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Study: 15% of US alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities involve alcohol under the legal limit

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A new open-access study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that motor vehicle crashes involving drivers with blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) below the legal limit of 0.08% accounted for 15% of alcohol-involved crash deaths in the United States. In 2018, Utah became the first state to do so.

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New Bosch highway assist system installed on the Maserati 2018 range; ACC Stop & Go plus Lane Centering

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Bosch’s highway assist system, which combines the ACC Stop & Go and Lane Centering functions to control the vehicle’s speed, acceleration and braking, is installed on all the vehicles in the Maserati MY 2018 range. Bosch highway assist technology is designed to operate on the highway at a speed which complies with the legal limits.

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Riversimple introduces Rasa prototype two-seater fuel cell vehicle; 300 miles on 1.5kg H2; production version in 2018

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unveiled the Rasa, a road-legal engineering prototype of its first two-seater hydrogen fuel cell road car, built for full European type approval. The result is a range of up to 300 miles (483 kg) on 1.5kg of hydrogen and a top speed of 60 mph. Riversimple Movement Ltd. Earlier post.) Supported by a £2-million (US$2.9-million)

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EXCLUSIVE: Neuralink dragged into humane testing lawsuit – Timeline of Events

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” In an exclusive interview with Teslarati earlier today, Jeremy Beckham, MPA, MPH, PCRM’s Research Advocacy Coordinator, said that the lawsuit really intends to open up “basic facts about what Neuralink testing did to the animals.” ” Beckham said monkeys had their brains mutilated in the experiments.

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nanoFlowcell planning entry into FIA Formula E with flow cell and 48V drive

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For the 2018/19 season, the FIA wants to allow battery output of 54 kWh and to raise motor output to 250 kW. seconds, reach a top speed of more than 300 km/h (186 mph) and cover a range of more than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) without refueling. This enables the QUANT 48VOLT to accelerate from zero to 100 km/h in less than 2.4

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Opel introducing new top-end 2.0L BiTurbo diesel in Insignia; Euro 6.2, WLTP testing

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seconds with a maximum speed of 233 km/h (145 mph). more than 9 times the legal limit—under real-world conditions. emissions standard (which becomes mandatory for all registrations as of autumn 2018). Official fuel consumption for the Insignia Grand Sport 2.0 l/100 km (27 mpg US), extra-urban 5.7 l/100 km (41.2 —i.e.,

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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mph) as long as traffic is slow-moving. Covered in greater detail in an earlier post , the battery-electric e-tron quattro concept provides a very close foreshadowing of the production model to follow in 2018. The actual bursting pressure is much higher still and far exceeds the legal requirements. lb-ft) of system torque.

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