water purification unit that converts polluted water into drinkable water. The 12-meter-long mobile emergency filtration system, or MEFS, which was on display at a Manhattan pier in Chelsea, took in large quantities of the Hudson River and converted the brown liquid into clear water during a process that took about 15 minutes. (Kyodo)

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone cof

UTO, Japan - A replica of an ancient boat (R) sets off for a monthlong experimental voyage from Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, to Osaka on July 24 in a bid to resolve an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat, rowed by 18 people, tows two boards with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them. (Kyodo)

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone cof

UTO, Japan - A crew of 18 persons rows a replica of an ancient boat out into the sea off Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on a monthlong experimental voyage to Osaka on July 24, aimed at resolving an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat is towing a barge loaded with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them. (Kyodo)

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Canoe welcomes Olympic visitors to Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Canada - Members of the First Nations with drums and paddles accompany hotel staff carrying a traditional aboriginal canoe into the lobby of the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel on Jan. 26, 2010. The 12-meter-long canoe is the centerpiece of an aboriginal village set up in the hotel to display indigenous culture during the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. (Kyodo)