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OCTOBER 26, 2022

We have grown our electrification business globally and here in the North American region. We’ve invested more than $6 billion dollars in electromobility development and in 2021 our global orders for electromobility surpassed $10 billion dollars for the first time. The site indicated it would secure electrification business.

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JULY 19, 2011

The Torino Center is responsible for the development of all diesel engines for General Motors passenger cars globally, including the Opel/Vauxhall products in Europe; diesel control systems; and advanced technologies on hybrids and conventional powertrains.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

Comparing the Soul EV to its diesel counterpart currently on sale in Europe, TÜV Nord found the electric vehicle scored particularly strongly for “Global Warming Potential”, emitting 39.7% fewer greenhouse gases over the whole life of the vehicle. Kia Soul EV. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

The diesel crisis certainly affected the speed of growth in the market, but consumers are overcoming this by turning to more attractive gasoline and AFV solutions. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. The diesel decline continued during the first six months of 2018, as registrations were down by 17%. —Felipe Munoz.

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JULY 30, 2012

MAN Diesel & Turbo announced that its first super-long-stroke, 90-cm bore Mk 9 engine has successfully completed test bed trials at Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine & Machinery Division. Physically the largest two-stroke engine ever designed by MAN Diesel & Turbo, the engine will deliver a massive torque of 8.5 million N·m (6.3

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Proterra and Komatsu, a global leader in construction and mining equipment, announced a new collaboration to electrify next-generation underground mining machines using Proterra’s battery technology. This is the second collaboration between Proterra and Komatsu. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

A new report from Pike Research forecasts that the global natural gas vehicle (NGV) sector is poised for a new period of growth. million in 2008. Globally, Pike Research forecasts that the NGV market will grow at a CAGR of 5.5% NGVs have substantially lower GHG, CO 2 , and NO x than gasoline or diesel. Energy security.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

The transport sector is not on track towards achieving sustainable mobility, according to the newly published Global Mobility Report 2017 (GMR). The GMR is the first study to assess the global performance of the transport sector and the progress made toward four main objectives: universal access, efficiency, safety, and green mobility.

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JUNE 26, 2013

Global automotive supplier DENSO Corporation has developed a new 2500-bar diesel common rail (DCR) fuel injection system; DENSO says this is the currently the world’s highest injection pressure for a diesel common rail fuel injection systems comprising injector, fuel pump and common rail. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

We're just four days into the Volkswagen diesel-emission cheating scandal, but it's not too early to ask about its ultimate ramifications. The 482,000 VW and Audi cars being investigated by the EPA are a majority of all the diesel passenger cars sold in the U.S. since 2008, when new and tougher emission limits took effect.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

The rebirth of FNM began in 2008, when a Rio-based company that is active in the mobility sector acquired the rights in the Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) (the National Industrial Property Institute) to use the historic Brazilian trade name—including the badge, which had been inspired by the classical Alfa Romeo logo.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The new requirements include the transition of diesel-powered truck TRUs to zero?emission; Since implementation began in 2008, particulate matter emissions and resulting near-source health risk are almost 80% lower due to a combination of the current rule and federal emission standards for off?road road engines.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2011

The Range_e development 4WD diesel PHEV. This development model features a plug-in hybrid diesel-electric powertrain that Land Rover expects to make available in future production models, following the scheduled launch of its diesel-electric hybrid in 2013. —John Edwards, Land Rover Global Brand Director.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Total US exports of finished petroleum products have increased more than 60% since 2007 as markets have become more globally integrated, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Distillate exports, which include diesel fuels and fuel oils, represent a more significant share of total available product. Annual U.S.

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APRIL 7, 2010

However, even with increases in 2010 and 2011, projected CO 2 emissions in 2011 are lower than annual emissions from 1999 through 2008. This growth is the result of an expected recovery in the global economy, with world gross domestic product (GDP, on an oil-weighted basis) assumed to rise by more than 3 percent per year.

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JULY 20, 2012

Global emissions of CO 2 increased by 3% last year, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO 2 emissions”, released by the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). At 3%, the 2011 increase in global CO 2 emissions is above the past decade’s average annual increase of 2.7%.

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JULY 29, 2010

Controlling soot from fossil fuels and solid biofuels may be a faster method of reducing Arctic ice loss and global warming than other options, including controlling CH 4 or CO 2 , although all controls are needed, according to a new study by Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson at Stanford University. He also found that soot emissions kill more than 1.5

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

One of those vehicles is a Mercedes-Benz E-Class powered by unblended renewable diesel produced by UOP’s Ecofining process ( earlier post ), using oil from algae provided by Solazyme. Green diesel offers value as a blending stock for refiners seeking to enhance existing diesel fuels and expand the diesel pool.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Volkswagen’s Gold Medal submission was evaluated through a global competition with companies in multiple business sectors by WEC’s independent Gold Medal Jury chaired by Dr. Joel Abrams, Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh. It is a great honor for Volkswagen to receive the Gold Medal Award for Sustainable Development in 2014.

