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Opinion: Automatic Emergency Braking Mandate is Misguided Overreach

The Truth About Cars

That, I think, is the case with the recent rule that requires automatic emergency braking to be standard on all new cars starting with the 2029 model year. Here's why: The technology, as good as it is, doesn't seem fully ready for a universal mandate. Nor would it stop me from buying a new car that had it as a standard feature.

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Unico's Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry

Cars That Think

Battery manufacturers will have to turn out many more units suitable for EV demands while still performing the array of tests they must carry out to assure automakers and consumers that the batteries they’re turning out meet basic standards for performance, safety, and durability. One possible application is the used vehicle market.

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Wireless Heater Made From a Leaf Skeleton Is Fully Biodegradable

Cars That Think

We’ve gotten very, very good at making things that are cheap and durable. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Accenture Labs are putting this idea to the test with the design of a wireless heater that can warm up whatever’s placed inside of it when the heater is placed on a standard wireless charging pad.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

That goal led ultimately to a page description language called PostScript, today the de facto standard of desktop publishing. proved loath to support a truly standard language. from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. A PDF version is available on IEEE Xplore.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. The current price cap is £1,138 a year for standard tariffs, but will rise to £1,277 in October. Gordon Hughes is professor of economics at the University of Edinburgh and a former senior adviser on energy and environmental policy at the World Bank.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

While OEMs and utilities continue to define and refine hardware standards and communication protocols for smart charging, a tremendous amount of work needs to be done in preparing both the grid and the process to accommodate the expected influx of plug-ins, and to make the process as easy as possible for consumers. John Patten, Ph.D.,

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Best smart helmets – keep your head safe while you ride!

Green Authority

Do keep in mind Sena products are not cheap. Buy the Sena Cavalry Helmet. The standard Momentum cost $499, and the Momentum INC and INC Pro. Buy Sena Momentum Inc Helmet. Buy the Reevu MSX1. Everyone else can buy one when it ships (we hope) later this summer at $1,899. Buy the LifeBEAM Smart Helmet.