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Baidu Autonomous Driving Radish Fast Run

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 12, 2024 - Photo taken on July 12, 2024 shows the client interface of radish Fast Run in Yichang, Hubei province, China. Radish Fast Run is Baidu's autonomous driving travel service platform, which has opened manned test operation services in 11 cities in China, achieving full coverage of super first-tier cities.

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Baidu Autonomous Driving Radish Fast Run

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 12, 2024 - Photo taken on July 12, 2024 shows the client interface of radish Fast Run in Yichang, Hubei province, China. Radish Fast Run is Baidu's autonomous driving travel service platform, which has opened manned test operation services in 11 cities in China, achieving full coverage of super first-tier cities.

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Baidu Autonomous Driving Radish Fast Run

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 12, 2024 - Photo taken on July 12, 2024 shows the client interface of radish Fast Run in Yichang, Hubei province, China. Radish Fast Run is Baidu's autonomous driving travel service platform, which has opened manned test operation services in 11 cities in China, achieving full coverage of super first-tier cities.

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Baidu Autonomous Driving Radish Fast Run

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 12, 2024 - Photo taken on July 12, 2024 shows the client interface of radish Fast Run in Yichang, Hubei province, China. Radish Fast Run is Baidu's autonomous driving travel service platform, which has opened manned test operation services in 11 cities in China, achieving full coverage of super first-tier cities.

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Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway hits design speed of 350 km/h in test run

STORY: Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway hits design speed of 350 km/h in test run DATELINE: June 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of joint commissioning, testing on Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway 2. various of facilities in high-speed railway station STORYLINE: A train running on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) reached a speed of 350 km/h for the first time in a test run on Thursday. This milestone indicates that the HSR has met the design speed standard and accomplished the interim goals of the dynamic testing, which started on May 22. In the past month, the inspection train used in the testing gradually sped up from 180 km/h to 350 km/h. The functionality, performance, and various system indicators of the HSR have met the design requirements, paving the way for future trials and the official commencement of operation. The train is expected to reach 385 km/h as required in the following test. The high-speed line, a landmark proje

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Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail

STORY: Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail DATELINE: June 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. drone footage of Madiun 2. drone footage of Indonesian Railway Polytechnic 3. various of students in class 4. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian): FARIDA MAKHMUDAH, PPI's head of Finance, General Affairs and Cooperation 5. various of EMU test run STORYLINE: Madiun, a small Indonesian city in East Java Province is home to the Indonesian Railway Polytechnic (PPI). Here, the first training courses are underway for the operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR). 173 Indonesians attend the classes taught online by experts in China. The courses started this February, with 3 to 6 months of theoretical training targeting drivers, mechanicians, dispatchers, and emergency response personnel. Trainees will leave Madiun with qualifications before being arranged for practical training on the Jakarta-Bandung HSR. S

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Türkiye's indigenous light combat aircraft Hurjet makes maiden flight

STORY: Türkiye's indigenous light combat aircraft Hurjet makes maiden flight DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Türkiye's light combat aircraft Hurjet STORYLINE: Türkiye's locally-produced light combat aircraft Hurjet completed its maiden flight on Tuesday, the state-run TRT broadcaster reported. Developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS), Türkiye's jet trainer and light attack aircraft Hurjet made its first engine start test in February. The Hurjet project was initiated to be included in the Turkish Air Force inventory, replacing the T-38 aircraft for training and the F-5 aircraft for acro team demonstrations. The aircraft's maximum altitude is set at 45,000 feet (about 13,716 meters), along with its 3,000-kilogram payload, and will be able to use nine different kinds of ammunition, the TRT reported. Türkiye will start the mass production of the single-engine Hurjet in 2025, with a planned capacity of two aircraft per month and

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China's high-temperature superconducting maglev system conducts operational test

STORY: China's high-temperature superconducting maglev system conducts operational test DATELINE: April 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the test run STORYLINE: China's first high-temperature superconducting maglev system has completed its first operational test. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Changchun, China. (XHTV)

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Coal power plant under CPEC put into operation in Pakistan

STORY: Coal power plant under CPEC put into operation in Pakistan DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project 2. various of a ceremony celebrating a successful reliability run test 3. various of Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project STORYLINE: A coal-fired power plant of the Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was officially put into commercial operation on Sunday. According to the head of the project, the plant, with a total installed capacity of 1,320 megawatts, is expected to provide about 9 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity per year to the Pakistani national grid, meeting the energy demand of nearly 4 million local families in Pakistan. The Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project is located in the Thar Desert of Sindh province in southern Pakistan. It's the first

