EDITORIAL The "2024 World Economic Forum (WEF)" has recently ended and the Special Address by António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, hopefully generated some concerns in the participants. He said that, although 2023 was the hottest year ever
recorded, it could well be considered one of the coldest according to the current trends of the world's rising temperatures. |
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| Car 2 Car Communication
Consortium The CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium (C2C-CC) aims at assisting towards accident free traffic (Vision Zero) at the earliest possible date. It further aims at supporting the highest safety level at improved traffic
efficiency anywhere, anytime at the lowest cost to the end user and the environment. |
What You Might Not Know About Connected Autonomous Vehicles Critical considerations pertinent to connected autonomous vehicles, such as ethics, liability, privacy, and cybersecurity, do not share the same spotlight as the CAVs’ benefits. Although CAVs’
abilities to reduce the number of fatal accidents and to consume less fuel receive most of the attention, the vehicles’ challenges are equally worthy of discussion. Tier and Dott announce merger European micro-mobility operators Tier and Dott have announced a preliminary agreement to bring the two companies together. The joint entity will continue to
operate under the Tier and Dott brands, with the transaction subject to several conditions that are expected to be met within two months. |
ScottishPower and ZeroAvia explore aviation’s hydrogen infrastructure needs Plans to operate zero emission commercial flights in the UK have received a boost with the announcement that energy firm ScottishPower has teamed up with hydrogen aircraft pioneer ZeroAvia to explore the
potential development of green hydrogen supply services and infrastructure at a number of UK airports. Could we charge electric cars in just 15 minutes? With an expected 700 million Electric Vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2050, there’s a need for charging points that are as quick as refuelling. Current fast charging stations, Direct Current Fast Chargers (DCFCs),
can be labour-intensive, costly, and time-consuming to install and run: particularly when an area has low-power connections. |
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