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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

Cars That Think

Formal requirements came long afterwards—in Europe in 2004 and in the United States in 2012. Deferring to the guy behind the wheel checks a lot of boxes—human pride, legal niggling, and the engineer’s fear of false positives. Manufacturers made it standard before government agencies got around to telling them to.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

The first such vehicles were introduced by Volkswagen in 2003, and by 2004, they accounted for more than 17% of the Brazilian auto market. Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. When the car is filled at the pump, an internal system analyses the mix of the two fuel types and adjusts accordingly.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. Even something as simple as putting in an order at a McDonald’s drive-through in Illinois has raised legal questions about collecting biometric data without consent. In 2004, Singh fielded her first query about hoax callers from the Coast Guard.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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