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Qualcomm announces innovative solutions for auto future at CES 2023

STORY: Qualcomm announces innovative solutions for auto future at CES 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a test run on a vehicle equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon Ride Platforms 2. various of demonstration video provided by Qualcomm STORYLINE: U.S. tech giant Qualcomm announced on Wednesday Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC (System-on-Chip), which is the automotive industry's first scalable family of SoCs to simultaneously support digital cockpit and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC supports mixed-criticality workloads, allowing for digital cockpit, ADAS and automated driving (AD) capabilities to be co-implemented on the same hardware, according to Qualcomm. The company announced the new portfolio on the media day of the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which officially kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday and runs through Sunday. Qualcomm's Snapdragon Ride Platforms are adopted by leadi

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N. Korean media releases photo of leader authorizing H-bomb test

PYONGYANG, Jan. 7 Kyodo - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signs a document authorizing the test of a hydrogen bomb in this photo released Jan. 6, 2016, by Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central Television. North Korea announced that day it successfully conducted its first hydrogen bomb test.

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Japan's lunar explorer robot successfully runs on dunes

HAMAMATSU, Japan - A lunar explorer robot developed by Hakuto, the only Japanese team competing for the Google Luna XPrize that is led by Tohoku University Professor Kazuya Yoshida, makes a successful test run on the Nakatajima Sand Dunes in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2014. A total of 18 teams are competing in the contest, with a grand prize of 20 million dollars for the first team to land safely on the lunar surface, move 500 meters, and transmit high-definition images and video back to Earth.

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New E7 Series shinkansen makes test-run

NAGANO, Japan - A new E7 Series shinkansen bullet train of East Japan Railway Co. arrives at a platform at Nagano Station on Feb. 7, 2014, for its the first test-run with members of the press. The E7 Series will be put into service on the Nagano Shinkansen route from March 15.

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"Shitamachi" plants develop Japan's 1st bobsled

TOKYO, Japan - Developers of the "Shitamachi Bobsled," including Junichi Hosogai (R) and Satoshi Kosugi (2nd from R), watch it perform a test run at the Nagano Bobsleigh-Luge Park, known as Spiral, in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, on Dec. 13, 2012. Young owners of some small factories in Tokyo's Ota Ward have developed the first made-in-Japan bobsled in the run-up to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

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Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - A freight train is pictured near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008.

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Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - A freight train is pictured near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008.

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Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - Women in traditional Korean dress wave to a freight train near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008.

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Electric car-share scheme in Paris

PARIS, France - Photo taken on Oct. 2, 2011 in Paris shows one of the stations involved in a test run of an electric car-share scheme called Autolib. The scheme is based on the Velib self-service rental bicycle system introduced earlier in the city as an environmentally friendly transport measure. The share scheme for EVs is the world's first, the city claims, and is scheduled to go into full-scale operation in the larger area of Ile-de-France in December.

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Japan's Aono 2nd at World Cup snowboarding meet

CYPRESS MOUNTAIN, Canada - Ryo Aono of Japan (L) celebrates after finishing second in the men's halfpipe final at a World Cup snowboarding meet in Cypress Mountain, Canada, on Feb. 14 with Shaun White of the United States (R), who won the championship. Aono earned 44.8 points on his first run at the meet, doubling as a test event for the 2010 Vancouver Games, to finish behind Turin Olympic champion White, who prevailed with the best score of 47.3.

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Japan's Aono 2nd at World Cup snowboarding meet

CYPRESS MOUNTAIN, Canada - Newly crowned world champion Ryo Aono of Japan heads toward a second-place finish in the men's halfpipe final at a World Cup snowboarding meet in Cypress Mountain, Canada, on Feb. 14. Aono earned 44.8 points on his first run at the meet, doubling as a test event for the 2010 Vancouver Games, to finish behind Turin Olympic champion Shaun White of the United States, who prevailed with the best score of 47.3.

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Local gov't gives nod to safety plan for nuclear processing plant

AOMORI, Japan - Aomori Governor Shingo Mimura speaks at a press conference on March 28 that Japan's first plant to extract plutonium and uranium from spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing has cleared the last hurdle for a test run. He said the village of Rokkasho in the prefecture, which hosts the plant, will sign the necessary safety agreement for trial operations with plant operator Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.

