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Road-legal Fuel Cell Black Cabs make first appearance on London’s roads

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Fuel Cell Black Cabs are on the roads of London for the first time since being awarded Road Legal status by the UK Vehicle Certification Authority (VCA). Affordable and low polluting cabs are within our grasp and I urge manufacturers to accelerate efforts to produce them. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Bosch says it has solved diesel NOx problem; as low as 13 mg NOx/km even under RDE; refining existing technologies

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Bosch says that its engineers have refined existing diesel technolgoies to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) so significantly that they already comply with future limits. Equipped with the latest Bosch technology, diesel vehicles will be classed as low-emission vehicles and yet remain affordable.

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T&E: tests show cars powered by electrofuels emit high levels of criteria pollutants

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E-fuels are made by combining green hydrogen with CO 2 to produce liquid fuel that can be similar to gasoline or diesel used in conventional engines (as well as kerosene used in aviation). This was a significant improvement compared to the fossil fuel tested and is many times below the legal limit.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XII)

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The second generation Cadillac Eldorado was met with immediate sales success after its repositioning from a halo vehicle to a more affordable upmarket trim package in 1954. The higher quantity of headlamps was newly legal in all US states. Front end restyling was a halfway measure as everyone knew what was coming: quad headlamps.&

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Riversimple introduces Rasa prototype two-seater fuel cell vehicle; 300 miles on 1.5kg H2; production version in 2018

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unveiled the Rasa, a road-legal engineering prototype of its first two-seater hydrogen fuel cell road car, built for full European type approval. million) grant from the Welsh government in 2015, the Rasa was designed for lightness, strength, affordability and safety. Riversimple Movement Ltd. Earlier post.)

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Bank of America joins Stanford’s Global Climate & Energy Project

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All of humankind needs energy that is reliable, cleaner and more affordable. —GCEP director Sally Benson, a professor of energy resources engineering at Stanford. GCEP, founded 11 years ago, supports research not only at Stanford, but also at universities around the world.

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Credit score Acceptance internet source of revenue drops 54% in Q1, however mortgage quantity up

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million build up in working expense because the lender added engineering workforce. It stated the engineering spending used to be supposed “to enhance our product and transform our technology systems to be more dealer- and customer-focused.” Credit score Acceptance additionally posted a $17.9