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JANUARY 21, 2013

Although the Eaton charger at ERL is equipped with the new SAE J1772 Combined Charging System (CCS) for AC or DC charging ( earlier post ), and Volkswagen supports the new standard, both Eaton and VW said that they will support CHAdeMO if that standard prevails, particularly in the Japanese market. public DC charging of up to 86 kW.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

In standard production of ethanol, enzymes are used to break down the biomass and release sugars. The team also developed an additional process that uses another catalyst to convert the two phenol products into the high-octane (RON > 100) hydrocarbon fuel suitable for use as drop-in gasoline. We do all of this in a one-step process.

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MARCH 31, 2022

Swiss battery Technology pioneer Battrion AG has teamed up with German roll-to-roll production specialist Jagenberg Converting Solution GmbH to supply anode pilot and GWh-production lines utilizing Battrion’s Aligned Graphite Technology for the lithium-ion battery industry. Battrion is an ETH Zurich spin-off founded in 2015.

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MARCH 5, 2014

Ford’s MY 2015 F-Series Super Duty heavy-duty pickup trucks feature engine and chassis upgrades that together deliver best-in-class horsepower, torque and towing capacity. The new engine will also be featured on the MY 2016 F-650 and F-750 medium-duty trucks, available in spring 2015. Ford’s second-generation 6.7-liter

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

A Sandia National Laboratories project team, including a number of industry partners, is designing and building a cold-ironing fuel cell system that will be deployed in the Port of Honolulu in 2015. Earlier post.). —Joe Pratt. Future deployments and other ports.

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JUNE 16, 2015

The entire engine range (115 to 220 PS) meets the Euro-6 standard. The first generation Sharan made its debut in Geneva in 1995; between 1995 and 2015 more than 800,000 Sharans were sold worldwide. All diesel engines are fitted with an SCR catalytic converter. more fuel efficient; the most efficient model consumes 5.0

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JANUARY 19, 2021

As of the beginning of 2021, Audi has converted its European vehicle range to the level of the Euro 6d emission standard. All models included in the currently valid sales program comply with the strict limits of the Euro 6d-ISC-FCM standard. Since then, the limit value for nitrogen oxides of 80 milligrams per kilometer (128.7

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JUNE 7, 2013

At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. DME engine in 2015. Volvo is currently in development with the DME engine that will enter production in 2015.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Northwestern University scientists have developed a catalyst that can convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia under natural conditions. A process that uses abundant solar energy to turn nitrogen into ammonia offers an attractive alternative to Haber-Bosch, the industrial standard for producing ammonia, Kanatzidis said. Yuhas, Eric A.

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MAY 16, 2019

MAN Engines—a business unit of MAN Truck & Bus, itself a member of the Volkswagen Group—is now offering 12-cylinder, IMO Tier III emission standards engines for workboats, spanning a power range from 551 to 1,213 kW. The engines are immediately available.

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JANUARY 4, 2016

The complaint alleges that nearly 600,000 diesel engine vehicles had illegal defeat devices installed that impair their emission control systems and cause emissions to exceed EPA’s standards, resulting in harmful air pollution. Consistent with EPA’s Notices of Violation, issued on September 18, 2015 for 2.0 Beetle (2013-2015).

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MARCH 18, 2014

liter EA288 diesel engine will power the 2015 Golf, Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Passat, and Jetta, all of which are set to arrive in dealer showrooms in the second half of 2014. Main modules of development of the EA288 diesel. Click to enlarge. Volkswagen of America announced that the new 2.0-liter Low-pressure EGR.

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MAY 3, 2013

Alcoa will invest $275 million over the next three years to expand and convert capacity at its rolling mill in Alcoa, Tenn., We anticipate a quadrupling of auto sheet volume by 2015 and a tenfold increase by 2025.” —Alcoa Chairman and CEO, Klaus Kleinfeld. to support automotive producers’ plans to use more aluminum sheet.

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MAY 1, 2018

NO x emissions have not been decreasing as expected in recent years (2011–2015) when comparing top-down estimates from satellites and surface NO 2 measurements to the trends predicted from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s emission inventory data, according to a new study by an international team of researchers.

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JUNE 21, 2019

A distinguishing feature of the new material is that it is applied as a liquid—via wet chemical coating—and only afterwards converted into a solid when it is already in place in the electrodes. The different curves refer to different loadings. Calculation based on practical volumetric energy density values for the cathode.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

By harnessing the power of the tide at EMEC’s tidal energy test site at the Fall of Warness, Eday, Orkney, prototype tidal energy converters—Scotrenewables’ SR2000 and Tocardo’s TFS and T2 turbine—fed power into an electrolyzer supplied by ITM Power situated next to EMEC’s onshore substation.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Addressing these “cold-start” emissions is critical to meet the new standards. The novel material reaches operating temperature quicker than standard substrates, so catalytic converters can clean exhaust emissions earlier without increased fuel or additional precious metal. Emissions'

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MARCH 31, 2014

Liberty Coach, a company that converts Prevost luxury motor coaches to RVs, has introduced a new communication link that facilitates monitoring of a coach’s lithium-ion battery systems from both inside and outside the vehicle. We were the first convertor to adopt the Crestron system, which is now of course the industry standard.

