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UNECE Adopts Type Approval for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles’ Electric Safety Requirements; Applies in 41 Countries

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1” is replaced by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted/extended/refused/withdrawn approval. The first two digits of the approval number (01) indicate that the approval was granted in accordance with the requirements of Regulation No. Generic format of the approval mark pursuant to Regulation No. Click to enlarge.

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

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The researchers will explore the properties of graphene to determine how it behaves when used to enhance advanced composite materials used in the production of cars. There will be challenges with this project, the issue is not only producing graphene-based products, the issue is applying them on a large-scale in cars.

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