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MARCH 27, 2009

BASF Catalysts has introduced a proprietary new technology that enables petroleum refiners to utilize their current gasoline-oriented fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units to meet the increased global demand for diesel fuel. The LCO can be blended or further upgraded to augment the refiner’s production of high quality diesel fuel.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Black carbon, for example, has a global warming potential 3200 times that of CO 2 on a 20-year time scale. Black carbon, a component of soot, also known as PM 2.5 , comes from diesel engines and incomplete burning of carbon sources. Reducing these pollutants can have a more immediate beneficial impact on climate change.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Regulations to restrict diesel emissions are being introduced at the local and regional levels in various parts of the world, and this is generating interest in zero-emission fuel cell technology. The IMO has estimated that 1.135 billion tonnes of CO 2 was emitted by ships in 2008, representing 3.5% of the global total that year.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

However, while Mazda plans to offer hybrid vehicles in the medium-term, its engineers are pushing hard to increase the efficiencies of both the gasoline and diesel platforms, moving toward what they call “the ideal Internal Combustion Engine.” Mazda said it is weighing bringing the diesel to North America as well.

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JANUARY 25, 2020

in model year 2008 to 51% in model year 2018. However, similar to diesel engines, the direct injection of fuel in GDI engines creates fuel-rich pockets near the injection zone, and the combustion conditions in these pockets are conducive to formation of carbonaceous particulate matter (PM), especially black carbon (BC). . …

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JUNE 30, 2021

So how did this largely rural Scandinavian country become the global leader in EV adoption? Buying a new electric car is more or less the same price as buying a nice petrol or diesel car now, ” says Christiana Bu, secretary-general of Norsk elbilforening , the Norwegian EV Association.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Since 2008, Eaton’s Vehicle Group has been laser-focused on reducing emissions and fuel consumption. We have—and continue to develop—technologies that reduce NO x emissions and improve the overall fuel economy of internal combustion diesel engines, as well technologies for electric, hybrid and fuel cell commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2009

The GE C30ACi, the first AC diesel electric locomotive to be introduced to sub-Saharan Africa, will have a GE FDL engine that delivers 3,300 gross horsepower (GHP) using an electronic fuel-injection (EFI) system that automatically supplies the exact amount of fuel needed for optimal engine efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2019

Bosch will then manufacture this technology under license for the global automotive market. One kilogram of hydrogen contains as much energy as about three liters of diesel. Headquartered in Göteborg, Sweden, the company was spun off from the Volvo Group in 2008. As production grows, the price should fall.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

Initial results from a joint pilot test of 14 series-produced Mercedes-Benz trucks and buses running NExBTL renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil, HVO) since mid-2008 show a reduction in NO x emissions of up to 15%, and in CO 2 emissions of more than 60% compared to fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2019

Bio-TCat is covered under issued patents and filed patent applications owned by Anellotech, as well as those licensed on an exclusive and global basis from the University of Massachusetts. Founded in 2008, Anellotech has raised more than US$80 million in cash and in-kind contributions to date.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Biomass technology group BTG plans to set up a new high-tech technology company that can convert crude pyrolysis oil into diesel fuel suitable for the shipping sector. BTG previously adopted a similar strategy for the production of pyrolysis oil in 2008, when it established a new company called BTG-BTL.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2010

Bosch anticipates that electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles will take almost a 3% share of the global new car market in 2020. PSA Peugeot Citroën and Bosch have formed an engineering alliance to develop diesel hybrids with electric four-wheel drive, which will go into series production in 2011. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Previewed as a development project at the last IAA in 2008, the F2 range, which is designed for operation at up to 3,000 bar, provides an affordable way for manufacturers to meet many global emissions regulations including Euro VI, US10 and Japan PNLTR, Delphi says. Tags: Diesel Emissions Engines Heavy-duty Vehicle Systems.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

US exports of distillate fuel (which includes diesel) reached a record 656,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2010 and have grown every year since 2003, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Also, Europe requires very low sulfur diesel fuel, which many refiners outside the United States cannot produce.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

The second generation of MINI, introduced in 2000, optimized the relationship between fun driving and fuel consumption, including the introduction of diesel engines. In 2008, MINI was a trailblazer for electromobility in the BMW Group.

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JULY 24, 2010

China’s Global Times newspaper reports that the China government is considering requiring new passenger car vehicles (PCVs) to be equipped with belt-starter-generator (BSG) systems for fuel efficiency, according to General Manager of Chery New Energy Company, Yuan Tao. Such microhybrid systems could save about 5% on fuel.

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JULY 2, 2010

The Evoque, which is derived from the LRX concept car shown in 2008 ( earlier post ), will be sold in more than 160 countries. In 2008 we introduced the LRX concept car: after a positive reception worldwide, the natural step for the business was to turn the LRX concept car into reality. Tags: Diesel Hybrids.

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