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Toyota to pay $180M penalty for Clean Air Act reporting violations

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In 2003, 2004, and 2005, as part of an annual review, Toyota submitted its May 2002 process in writing to EPA as an overview of its EDIR reporting program. Toyota noted internally that EPA seemed pleased with this approach, which EPA had described as “more stringent than California.” Toyota’s Conduct from Approximately 2005 to 2015.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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The company stumbled badly, its bureaucratic approach to product development no match for a fast-moving field. The logical place to build a small computer was inside IBM's General Products Division, which focused on minicomputers and the successful typewriter business. At the outset, though, things looked rosy. and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products. Both production and consumption of ethanol were basically flat for much of the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Until fairly recently, these US motor vehicles were non-FFVs.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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July, 2009 : A NASA satellite study found that Arctic sea ice had thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record ( earlier post ). “ Internationally, we reject legally binding emissions. We can’t run away from it.”

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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Digg Facebook Reddit more… Print Reprints & permissions Related Items From The Economist Two-wheelers take over Nov 13th 2008 Bicycle production Sep 22nd 2008 Electric bikes in China Aug 13th 2008 More. Advertising info Legal disclaimer Accessibility Privacy policy Terms & Conditions Help. All rights reserved.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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Audi is the first manufacturer worldwide to use this technology in a production plug-in hybrid. Covered in greater detail in an earlier post , the battery-electric e-tron quattro concept provides a very close foreshadowing of the production model to follow in 2018. Thermal management systems in the Q7 e-tron quattro. Click to enlarge.

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