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Telematics is a broad field, covering far more technologies and subcategories than people often realize. While the most recognizable subset is in the transportation industry with things like GPS navigation and usage-based insurance, that’s far from its only application. One of its most exciting and fastest-growing use cases is in robotics.

Saint-Gobain announces the construction of a second plasterboard manufacturing line in its Turda plant, in northern Romania.

This €45 million investment aims to considerably increase the plasterboard manufacturing capacity in Romania in order to meet the rapidly growing local needs as well as those of the Central and Eastern European countries, and to secure Saint-Gobain's leadership position in light construction markets.

Strong national variations in EU sales of electric cars are clearly correlated to a country’s standard of living, according to new research by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).

Battery electric and plug-in hybrid cars made up 10.5% of all new cars sold in the EU last year. However, 10 member states still had a market share of lower than 3%. The analysis demonstrates that consumer uptake of electric cars is directly linked to a country’s GDP per capita, indicating that affordability remains a major issue.