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Daimler AG and BMW Group partner to develop next-generation technologies for automated driving

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2019 will see the launch in San José, Silicon Valley, of its first pilot program, with Bosch, on self-driving vehicles (Levels 4/5) in urban environments. Long a leader in active safety systems, it programmed its systems largely in-house right from the very beginning. Autonomous driving at the BMW Group.

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Daimler AG and BMW Group launch long-term development cooperation for automated driving

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2019 will see the launch in San José, Silicon Valley, of its first pilot programme, with Bosch, on self-driving vehicles (Levels 4/5) in urban environments. Long a leader in active safety systems, it programmed its systems largely in-house right from the very beginning. Automated driving at the BMW Group.

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US charges Audi manager with conspiracy to cheat US emissions tests; sacrificing NOx control for a sound system

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According to the complaint, from in or about 2006 until in or about November 2015, Pamio led a team of engineers responsible for designing emissions control systems to meet emissions standards, including for nitrogen oxides (NO x ), for diesel vehicles in the US. Beginning in or about 2006, Audi was designing the new 3.0

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Cummins announces PLANET 2050 strategy; net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

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In 2020, Cummins will launch a strategic community environmental program to align its efforts and affirm its commitment to the environment as one of the company’s three community priority areas. In 2019, Cummins was named to the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America for a 14 th consecutive year.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. below their 2006 levels.

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Big Blue Bus investing $18.2M to upgrade bus fleet; Cummins-Westport Near-Zero NOx engines

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million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and California Proposition 1B Bond funds to replace fifty 40-foot New Flyer buses purchased between 2004 and 2006. In 2017, Gillig and Cummins announced a collaboration on electrified powertrains. In 2016, Big Blue Bus committed to obtaining a 100% electric, zero carbon fleet by 2030.

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EPA finalizes RFS volumes for 2019 and biomass-based diesel volumes for 2020

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The RFS regulations define a small refinery as one with an average crude oil input no greater than 75,000 barrels per day (bpd) crude in 2006. This intentional omission effectively cuts ethanol demand and works against the goals of the RFS program to the detriment of motorists, our environment, and Iowa’s corn farmers.

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