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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Governments, including 35 industrialized countries, also agreed to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol—due to expire next year— from 1 January 2013. will be led by the climate science in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and the global Review from 2013-2015. and to assist the Conference of the Parties.

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GM CEO outlines highlights of fuel economy plan through MY2016: lightweighting; more efficient gasoline and clean diesel engines, electrification

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Within his talk about the need for a US energy policy at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 energy conference in Houston, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson outlined some highlights of the company’s fuel economy plan through the 2016 model year. Clean diesel. The new Cadillac ATS is lighter than a comparable BMW 3-Series.

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Swiss team concludes that particulate filters should be mandatory for GDI engines

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The carcinogenic potential in one cubic meter of exhaust gas from gasoline direct injectors is up to 1,700 times higher than the EU limit for clean air. The results of the GasOMeP project were presented during a conference held at the Empa Academy in late March. Click to enlarge.

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New VW EA288 diesel to debut in 2H 2014 in the MY 2015 Golf, Jetta, Passat and Beetle; MDB comes to the US (updated with diagrams)

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liter diesels currently fitted in Audi and Volkswagen TDI Clean Diesel models. In a briefing last week at Volkswagen’s annual media conference, Dr. Johannes Arning, of Volkswagen’s Powertrain Product Management group, noted that the new MDB offers five major features: Improved basic engine.

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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Ashley Horvat, Amy Hillman, Emmaline Pohnl, & Julie Peacock In 2013, Ashley Horvat, Amy Hillman, Emmaline Pohnl, and Julie Peacock founded Women of EVs (WEV) with the aim of advocating for women in executive leadership roles within the EV industry, as well as in other sectors. The group’s membership includes individuals from the U.S.,

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Westport Innovations acquires alt fuel systems company Prins Autogassystemen for €12.2M

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In October, a Prins technology paper presented at the 2013 Global Technology Conference (GTC) in London “Development of Dual Fuel technology: Prins Dieselblend-2.0 million tonnes in 2013—an increase of 9.4 system enabling heavy duty vehicles driving on LP Gas” was the overall winner of the 2014 WLPGA Innovation award.

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Governors of 8 states sign MoU to put 3.3M zero-emission vehicles on roads by 2025; 15% of new vehicle sales

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million ZEVs would represent a new vehicle market penetration for the group of states of about 15%, said Mary Nichols, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board (ARB), during a conference call announcing the agreement. Motorists bought more than 40,000 plug-in cars in the first and second quarters of 2013.

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