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

Green Car Congress

—Co-author Professor Thomas Münzel, of the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Centre Mainz. 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. Jos Lelieveld, Thomas Münzel et al.

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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

Cars That Think

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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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. Orlin Radev: Well, our aim is to build a product that can be universally applicable. It’s really universally applicable because it is purely software. We have Chile and Brazil, and even a few customers in Africa.

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

Baua Electric

You might be surprised to learn that AMPECO is headquartered in Bulgaria—not exactly an e-mobility hotspot. Orlin Radev: Well, our aim is to build a product that can be universally applicable. It’s really universally applicable because it is purely software. We have Chile and Brazil, and even a few customers in Africa.