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GM begins market positioning for Cruze Diesel in 2013; small displacement diesels to “fill an important niche”

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turbodiesel engine on Cruze—one of the top-selling gasoline-powered cars in the US in 2011 and General Motors’ best-selling model globally—will establish Chevrolet as the only domestic automaker offering an American-manufactured diesel-powered compact car with a European-American developed engine.

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GM India to Manufacture 1.0L Diesel and 1.2L Gasoline Beat Engines at Talegaon Plant

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liter diesel for the Beat small car at its Talegaon manufacturing facility near Pune. litre gasoline engine from the same facility, which will be introduced at the end of this year, [General Motors India Vice-President (Sales, Marketing & Services) Ankush Arora] said. GM India will manufacture the 1.0-liter

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DOE awarding combined $127M to 5 Supertruck 3 projects; battery-electric and fuel cell trucks

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Daimler Trucks North America, LLC will develop and demonstrate two 2 Class-8 fuel cell trucks with 600-mile range, 25,000-hour durability, equivalent payload capacity and range to diesel. General Motors, LLC will develop and demonstrate four hydrogen fuel cell and four battery electric Class 4-6 trucks.

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How Electric Vehicles Work

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Unlike internal combustion vehicles that use gasoline or diesel engines, electric cars, and trucks rely on electric motors powered by batteries or fuel cells.

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MIT study finds real-world NOx from diesels cars in Europe greatly exceeds laboratory levels; transboundary emissions cause 70% of health impacts

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A new study by MIT researchers, published this month in Atmospheric Environment , finds that in Europe, 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more NO x emissions on the road than in regulatory tests—a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

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Hagens Berman files class-action lawsuit against Ford and Bosch claiming Super Duty diesel emissions defeat devices

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The law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Ford and Bosch of knowingly installing emissions-cheating software devices in 2011-2017 Ford 250 and 350 Super Duty diesel pickup trucks, allowing the affected pickups to pollute at levels up to 50 times legal limits. Ford called the claim “baseless”.

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Tech: New Technology Reduces Diesel Emissions

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According to dozens of automotive story headlines, the internal combustion engine, running on gasoline or diesel, is dead or dying as customers, auto companies and investors flock to electric powertrains. A workhorse diesel gets cleaner and more efficient. Cummins and Tula Announce Tests Validating Reductions. Attacking the NOx.

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