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ICCT analysis finds real-world vehicle fuel consumption gap in Europe at all-time high of 42%

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However, says Dr. Peter Mock, Managing Director of ICCT Europe, since 2001 Europe has seen the largest increase in its gap. As a result, less than half of the on-paper reductions in CO 2 emission values since 2001 have been realized in practice, ICCT says. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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ICCT/TNO study: Real-world vehicle fuel consumption discrepancy widens to 42% in Europe

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Since 2001, the discrepancy between official measurements of vehicle efficiency and actual performance of new cars in everyday driving has more than quadrupled—a discrepancy that translates into €450 per year in extra fuel costs for the average vehicle. for selected brands in 2001 and 2015. United Kingdom), km77.com

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To Look Forward, Sometimes You Have to Look Back

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Magazines love to dabble in prognostication, particularly when it comes to emerging technology. Back in 2001, Senior Editor Michael J. Startups show such futuristic pronouncements to potential investors, who in turn use them as data points to inform their bets. Back then, the hydrogen economy seemed right around the corner.

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Irradiating the Mail: The Anthrax Attacks of 2001

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Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) was already studying how to render anthrax spores harmless through irradiation prior to the mail attacks of 2001. the letter pictured below, which was sent to the National Postal Museum dated 1 December 2001. As it happens, the. But the Postal Service needed to process approximately.

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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

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Gerard “Gus” Gaynor says he knew he would become an engineer when he was 7 years old, inspired by his father’s monthly Popular Mechanics magazines. At the talk, he met Joel Snyder , who was 2001 IEEE president and “built up a very personal relationship with him,” Gaynor says. Section in 1962 that he became more involved.

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ICCT update finds real-world vehicle fuel economy gap continues to widen in Europe to 40%

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Since 2001, the discrepancy between official measurements of vehicle efficiency and actual performance of new cars in everyday driving has more than quadrupled—a discrepancy that now translates into €450 (US$500) per year in extra fuel costs for the average vehicle. Earlier post.). United Kingdom), km77.com

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Space Station Incident Demands Independent Investigation

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By 2001-'02, the results were as Kranz and his colleagues had warned. The author of a dozen books and hundreds of magazine articles on the past, present, and potential future of space exploration, he has reported from space launch and operations centers across the United States and Russia and North Korea.

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