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BMW Accused of Emissions Cheating, Does Anyone Really Care?

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Regulators in Germany have opened an investigation into alleged diesel exhaust rule circumvention on the part of BMW. The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA), Germany’s federal transport authority, has alleged that BMW X3 models equipped with the brand’s 2.0-liter It’s a situation reminiscent of the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal from 2015.

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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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BMW provides an update on waste heat recovery projects; Turbosteamer and the Thermoelectric Generator

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Finding ways of recovering this lost heat energy has been one of the major goals being pursued by engineers working on BMW EfficientDynamics for the future. The BMW turbosteamer is based on this two-stage stationary power generation method, but reduced in scale and design to form a component that can be used in modern automobile engines.

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EEA: almost all Euro car makers met specific 2017 CO2 targets on new sales, but emissions up year-on-year

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While all van manufacturers respected their specific emission targets in 2017, three car manufacturers (Automobili Lamborghini, Mazda Motor Corporation and Société des Automobiles Alpine), representing together 1.4% Automobiles Peugeot and Automobiles Citroen followed with (105 g CO 2 /km) and (106 g CO 2 /km), respectively.

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History of Electric Vehicles in India

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Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Hyundai, Mahindra, Chevrolet, BMW, and Renault are among the companies producing revolutionary electric automobiles today. 2005 – 2015 : Period of a huge setback in the Industry due to various issues mainly poor government support and poor support system and infrastructure for EVs.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. billion, in comparison with BMW, which having used all the resources considered necessary to create value doubled its sustainable value to €2.8

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Audi’s production electric e-tron quattro may set a new standard for vehicle handling; advanced vehicle dynamics control

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Pint, who has been at Audi for less than one year, came from BMW where he worked on the electric powertrains for the i3 and i8. Since those days, the industry has developed a large body of knowledge about the mechanistic explanations of the behavior of automobiles in response to the forces of movement.

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