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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

Cars That Think

A case in point is intelligent speed assistance, which Ford has offered in Europe on the S-Max since 2015 and on the more affordable Focus since 2017 , well before the EU had even decided to make it mandatory. “In The rules require that the driver retain the power to override the systems, which makes for less intrusive nannying.

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FBI taps Tesla Sentry Mode footage to help catch man behind alleged hate crimes

Teslarati

The suspect behind the incident, 44-year-old Maine resident Dushko Vulchev, is a naturalized United States citizen from Bulgaria. Vulchev was wearing grey pants and a dark-colored sweatshirt, Adidas three-stripe sneakers, a black hat with two grey stripes, and light-colored work gloves, the agent noted in his affidavit. .

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European consortium investigating graphene-based materials for lightweight cars; energy-efficient and safe vehicles

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As part of the work, a novel graphene-based polymer material will be investigated, modeled, and designed to enhance both vehicle and occupant safety while remaining very light. However, due to the trade-off between light vehicles and safety standards, new directions need to be adopted to overcome safety issues.

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