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Volvo Trucks boosts fuel savings with MY 2016 enhancements

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Volvo Trucks’ model year 2016 VN series heavy-duty highway tractors will deliver greater fuel savings than previous generation models through an assortment of aerodynamic and powertrain enhancements. Further sculpting of airflow around the exterior and underneath the hood improves fuel efficiency by up to 3.5%.

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BMW Connected North America makes its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016; powered by Azure

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BMW Connected, a new personal mobility companion, made its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016, Microsoft’s developer conference, last week. Service Fabric enables the automaker to build individual mobility graphs with personalized data and real-time context. Open Mobility Cloud.

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Plains All American to build $900M, 200K bpd pipeline from Cushing to Memphis

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The total project investment is expected to be approximately $900 million and is expected to be completed in late 2016. Valero holds an option until January 2016 to become a partner in the Diamond Pipeline and purchase a 50% interest.

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Argonne releases new cradle-to-grave lifecycle analysis of US LDV vehicle-fuel pathways

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This analysis builds on a previous comprehensive life cycle analysis, updating that study’s 2016 assumptions and methods. By far the largest and the most consequential change in the input assumptions between the 2016 study and this current update is in battery costs for BEVs.

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Canada aligns with US on light-duty vehicle GHGs, Tier 3 regulations and heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency

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The final Regulations Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations for model year 2017 and beyond will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on 8 October. The Notice of Intent for heavy-duty vehicles and engines would build on existing regulations for 2014-18 model years.

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AECOM awarded contract to build Faraday Future’s $1B N American EV manufacturing plant

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The project, to be delivered with a guaranteed maximum price, has an approximate construction value of $500 million and will be included in AECOM’s backlog for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016. The project will also feature extended life-cycle materials that require less maintenance.

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Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

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Emissions from buildings, industry and other parts of the economy rose, though less than in 2018. All told, net US GHG emissions ended 2019 slightly higher than at the end of 2016. That’s higher than the 3% gain in 2018, but lower than the 13% gains posted in 2016 and 2017. Direct emissions from buildings increased by 2.2%

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