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EPA and NHTSA Issue Notice of Intent to Develop New Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Standards for Light-Duty Vehicle Model Years 2017-2025; Proposal Expected by 30 Sep 2011

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The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years. vehicles and mass reduction.

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IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

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Average fuel economy and new vehicles registrations, 2005 and 2008. The index is built from the four key policies needed to improve fuel economy: fuel tax, CO 2 -based vehicle tax, fuel economy standards and labeling. Vehicle fuel economy standards are an important policy element to overcome market failures for most countries.

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Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

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2012, Reaction Design is continuing the research and assembly of the most complete and accurate fuel mechanisms available today through the Model Fuel Library subscription service. With the MFC coming to an end in Dec. The goal of MFC II was to create software models and tools to predict soot particle size and number. Click to enlarge.

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Why Haven't Hoverbikes Taken Off?

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Assessing Hoverbikes’ Risks Safety concerns are just as big a hurdle to making hoverbikes available for sale. That standard of safety, he says, is meant to ensure that the probability of a fatal event is no greater than one in one million flight hours. safety standards. But that explanation is as plausible as any.

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NHTSA Modeling and Technology Projections Underlying the Proposed CAFE Target of 34.1 mpg by MY 2016

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Behind the targets is a significant amount of modeling, including revisions to certain aspects of the Volpe modeling process, such as the inputs, data, modeling techniques, and the constraints used in assessing appropriate stringency for future CAFE standards. Data: Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Mercedes-Benz presents autonomous Future Truck 2025 research vehicle; “Highway Pilot”

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Power is transferred by the fully automated 12-speed Mercedes PowerShift 3 transmission, which is standard equipment. The radar sensor is the basis for the Proximity Control Assist and Emergency Braking Assist already available today. Transmission is via WLAN technology, using the standard, Europe-wide G5 frequency of 5.9

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