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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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Audi has set the goal of successively reducing vehicle-specific CO 2 emissions by 30% by 2025 compared with reference year 2015 and over the entire product lifecycle. mpg US); electric power consumption in kWh/100 km: 19.1 – 17.5; Audi is also focusing on the manufacture of its products. 97.9 - 111.9

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Toyota launches Prius in Japan; forecasts delay in deliveries of the new model

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km/L (73 mpg US, 3.2 The vehicle exceeds the existing Japanese 2010 fuel efficiency standards by 25% and meets new 2015 Japanese fuel efficiency standards under the Law Concerning Rational Use of Energy. The combination of aerodynamic performance (0.29 drag coefficient) and low weight enable a fuel efficiency of 31.0

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EC proposes 95 grams CO2/km target for new cars by 2020, 147 grams for light vans; super credits for cars below 35g

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grams in 2011 and a mandatory target of 130 grams in 2015. The proposals would amend two existing regulations establishing binding requirements for manufacturers to meet the 2015 mandatory target for cars and the 2017 target for vans. Emissions from vans will be reduced to 147g CO 2 /km in 2020 from 181.4 Earlier post.).

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Bosch: Electrification is Coming, But Combustion Engines to Dominate for Another 20 Years

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By 2015, we expect to see a sales volume of some 500,000 electric vehicles worldwide. Rolf Leonhard By 2015, said Leonhard, a gasoline-driven car will consume only 5.5 liters per 100 kilometers (43 mpg US)—29% less than a standard engine in 2009. A diesel-powered car in 2015 will only burn 3.6 Bernd Bohr. Source: Bosch.

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Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

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The company expects to demonstrate that during an eight hour delivery day simulation this plug-in hybrid vehicle can exceed 150 miles while exhibiting an efficiency of over 75 mpg (miles per gallon). Green Star Products is not in competition with Toyota or any other major automobile manufacturer because it is targeting a different market.

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