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Nissan spices up e-Power hybrid system for sporty Note Aura Nismo hatchback

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While it won't be coming to the United States, the Nissan Aura Note Nismo shows the tuning potential of the automaker's e-Power series hybrid system, which is expected to appear in future U.S.-market Nissan on Tuesday unveiled a performance-tuned hybrid hatchback for the Japanese market. market Nissan models.

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Aura System’s Generator Incorporated into Azure’s Balance Hybrid for USPS

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Azure Dynamics Corporation incorporated Aura Systems ’s AuraGen motor/generator into its Balance Hybrid Electric vehicle delivered to the United States Postal Service fleet (USPS). Aura Systems. The original founders left in 2002 and from 2002 to 2005, Aura had a number of new management teams. The AuraGen.

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Nissan to Recall 1.4 Million Vehicles Globally

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The affected vehicles are located in the United States, Europe, and Japan. While most of the issues pertain to what the motor is doing, the automaker will also be recalling about 6,400 Note Auras sold in Japan due to a headlight issue. Weirdly, Bloomberg said the defect only pertained to the right lamp.&

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International study finds air pollution leads to millions of hospital visits for asthma attacks worldwide

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Although the air in the United States is relatively clean compared to South and East Asian countries, ozone and particulate matter were estimated to contribute 8 to 21 percent and 3 to 11 percent of asthma ER visits in the United States, respectively. Resources.

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NASA satellite images highlight US air quality improvement with reduction of NO2

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After ten years in orbit, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite has been in orbit sufficiently long to show that people in major US cities are breathing less nitrogen dioxide. Nitrogen dioxide pollution, averaged yearly from 2005-2011, has decreased across the United States.

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Penske Seeking to Buy Saturn

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If completed, the deal would save more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs at Saturn and its retailers in the United States, and would preserve the Saturn brand. GM would continue production, on a contract basis, of the Saturn Aura, Vue and Outlook. General Motors Corp. Earlier post.)

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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

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Both are represented in the study by a major gas of each type, the VOC formaldehyde and NO 2 , that are measureable from space by the Dutch-Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard NASA’s Aura satellite, launched in 2004.

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