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Next-generation bullet train makes 1st test run from Tokyo to Osaka

TOKYO, Japan - Amateur photographers try to take photos of the ''N-700,'' a next-generation shinkansen bullet train, as it departs from JR Tokyo Station on its first test run from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka on July 24.

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Tractors in test-run for Japan's first tractor race

SARABETSU, Japan - Tractors conduct a test-run July 12 in Sarabetsu, Hokkaido, prior to a tractor race to be held the next day. Thirty-six tractors will take part in the race, the first of its kind in Japan.

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Maglev train makes test run

NAGOYA, Japan - Shoichiro Toyoda (R), former President of Toyota Motor Corp. and now head of the organizing body for the planned 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, and Kohei Abe (C), chairman of the Chubu Economic Federation, take a test run on a high-speed magnetically levitated train Oct. 12, as the project's promoters geared up efforts to have the system put into commercial use for the first time in the world. The promoters aim to have the high speed surface transport (HSST) train in operation for the planned world expo in Aichi Prefecture.

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S. Korea's high-speed train makes test run

SEOUL, South Korea - This photo is of South Korea's first high-speed train which made a test run on a 34-km section of track between Chonan and Taejon at 200 kph. South Korean President Kim Dae Jung rode on the trial run. When completed in 2004, the train will run from Seoul to Pusan in one hour and 56 minutes at a maximum speed of 300 kph.

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Test run for S. Korea's bullet train conducted

SEOUL, South Korea - President Kim Dae Jung (4th from L) joins other dignitaries in a ceremony held in Chonan, South Chungchong Province, on Dec. 16 to mark the start of a test run for South Korea's first bullet train. Later Kim took a trial ride in the rail car that ran a 34-km Chonan-Taejon section at 200 kph. When completed in 2004, the train will run the 412 km from Seoul to Pusan in one hour and 56 minutes at a maximum speed of 300 kph.

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Test run of new elevated train in Thailand

Thailand's first elevated mass transit train undergoes an official test run in Bangkok on Tuesday Oct. 27 with a full load of VIP passengers, the company that operates the train said. The Bangkok Mass Transit System Co. train, which runs on a track 12 meters above the ground, is due to begin operations on Dec. 5 next year to coincide with the birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

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Shanghai's first self-driving test lane put into use

STORY: Shanghai's first self-driving test lane put into use DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai's first self-driving test lane 2. various of smart heavy-duty trucks 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI ZHONGXIN, General manager of smart heavy-duty truck assembly line, Shanghai Utopilot Technology Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG XIANHONG, Deputy general manager of Intelligent Driving Center, Shanghai Utopilot Technology Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: Shanghai's first self-driving test lane was put into use on a cross-sea bridge on Monday. Test run of smart heavy-duty trucks in highway scenario started on the Donghai Bridge. The 30-kilometer bridge has six lanes in total. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays, the outermost lanes in both directions are designated as ones for the test. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI ZHONGXIN, General manager of smart heavy-duty truck assembly line, Shanghai Utopilot Technology Co., Ltd. "This is the stress t

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Metro rail makes test trip in Dhaka

An electric metro rail train has made its first official journey atop the viaducts in a test run for Dhakaâs new mass transit service. Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2021. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metro rail makes test trip in Dhaka

An electric metro rail train has made its first official journey atop the viaducts in a test run for Dhakaâs new mass transit service. Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2021. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Self-driving test for shinkansen

A shinkansen bullet train leaves JR Niigata Station in Niigata Prefecture in Japan during a test run of a self-driving test in the early hours of Nov. 17, 2021. The test, the first of its kind for shinkansen already in commercial service, began on Oct. 29, and was opened to the media on Nov. 17.

