SEAT and IBM develop phone app to encourage greener city travel

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VW-owned car brand teams up with IT giant IBM to develop phone app aimed at helping users make greener urban travel choices

Car brand SEAT has teamed up with IT giant IBM to develop a new mobile phone app to help people make greener urban travelling choices, with a view to shifting people out of their private cars towards public...

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