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Waterloo team uses on-board data to identify speed as the best predictor of car crashes

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Their analysis revealed speeding is a strong predictor of crashes, while statistically significant links for the other kinds of aggressive driving couldn’t be established. —Stefan Steiner, a statistics professor in Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics. Now it is formulated—we know aggressive driving has an impact.

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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

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The following includes recaps of the most significant updates impacting the screening industry in recent weeks. According to a litigation statistics report issued by WebRecon LLC, consumer lawsuits alleging a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act increased by nearly 60% in September from the prior month. California.

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Study: consumer products overtake transportation as largest source of VOCs air pollution in cities

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Here, we focus on volatile chemical products (VCPs), including pesticides, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, cleaning agents, and personal care products. The new study, with its detailed assessment of up-to-date chemical use statistics and previously unavailable atmospheric data, puts the split closer to 50-50.

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NXP introduces safe and secure automotive multi-gigabit Ethernet switch

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These networks must be scalable and move data quickly and securely without posing dangers to the car, the passengers or their personal data. Together, S32G processors and SJA1110 enable the automotive industry shift to high performance domain-based vehicle architectures and provide reduced software complexity and enhanced security and safety.

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Construction can turn green

Electric Auto Association

Chart showing construction industry contribution to carbon emissions. But there’s so much more to sustainability than what we can do in our personal lives. The statistics are similar around the world. Emission-free sites have been achievable in Scandinavia BY RON FREUND: Director, ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION.

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Accelerate the layout of new energy vehicle charging piles in various places

Setec Powerr

In recent years, my country’s electric vehicle industry has developed vigorously, and the scale of production and sales has continued to grow rapidly. According to statistics, as of June this year, the number of electric vehicles in my country has reached 10.01 ” The relevant person in charge of Ningde Times said.

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3 business teams say pact reaffirms right-to-repair loyalty. Critics name it a farce.

Baua Electric

“Large manufacturers and industry groups like to flaunt these MOUs as a way of saying, ‘No need to regulate us. “They are purely public relations gestures, almost always intended to head off regulation that the industry in question would rather not see passed.” No need for new laws.