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Southland Transportation adds 101 Blue Bird Propane Vision buses to districts in Canada

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Southland Transportation (Alberta, Canada) recently added 101 Blue Bird Propane Vision buses to its propane autogas school bus fleet. Districts in Canada are specifying the technology due to the superior cold weather operation, reduced maintenance and clean emissions, the company said.

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Mazda introduces HAZUMI concept along with new 1.5-liter SKYACTIV-D diesel

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The name Mazda Connect is used in Japan, US, Canada and Mexico. The advent of stricter emissions regulations leads to a delay in combustion until after TDC (with a lower cylinder pressure and temperature), although this causes fuel economy to worsen. The result is cleaner combustion with low NO x and soot emissions.

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