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JANUARY 11, 2018

The law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Ford and Bosch of knowingly installing emissions-cheating software devices in 2011-2017 Ford 250 and 350 Super Duty diesel pickup trucks, allowing the affected pickups to pollute at levels up to 50 times legal limits.

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MAY 9, 2022

Developed by the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the strategy will ensure that the entire Department is using all available legal tools to promote environmental justice.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

From 2017, Mercedes-Benz will offer in Europe the S- and E-Class as the first production passenger cars equipped with CO 2 air conditioning systems. However, deployment throughout the entire vehicle fleet will not be feasible by the effective date of the new EU directive on 1 January 2017. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

The infrastructure-supported driverless parking technology, which made its debut in the parking garage at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart in 2017 ( earlier post ), marks the first pilot of its kind in China. Automated Valet Parking is an efficient solution for both car park management and vehicle users. strategy.

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MAY 16, 2017

Bestavros and his colleagues wrote that: Secure multi-party computation (MPC) can possess substantial social value: it enables companies, government agencies, and other organizations to benefit from collective data aggregation and analysis in contexts where the raw data are encumbered by legal and corporate policy restrictions on data sharing.

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JULY 26, 2018

The new structure comprises three legally independent entities—Mercedes-Benz AG, Daimler Truck AG and Daimler Mobility AG—under the umbrella of Daimler AG. Already legally independent, Daimler Financial Services AG will be called Daimler Mobility AG in the future.

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MARCH 10, 2018

New and improved car emissions tests have been mandatory since 1 September 2017: tests in real driving conditions (“Real Driving Emissions” – RDE) and an improved laboratory test (“World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure” – WLTP).

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JULY 4, 2017

Subject to the conclusion of the regulatory review, the closing is expected to occur during the third quarter of 2017. Credit Suisse is acting as financial advisor to AK Steel and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is serving as its legal advisor. The transaction is subject to customary closing and regulatory approvals in the US and Canada.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

Manufacturers of motor vehicles and engines must show compliance with California emission requirements before their products are legal for sale, use, or registration in the state. The InfoPath form, XML schema, Data requirements and User guides will be updated on the E-Cert website on 10 October 2017.

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APRIL 30, 2020

Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) released a new report “ Legal Grounds: Law and Policy Options to Facilitate a Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Production in California.”. —“Legal Grounds”. California is the seventh-largest oil-producing state in the US.

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

The company also announced that DOE has deemed its application to be substantially complete for purposes of DOE beginning its preliminary evaluation of the technical, financial, legal and other aspects of the application. The program has issued loans for projects run by Tesla, Ford and Nissan.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

billion) of the special items arising from known risks in the reporting period was attributable to the diesel issue, especially for hedging of legal risks. The Volkswagen Group expects the global economy to record slightly higher growth in 2017 than in the previous year. in 2017. The lion’s share (€6.4 billion / US$6.76

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AUGUST 2, 2020

During expeditions with RV POSEIDON in 2017 and 2019, the researchers were able to detect gas leakage at 28 of 43 directly investigated wells. The results clearly show that thousands of tons of methane are leaking from old drill holes on the North Sea floor every year. Christoph Böttner, lead author.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Unveiled in March 2017 as the AM-RB (Aston Martin - Red Bull Racing) hypercar, and subsequently named Valkyrie, the mid-engined hypercar features a new, high-revving naturally aspirated V12 engine.

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JULY 3, 2015

The project is funded by Tekes (Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) and will bring together universities, ship designers, equipment manufacturers, and classification societies to explore the economic, social, legal, regulatory and technological factors which need to be addressed to make autonomous ships a reality.

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JULY 5, 2017

The affected vehicles are the 2013-2017 RAM 2500 with Cummins diesel (2WD, 4WD) and. 2013-2017 RAM 3500 with Cummins diesel (2WD, 4WD). The lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler is the latest in a series of automotive and emissions cases brought by Hagens Berman’s automotive legal team, which has tackled GM, Mercedes-Benz and VW as well.

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APRIL 26, 2018

Since 2017, European legislation has required that new passenger car models tested according to an RDE-compliant mix of urban, extra-urban, and freeway cycles emit no more than 168 milligrams of NO x per kilometer. Bosch is pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. —Bosch CEO Dr. Volkmar Denner.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program today for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, and final volume requirements for biomass-based diesel for 2014 to 2017. Final Renewable Fuel Volumes. Cellulosic biofuel (million gallons). In June, EPA had proposed 3.4

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Audi will use its 2017 Audi RS 5 DTM race-taxi, fitted with an additional passenger seat; R-Motorsport will use an Aston Martin Vantage GT4 race car. It not only maintains the same high-octane rating required by the DTM, but also meets the requirements of the legal fuel norm, DIN EN 228.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

