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Audi extends Traffic Light Information to Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco

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Audi is extending its Traffic Light Information (TLI) coverage to Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Audi first brought Traffic Light Information (TLI) to production vehicles in 2016, with just a handful of connected signals.

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Audi introducing V2I Traffic Light Information service in Europe

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Audi is introducing the vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) service “Traffic Light Information” in Europe. In the US, Audi customers have been using this service since late 2016. With the Traffic Light Information function, drivers are more in control. From here, the information reaches the car via a fast Internet connection.

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Audi of America expands Traffic Light Information to include Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory (GLOSA)

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Audi of America announced an expansion of Traffic Light Information to include Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory (GLOSA), another industry first in vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technologies from the brand. —Mark Del Rosso, president, Audi of America.

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Argonne releases 2016 version of GREET

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The Argonne National Laboratory’s Systems Assessment Group announced 2016 release of the suite of GREET (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation Model) models and associated documentation. electricity generation mix based on Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2016.

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EIA: US gasoline consumption hit all-time high in 2016

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Consumption of motor gasoline in the US hit an all-time high in 2016, reaching 9.327 million barrels per day, up 1.6% from 2015 and exceeding the prior peak of 9.286 million barrels per day in 2007, according to revised figures in the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) Monthly Energy Review.

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VW says 3.0L diesel issue extends to MY 2009-2016, not just MY 2014-2016

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liter diesel engines from model years 2009 through 2016. Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North America an In Use Compliance Letter addressing concerns over test results for 2014, 2015, and 2016 vehicles with 3.0-liter On 2 November, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) issued to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.,

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Nissan introducing Serena with 2nd-generation e-POWER system in Japan

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Nissan first introduced a Serena e-POWER model in 2018 ( earlier post )—the second second model with the e-POWER system, which was first introduced in the Nissan Note in Japan in 2016. The series-hybrid e-POWER borrows from the EV technology in the Nissan LEAF. e-Power vehicles do not use grid charging. Serena e-POWER engine.

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