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53 » END OF CHAT AutoData | June 2018 “Technology already exists and could be implemented in Brazil in the short term if we weren’t governed by a group of semi-retarded bad-natured baboons.” Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian piloto f F-E, about electric cars in Brazil. “Electric mobility is one of the main options so we can have a healthy mobility, based on the sustainability in the Brazilian independence” (sic) Gilberto Kassab, minister of Science and Technology, during the launch of Frente Parlamentar Mista em Defesa da Eletromobilidade Brasileira (Mixed Parliamentary Front in Defense of Brazilian Electromobility), in the end of May in Brasília, DF. “Is it necessary to have a driver? Is this driver going to be called driver since this person doesn’t drive anything, he just operates a machine? So are we going to start calling this person as an operator?” A question raised by Daniel Mariz Tavares, representative of Denatran (National Traffic Department) in a public audience of the Comissão de Viação e Transportes da Câmara dos Deputados (Commission of Transport of the Chamber of Deputies) that discussed the creation of rules for autonomous cars circulation in Brazil. 5,7 % 2,5 % 25 970 1,6 was the increase in the demand for credit of Brazilian companies in the first four months of 2018 compared to the same period of 2017, according to Serasa Experian. is the new forecast of the federal government for the GDP growth in 2018. Previously, was 2,97% cases of cargo robbery were registered in Brazil in 2017, according to a study by NTC, Associação Nacional do Transporte de Cargas e Logística (National Association of Cargo Transportation and Logistics). billion reais was the loss caused by these robberies, according to the study. billion reais is the estimated cost per year with accidents on Brazilian roads, considering from medical expenses to material damages, according to Ipea (Institute of Applied Economic Research).