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MARCH 6, 2014

Comparison of global passenger vehicle fuel consumption standards normalized to NEDC L/100km. A team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has provided an update on China’s proposed Phase 4 fuel consumption standard for passenger cars. 100km (34 mpg US) in 2015. annually—between 2015 and 2020.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

Nissan’s all-new fourth-generation Pathfinder—which will be built in Russia—will be available with a standard 3.5L The plant currently builds the Teana, Murano and X-Trail, and Qashqai will be added in 2015. For the hybrid version, Pathfinder’s standard 3.5-liter miDO sales are due to start in early 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Both six-cylinder engines have been modified and upgraded by adding an SCR catalytic converter. Due to the SCR catalytic converter, the Touareg 4MOTION V6 TDI BlueMotion Technology meets the EU6 emissions standard. Launches subsequently follow in Russia (end of 2014) and North America and Asia (early 2015).

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OCTOBER 19, 2015

At the Automotive Testing Expo North America 2015 this week, SAKOR Technologies will be highlighting its hybrid and electric vehicle testing, high voltage battery testing and simulation technologies, as well as the smallest AC regenerative engine dynamometer available in the industry.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In 2015, FCA, Iveco (a brand of CNH Industrial), Magneti Marelli (a brand of FCA) and the Israel Fuel Choices Initiative (IFCI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a co-operation between the parties to develop alternative fuel and natural gas-based technologies. Background. Olah and two co-authors, G.

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APRIL 7, 2015

launched the new Nissan X-Trail Hybrid, which goes on sale on 13 May 2015 at Nissan dealers throughout Japan. In addition, the new X-Trail Hybrid will have Forward Emergency Braking as standard equipment, expanding its safety technology features. The clutches and motor are installed co-axially in the space of the torque converter.

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MARCH 18, 2015

The company’s process begins with the gasification of woody biomass to produce syngas, which is then cleaned and sent to a Fischer-Tropsch unit where it is converted to a high grade, renewable syncrude. Throughout 2015, Red Rock expects to continue expanding both its team and geographic footprint through additional refineries.

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JULY 24, 2019

The technology in the car converts the commands from the infrastructure into driving maneuvers. The insights from these tests are reflected in the recently issued SAE standard 3134. This process relies on the interplay between the intelligent parking garage infrastructure supplied by Bosch and Mercedes-Benz automotive technology.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

With its deep first gear ratio and industry-leading ratio coverage, the Allison nine-speed transmission provides significant fuel savings as the efficient gear train allows the torque converter to lock up early in first gear. First announced in 2015, xFE transmissions were exclusively available in the 3000 Series for bus applications.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Toyota will also use the venue to unveil further potential technology directions in the future of low-emission and zero-emission vehicles with the world premiere of the Yaris Hybrid-R concept, as well as the latest status of its fuel cell technology development, due to be launched in a production car by 2015. Yaris Hybrid-R concept.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

One of its outstanding features is the in-line six, which meets the EU Stage V emission standard for locomotives without the need for an exhaust after-treatment system (EATS). It was also released for agricultural technology applications in 2015 and applications in the construction industry in 2016.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Sample shipments of the first device, TMPV7608XBG, will start in January 2015, with mass production scheduled for December 2016 onwards. The TC9580FTG system power management IC employs a DC-DC converter for optimizing voltage and power current control of the TMPV760 series.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

It converts manure to R-CNG using a large anaerobic digester, and uses the fuel to power its milk tanker trucks. Atlas is committed to converting its entire refuse fleet to natural gas as older diesel vehicles retire. Energy Vision and Argonne produced the studies jointly.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The first batch of 30 buses, enough to convert a full route, will enter passenger service in April next year. The buses also deliver better than twice the fuel economy of a standard diesel bus. TfL anticipates that the first central London bus route, requiring approximately 30 vehicles, will be converted by the end of April next year.

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APRIL 29, 2015

At SAE 2015 World Congress last week, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers describing some of the technology innovations used in its production fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle Mirai ( earlier post ). Boost converter. Toyota engineers achieved this by adopting a multi-phase converter and an innovative cooling structure.

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JULY 28, 2015

Colorado is the 2015 Motor Trend Truck of the Year and Cars.com’s Best Pickup Truck of 2015.) To control vibration and noise inside Colorado, engineers integrated a Centrifugal Pendulum Vibration Absorber (CPVA) in the torque converter used with the standard Hydra-Matic 6L50 six-speed automatic transmission.

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witnessed a fairly staggering decline in vehicular safety starting around 2015 and we’re still seeing metrics that would be considered high from before that period. The ultimate goal is to pivot most people into public transportation while converting automobiles and roads into closely monitored data-collection machines.

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DECEMBER 3, 2017

engine, first unveiled at the 2015 LA Auto Show for the 2016 CX-9. A centrifugal pendulum has been adopted in the torque converter of the six-speed SKYACTIV-DRIVE automatic transmission, counterbalancing any vibration that might otherwise be felt when running on two cylinders. Mazda6’s 2.5-liter, engine.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

SAE first published a standard ( J670 ) defining vehicle dynamics terminology in 1952; the standard is now in its seventh edition, having been revised most recently in 2008 to keep pace with the emergence of new technologies such as a four-wheel drive and active control. Click to enlarge. Earlier post. ) lb-ft) of torque—i.e.,

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