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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 Manufacturers made it standard before government agencies got around to telling them to.

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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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