TEHRAN, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran coach Carlos Queiroz said that his men are going to book a place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup for the second time in a row, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.
"Team Melli's (national team) history shows that despite boasting great players, coaches and presidents, Iran has never qualified for the World Cup games twice in a row," Queiroz was quoted as saying.
"My job, my goal, my mission and my dream is to make this happen," Queiroz said.
The Portugese added, "If we learn from history, in order to make the impossible possible, we should not repeat the same mistakes or misunderstandings from the past."
Iran has been drawn along with South Korea, Uzbekistan, China, Qatar and Syria in Group A of the Asian Zone qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Iran are scheduled to face Uzbekistan in Tashkent on Thursday and will play South Korea five days later in Tehran.
The Iranian striker Reza Ghoochannejhad said that they will have a difficult task against Uzbekistan on the way to the World Cup, Tehran Times daily reported on Tuesday.
"We know Uzbekistan is a good team; that's why they sit top of Group A. In the past, we have played against them and lost to them in Tehran," he added.
After two rounds of games, Uzbekistan are leading the Group A with six points. Iran and South Korea are in the second and third places each with four points respectively.
A draft roadmap for having highway-ready, self-driving cars within 3-5 years and autonomous vehicles for urban driving by 2025 could be unveiled as early as this year, said Li Keqiang, an automotive engineering professor at Tsinghua University who chairs the committee drafting the plan. The panel is backed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
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China’s top-down approach could see it overtake the US and Europe, where automakers have generally been left to agree among themselves on industry standards. A push for self-driving and electric cars also fits with Beijing’s shift to an economy driven by high-tech and consumer industries rather than heavy industry and low-end manufacturing.
“If we can convince the government that every company, every car on the road must use this (single standard) ... then there is a chance China can beat the rest of the world” to the widespread use of self-driving cars, said Li Yusheng, head of Chongqing Changan Automobile’s autonomous drive program.
China is ripe for the advent of self-driving cars. It’s the world’s biggest auto market and is blighted by choking air pollution air jordan 11 retro midnight navy mens , traffic congestion and often erratic driving. More than 200,000 people die each year in road accidents, according to World Health Organization estimates.
In a 2015 World Economic Forum survey, 75 percent of Chinese said they would likely ride in a self-driving car, versus half of Americans. Within 20 years air jordan 11 midnight navy 378037-123 , China will be the largest market for autonomous features, accounting for at least a quarter of global demand, says Boston Consulting Group.
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The China draft would be opened up for industry comment and input from a range of ministries, ultimately going to the State Council, or Cabinet cheap air jordan 11 midnight navy mens , for approval.
At a most basic level, the committee will define a ‘self-driving’ car and set a minimum level of functionality, said Bai Jie, a professor at Tongji University who also sits on the expert committee.
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China’s provisional timeline would put it at least in line with, if not ahead, of others developing self-driving cars.
By 2020, Toyota Motor aims to market a car that can drive by itself on highways air jordan 11 midnight navy unc mens , and Mercedes, after two decades of research, plans to launch a self-driving car, though drivers would be required to take control in certain situations.
Chinese automakers including SAIC Motor and Ford Motor’s local partner Changan have internal targets that match the likely draft roadmap, and are represented on the experts committee air jordan 11 midnight navy mens for sale , Li said, while foreign car makers are not.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Universal's thriller film "Split" was on track to sell 40.2 million U.S. dollars in tickets this weekend to premiere in the number one spot at weekend box office in North America.
"Split"'s leading the weekend charge with a three-day opening made it to be the fourth largest January opening of all-time in America. It received a "B+" from first-night moviegoers on CinemaScore and 76 percent of approval rate from critics on RottenTomatoes. Among its audience, 52 percent were female and 52 percent were un.