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Metro rail makes test trip in Dhaka

An electric metro rail train has made its first official journey atop the viaducts in a test run for Dhakaâs new mass transit service. Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2021. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metro rail makes test trip in Dhaka

An electric metro rail train has made its first official journey atop the viaducts in a test run for Dhakaâs new mass transit service. Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2021. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metro rail makes test trip in Dhaka

An electric metro rail train has made its first official journey atop the viaducts in a test run for Dhakaâs new mass transit service. Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2021. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Metro rail makes test trip in Dhaka

An electric metro rail train has made its first official journey atop the viaducts in a test run for Dhakaâs new mass transit service. Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 29, 2021. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Next-generation bullet train makes 1st test run from Tokyo to Os

TOKYO, Japan - Amateur photographers try to take photos of the ''N-700,'' a next-generation shinkansen bullet train, as it departs from JR Tokyo Station on its first test run from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka on July 24. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Aono 2nd at World Cup snowboarding meet

CYPRESS MOUNTAIN, Canada - Newly crowned world champion Ryo Aono of Japan heads toward a second-place finish in the men's halfpipe final at a World Cup snowboarding meet in Cypress Mountain, Canada, on Feb. 14. Aono earned 44.8 points on his first run at the meet, doubling as a test event for the 2010 Vancouver Games, to finish behind Turin Olympic champion Shaun White of the United States, who prevailed with the best score of 47.3. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Aono 2nd at World Cup snowboarding meet

CYPRESS MOUNTAIN, Canada - Ryo Aono of Japan (L) celebrates after finishing second in the men's halfpipe final at a World Cup snowboarding meet in Cypress Mountain, Canada, on Feb. 14 with Shaun White of the United States (R), who won the championship. Aono earned 44.8 points on his first run at the meet, doubling as a test event for the 2010 Vancouver Games, to finish behind Turin Olympic champion White, who prevailed with the best score of 47.3. (Kyodo)

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Thai officials test-ride Japan-made train

Thai officials test-ride a new Japan-made train in the first full trial run of the Purple Line on May 10, 2016. The Purple Line is scheduled to begin service between Bangkok and Nonthaburi province in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Thai officials test-ride Japan-made train

Thai officials test-ride a new Japan-made train in the first full trial run of the Purple Line on May 10, 2016. The Purple Line is scheduled to begin service between Bangkok and Nonthaburi province in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Electric vehicle that can run without battery unveiled

The world's first electric vehicle that runs without carrying a battery, developed by Japan's Toyohashi University of Technology and Taisei Corp., carries out a test run in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on March 18, 2016. The vehicle has special tires that draw power from an electrified road surface. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Document authorizing H-bomb test released by N. Korean media

An image, released by North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 6, 2016, shows a document signed Dec. 15, 2015 by the country's leader Kim Jong Un authorizing the test of a hydrogen bomb. On Jan. 6, North Korea announced it successfully conducted its first hydrogen bomb test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean media releases photo of leader authorizing H-bomb test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signs a document authorizing the test of a hydrogen bomb in this photo released Jan. 6, 2016, by Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central Television. North Korea announced that day it successfully conducted its first hydrogen bomb test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local gov't gives nod to safety plan for nuclear processing plan

AOMORI, Japan - Aomori Governor Shingo Mimura speaks at a press conference on March 28 that Japan's first plant to extract plutonium and uranium from spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing has cleared the last hurdle for a test run. He said the village of Rokkasho in the prefecture, which hosts the plant, will sign the necessary safety agreement for trial operations with plant operator Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (Kyodo)

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Electric car-share scheme in Paris

PARIS, France - Photo taken on Oct. 2, 2011 in Paris shows one of the stations involved in a test run of an electric car-share scheme called Autolib. The scheme is based on the Velib self-service rental bicycle system introduced earlier in the city as an environmentally friendly transport measure. The share scheme for EVs is the world's first, the city claims, and is scheduled to go into full-scale operation in the larger area of Ile-de-France in December. (Kyodo)

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Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - Women in traditional Korean dress wave to a freight train near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008. (Kyodo)

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Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - A freight train is pictured near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008. (Kyodo)

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Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - A freight train is pictured near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008. (Kyodo)

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Japan's lunar explorer robot successfully runs on dunes

HAMAMATSU, Japan - A lunar explorer robot developed by Hakuto, the only Japanese team competing for the Google Luna XPrize that is led by Tohoku University Professor Kazuya Yoshida, makes a successful test run on the Nakatajima Sand Dunes in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2014. A total of 18 teams are competing in the contest, with a grand prize of 20 million dollars for the first team to land safely on the lunar surface, move 500 meters, and transmit high-definition images and video back to Earth. (Kyodo)

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Self-driving mail delivery robot

Japan Post Co. conducts the first test run on a public road of a self-driving mail delivery robot in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2020, with an eye toward its practical use as early as fiscal 2021.