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BMW Group Production leveraging virtual reality and augmented reality applications

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Visualizations guide participants through all process steps and give specific information. Target/actual comparisons in operations. Staff at the Munich location of the BMW Group Toolmaking and Plant Engineering unit now mount a standard tablet on a tripod. The BMW Group also applies target/actual comparisons at its Munich plant.

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New FOX method estimates black carbon emissions from civil aviation ~2.7 times higher than standard estimates

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Comparison between estimated EI BC and measured EI BC derived FOA3 (black open box), the FOA3 approach with the updated SN-CI correlation (blue triangle), and estimates obtained from the new FOX method (red circle) that are not dependent on SN. higher than estimates obtained using standard methods (6.3 Credit: ACS, Stettler et al.

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ICL study of 39 new Euro-6 diesels finds huge variability in NOx emissions with an average 4.5x the type approval limit

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Using portable emissions measurement systems (PEMS) attached to vehicle exhausts, the researchers collaborated with Emissions Analytics to measure the amount of NO x produced by the 39 Euro 6 diesel cars. Comparison of urban and motorway trip average NO x emissions (note: y axis varies). times the COPERT model estimate, rising to 2.8

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ORNL researchers quantify the effect of increasing highway speed on fuel economy

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This website, jointly maintained by the US Department of Energy and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), provides information such as official EPA “window label” fuel economy estimates for city, highway, and combined driving for all U.S.-legal legal light-duty vehicles from 1984 to present. Footnotes. [

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Ford researchers report detailed study of the effect of different ethanol blend levels on emissions from FFVs

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The chemistry of a fuel impacts the emissions from an engine, with the most obvious example being unburned or partially burned fuel which is a major component of engine exhaust. Engine-out exhaust contains typically 1?3% via the unburned or partially burned fuel which is a major component of engine exhaust. —Hubbard et al.

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Opel to begin publishing WLTP fuel consumption numbers in Q2 2016; improving SCR for NOx reductions

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Beginning in Q2 2016, and in addition to the official fuel consumption and CO 2 information, Opel will start publishing fuel consumption numbers recorded under the WLTP cycle, starting with the new Astra. This new test cycle will be important to maintain standardized, reproducible and comparable results. Source: AVL. Click to enlarge.

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New diesel Volkswagen Golf GTD heading for the US; first driving impressions

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When equipped with a six-speed DSG dual-clutch automatic transmission, the GTD—the first GTD to have a stop/start system on board as standard—has an NEDC combined fuel economy figure of 52 mpg (4.5 By comparison, the earlier A6 Golf GTD posted 8.1 TDI, which conforms to the Euro-6 emissions standard. New EGR system.

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