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Canada’s automakers are considering how to best overcome resistance to buying BEVs because of reduced range and recharging challenges in the country’s frigid winters.

There is plenty of evidence that battery ranges decline in cold winters, when charging takes longer, eats up more power and is more expensive.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has now formally approved a single anti-money laundering rulebook centred on an EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) in Frankfurt that should ease compliance for international firms operating across the bloc. The package also includes a regulation on the traceability of funds and crypto-asset transfers, which will ensure that crypto-trading is traceable making it easier to identify and block suspicious transactions.…

European Union (EU) tariffs of up to 38.1% on China-built BEVs effective July 5 (2024), likely will not stall progression of Chinese automakers onto Europe’s markets but could steer them towards producing or assembling cars in the bloc, say auto industry experts.…

The integration of flame retardants in car seat foam may increase auto passenger exposure to chemicals that can cause cancer – especially during the summer – according to a new study in the academic journal Environmental Science & Technology. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c10440

Its researchers have urged federal US government officials to review the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard FMVSS 302, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2011-title49-vol6/CFR-2011-title49-vol6-sec571-302…

The government of Ukraine, struggling against a Russian offensive near its second city Kharkiv, has joined the European Union’s (EU) Union Anti-Fraud Programme (UAFP), as it seeks to shore up EU support through anti-graft and financial crime efforts. Indeed, Ukraine is the first non-EU country to formalise participation in the European Commission-run scheme, which has a budget of EUR181 million and will run until 2027 (from 2021) (1).…

Bio-based oils and fats producers have an increasing business opportunity to supply feedstock to a booming bioplastics industry. While governments are proactively encouraging biodegradable bioplastics, following the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) policy of reducing standard plastics pollution (1), this green industry is still nascent.…

The government of Ukraine, struggling against a Russian offensive near its second city Kharkiv, has joined the European Union’s (EU) Union Anti-Fraud Programme (UAFP), as it seeks to shore up EU support through anti-graft and financial crime efforts. Indeed, Ukraine is the first non-EU country to formalise participation in the European Commission-run scheme, which has a budget of EUR181 million and will run until 2027 (from 2021) (1).…

Across the world, women are increasingly participating in what were in the past male-dominated sports such as boxing, football, rugby and ice hockey, creating new niche for performance and protective textile and apparel manufacturers.

In football (soccer in the US and Canada), for example, the number of female players worldwide increased by a quarter between 2019 and 2023, reaching 16.6 million, according to international governing body FIFA (the Fédération Internationale de Football Association) (1).…

Chinese automaker BYD is claiming the key focus of its new planned plant in Mexico will be the domestic market, rather than exports to the USA and Canada. Speaking to Wards Auto, BYD’s general director in Mexico Jorge Vallejo said: “These days our focus is basically on the Mexican market.…

While beer consumption in Slovakia is not as high as neighbouring Czechia (which has the world’s highest per-capita beer drinking), it is still the 13th highest worldwide at 79.9 litres per person annually (2022 figures) (1).

So, it is no surprise that Crown Holdings, one of the world’s largest producers of metal packaging, continues to invest in its beverage can plant in Kechnec, eastern Slovakia.…