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Valeo acquires electric supercharger business from Controlled Power

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Unlike exhaust-driven turbochargers, electric superchargers are driven by an electric motor. CPT was advised on the transaction by Turquoise International (corporate finance) and Matthew Arnold Baldwin (legal & tax). VTES will be integrated into Valeo’s Powertrain Systems Business Group with immediate effect.

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

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At a press conference in Germany today, Volkswagen Group executives provided details on the status of its investigation—which is being coordinated by a special committee of the Supervisory Board—into the diesel emissions debacle. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) The software of the 2.0 liter TDI will be updated.

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Perspective: Europeans in the lead with range extenders for hybrid vehicles; 2nd vs. 3rd generation

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By contrast, half the electric vehicle market value lies in larger road vehicles, notably cars, and here the legal restrictions are weaker or non-existent and range anxiety compels most people to buy hybrids if they go electric at all. The company is also producing a US variant of the conference in San Jose, California in November.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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For offsets to be credible, a ton of CO 2 -equivalent emissions from an offset project should equate to a ton reduced from a covered emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe. To be credible, as noted above, an offset should equate to an emission reduction from a direct emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe.

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Schwarzenegger's Green Cred Fading with CARB Caos

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The firings and their implication has gone international. The governor and his people are contradicting each other and the recently "fired" are releasing documents and voice mails to prove their good intentions and reveal the governor's meddling in CARB's attempts to regulate diesel exhaust and greenhouse gases.

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IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

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At COP27, he said that even though the first legally binding international treaty on climate change, known as the Paris Agreement , was adopted nearly a decade ago, countries have yet to come to a consensus on how to stop burning fossil fuels, among other issues. The whole world is one grid.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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Like electric cars, electric bicycles are classified as zero-emission vehicles, meaning they emit no exhaust gases. Advertising info Legal disclaimer Accessibility Privacy policy Terms & Conditions Help. Emissions, however, are produced elsewhere, when the electricity used to power the vehicles is generated. All rights reserved.