"We have 300 metallurgists and engineers in the plant whose sole focus is to have that steel plant yield successful new steel alloys to help us make our cost, weight and safety targets, " Krafcik said.
The Borg group says the FDA understated lorcaserin's efficacy in weight loss and exaggerated safety issues.
He's never had the weight of people's safety and security on his shoulders.
The new rule was prompted by a recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board, which found that passenger weight was a factor in several deadly boating accidents in recent years.
It should ultimately be capable of making ultralight cars at automotive scale and cost, halving steel cars' weight and fuel use, improving safety, costing no more per car and saving oil equivalent to finding a Saudi Arabia under Detroit.
Required safety features make cars heavier, but the added weight hurts mandated fuel economy.
Printed in sheets and fitted onto the robot's arms and chest, the sensors enable high-precision tactile guidance and allow RIBA-II to quickly detect a person's weight from touch alone, guaranteeing patient safety.
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The FDA approved the drug and kept it on the market for a long time, despite a very modest weight loss benefit and obvious problems with the safety of the drug.
Despite their safety risks, they are increasingly attractive to aircraft makers as a way to cut weight and thus improve fuel efficiency.
Last year, the FDA rejected three proposed weight-loss drugs, Qnexa, lorcaserin and Contrave because of safety concerns ranging from heart to psychiatric issues.
That prompts two immediate questions: how much will such a weight reduction add to prices, and will hard-won gains in vehicle safety be sacrificed in the process?
It is feared any potential benefits from the extra boost of 80bhp for up to six seconds each lap will initially be negated by the system's weight (on average 35kg) and its knock-on effect on balance, weight distribution and reliability, not to mention the cost and anxiety over its safety.
Herbal medicines marketed as weight loss aids have been found to include a drug withdrawn in Europe and US on safety grounds.
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