The Japanese ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI) and the ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (MLIT) initiated the platooning test, which is part of the Japanese government’s Future Strategy 2017. FUSO trucks in platoon. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

The parties expect the closing will occur in December 2017. as US legal advisor to UQM. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP serves as US legal advisor to CNHTC on this transaction. —Joe Mitchell, President and CEO of UQM. BDA Partners is acting as financial advisor, and Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Eight companies that are members of the National LNG Platform will be supporting the study with their technical, legal and financial expertise and knowledge of the market. The partners aim to round off the study by the second half of 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The mission of the Foundation is to promote decentralizing power models and empower an energy community through the blockchain software technology through the implementation of peer-to-peer energy exchange policies targeting possible solutions for all the existing physical and legal energy framework barriers.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Audi is showcasing its autonomous driving strategy at the IAA 2017. Introduction of the Audi AI traffic jam pilot requires both clarity regarding the legal parameters for each country and specific adaptation and testing of the system. The new Audi A8 incorporates conditional automated driving at level 3 as standard ( earlier post ).

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DECEMBER 18, 2021

constitutional amendment that was passed by the National Congress of Chile and signed by the president, the people of Chile are the first in the world to be granted a new kind of human rights—“neurorights”—which advocates say are made necessary by rapid advances in neurotechnology. Chile’s congress is currently considering.

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JULY 26, 2017

Despite this, an analysis of more than 1,800 major roads show that a small number of these—81 or 4%—are due to breach legal pollution limits for NO 2 , with 33 of these outside of London. The UK assesses air quality, as well as legal compliance with these obligations, via a combination of monitoring data and modeling.

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JUNE 16, 2017

The diesel engines, which fulfill all legal requirements and the applicable emissions standards, will be integrated in the new GAZelle NEXT family, which includes drop-side trucks, full-metal vans and minibuses. In the first quarter of 2017, Volkswagen Truck & Bus sold 1,390 trucks in the Russian market doubling the previous year’s figure.

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JUNE 1, 2011

This drilling activity, along with a potential phased development of its Birchwood in-situ acreage, provides a defined growth trajectory to achieve production from its unconventional portfolio of approximately 175,000 net boe per day in the 2016–2017 timeframe. Jefferies & Company, Inc.

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JUNE 14, 2018

The projects—which include two new car sharing services, new ZEV bus and shuttle routes and electric vehicle charging systems throughout the region—are part of Electrify America’s Green City Initiative, which was announced by the company and city officials in 2017. Projects include: CAR SHARING. mile “Home Zone.”

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JANUARY 22, 2022

Toyota, which does publish sales of its PHEV models, reported that the RAV4 Prime — which is the PHEV version of the number 4-selling vehicle in the US since since 2017 — had 2021 sales of 27,707 units. . — Auto Industry Analyst. credit off the the cap cost makes it a real cheap lease on 53k Jeep. Rocksteadyrobk, 4xeForums.

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MAY 9, 2019

A) 2009 conditions; (B) 2017 conditions. Ridesourcing is the preferred international standard, but we refer to TNC throughout this text because it is the legal term used in California, where this study was conducted. Their open-access study is published in the journal Science Advances.

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MAY 4, 2018

The indictment unsealed today alleges that Volkswagen’s scheme to cheat its legal requirements went all the way to the top of the company. Five additional defendants, including former VW executives and senior managers, were indicted in January 2017, but have not been apprehended. —EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

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MAY 3, 2017

Details of the distribution will be included in the initial Form 10 registration statement, which is expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in June 2017, and the spin-off is expected to be completed by March 2018, subject to customary market, regulatory and other conditions. Goldman, Sachs & Co.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

The proposed expansion of sugarcane production is within the area that can be legally converted. Long (2017) “Brazilian sugarcane ethanol as an expandable green alternative to crude oil use” Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate3410. Deepak Jaiswal, Amanda P. De Souza, Søren Larsen, David S. LeBauer, Fernando E.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Closing is expected to be completed in late 2016 or early 2017. Volkswagen Truck & Bus was advised by Rothschild as financial advisor, and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, CMS Germany and Bär & Karrer as legal advisors.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Audi has introduced the natural-gas-fueled A4 Avant g-tron; dealers in Europe will begin taking orders for the midsize model starting in early summer 2017. mi)—that equates to fuel costs of only about €4 (US$4.23) (as of: March 2017). The actual bursting pressure is much higher still and far exceeds the legal requirements.

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MARCH 29, 2017

Paris and London have committed to launch their data online by the end of 2017. Real world testing data from testing campaigns in German, the UK, France, and other Member States shows that the majority of Euro 6 vehicles are still emitting NO x at several times legal limits.

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