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Suzuki reports fuel economy testing irregularities in Japan but says no need to amend values

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Ignis(Launched on 18 February 2016). Baleno(Launched on 9 March 2016). Jimny Sierra(Running change in 2010). Jimny(Running change in 2010). Solio(Launched on 26 August 2015). SX4 S-CROSS(Launched on 19 February 2015). Swift(Launched on 18 September 2010). Running change in 2012). Escudo(Launched on 15 October 2015).

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EPA: GHG emissions standards for cars and light trucks should be revised; joint process with NHTSA (updated with more reactions)

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Administrator Pruitt also announced the start of a joint process with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to develop a notice and comment rulemaking to set revised GHG emissions standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The Obama Administration’s determination was wrong.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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Nanoracks/Lockheed Martin/Voyager Space Orbital Reef, First Stages Illustration of the first components of Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada’s proposed Orbital Reef space station in orbit. Blue Origin/Sierra Nevada SpaceX’s “Station”? An inflatable storage compartment, called BEAM , has been docked to the ISS since 2016.

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USDA to invest up to $100M to boost infrastructure for renewable fuel use; seeks to double number of higher blend ethanol fuel pumps

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Secretary Vilsack has recognized the bio-based economy as one of the four pillars of rural economic growth, in addition to production agriculture, local and regional food systems, and conservation and natural resources. The announcement is USDA’s latest effort to increase renewable fuel use in the United States.

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13 environmental groups urge USPS to select plug-ins for next-generation delivery vehicles

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In 2016, the Postal Service awarded contracts to six prime suppliers who together were to produce 50 prototype vehicles as part of the next phase of the NGDV acquisition process. Additionally, testing of the vehicles’ durability, components and fuel economy will be conducted by engineers at third-party laboratories. Sierra Club.

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