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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km in 2019, reaching 122.4

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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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Excess death rates were particularly high in eastern European countries, such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Ukraine, with more than 200 each year per 100,000 of the population. When they looked at individual countries, the researchers found that air pollution caused an excess death rate of 154 per 100,000 in Germany (a reduction of 2.4

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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

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The EU’s regulations, conceived in 2019 , seem to go the furthest, requiring as they do a number of other advanced driver assistance systems—notably emergency lane-keeping assist, drowsiness and distraction recognition, and intelligent speed assistance. Similar rules are also going into effect this year in dozens of other countries.

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DAF trucks showcases electric and hybrid trucks at IAA CV

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The first CF Electric trucks will be released into field test operation with leading customers this year and similar field tests are planned to start with the LF Electric and CF Hybrid in 2019. DAF said it will be ready to introduce these trucks when the market is ready. DAF’s heavy-duty market share in Europe grew from 15.3%

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

Charged EVs

You might be surprised to learn that AMPECO is headquartered in Bulgaria—not exactly an e-mobility hotspot. And so, we started AMPECO at the end of 2018 and we went to market with our product in 2019. I convinced Stefan and a few other of my friends, who are good at software development.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A – Charged EVs

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You might be surprised to learn that AMPECO is headquartered in Bulgaria—not exactly an e-mobility hotspot. And so, we started AMPECO at the end of 2018 and we went to market with our product in 2019. I convinced Stefan and a few other of my friends, who are good at software development.