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MAY 15, 2023

In total, the manufacturer has sold almost 5,000 electric trucks in about 40 countries. The markets with most electric trucks registered overall (including all brands) during the first quarter of 2023 were Germany, France, the Netherlands and the US.

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MAY 27, 2021

PEUGEOT has become one of the first manufacturers to offer in series production, from 2021 onwards in the compact utility van segment, an electric version powered by a hydrogen fuel cell in addition to its battery-electric version. It emits only water vapor through the exhaust pipe.

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APRIL 11, 2023

According to Rystad Energy research, Spain, France, and Germany are among the countries committed or considering cross border pipelines to facilitate energy flows, while the UK with its extensive gas grid finds itself in a strong position to switch from natural gas to hydrogen. France, Spain, and Germany.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Tenneco has established new test facilities for hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines at its Powertrain test centers in Burscheid, Germany, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Preparation of an H 2 ICE test cell.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

NRCan said the ideal licensee would be a Canadian distributor for this technology and would have the capacity for commissioning, manufacture, marketing, and sales. This catalyzes the oxidation of methane to carbon dioxide and water using excess oxygen in the exhaust stream.

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JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. These will be announced in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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MAY 16, 2019

Pierburg GmbH based in Neuss (Germany), a subsidiary of technology group Rheinmetall, has received an order worth more than €90 million for its new variable valve control system UpValve. Production of the valve trains, which are also manufactured at the automotive supplier’s Neuss plant, will start in 2019. Torque is also beefed up.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

These announcements are part of an investment strategy that allows Volvo CE to advance electric solutions across its production facilities, including also the Konz facility in Germany, Belley in France and Changwon in South Korea, where other electric machines are made.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The technology company supplies automotive manufacturers with electric motors for different vehicle types—from hybrid and electric axle drives for electric passenger cars to electric central drives for commercial vehicles. Stator production at Schweinfurt (Germany), ZF’s lead plant for electric motors. Innovation potential.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Corning Incorporated will invest $44 million to increase the company’s light-duty filter capacity in Kaiserslautern, Germany. This expansion, expected to begin early production in the second half of 2011, will increase the company’s capacity to manufacture current and future generations of light-duty diesel DuraTrap AT filters.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Jacobs Vehicle Systems, a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engine retarding systems and valve actuation systems, will introduce its new Cylinder Deactivation (CDA) technology to the European market at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 (Hannover, Germany, 20-27 September). can reduce or eliminate use of the intake throttle.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Adding to its existing manufacturing sites in Germany, the USA, the Czech Republic, and China, India marks the fifth production location for the globally recognised family business. Renowned deep-drawing specialist, STUKEN, is set to extend its global footprint with the establishment of a new plant in Pune, India.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The partnership with AVL has already resulted in bringing to production the TECO Future Funnel, a complete exhaust gas cleaning system. TECO 2030 plans to deliver a marine hydrogen solution that is more efficient, compact and durable than fuel cells based on modified automotive stacks. The plan is to start fuel cell production in 2022.

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JUNE 26, 2018

Corning Incorporated’s Environmental Technologies business reached a significant production milestone at its Kaiserslautern, Germany manufacturing facility with the production of its 1 millionth Corning DuraTrap GC gasoline particulate filter (GPF) for automotive emissions control.

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MAY 7, 2012

Designed to capture diesel engine soot particles while minimizing restrictions to exhaust flow, the DuraTrap AT LP 300/10 filter features thinner cell walls and an optimized material microstructure to enable better engine performance and fuel consumption. They are available for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty diesel applications.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

million), followed by Germany (5.3 T&E charges that diesel cars are failing to operate their exhaust after-treatment systems for most of the time the car is driving, “almost certainly illegally misusing” a loophole in the rules governing the use of Defeat Devices. The largest number of such diesels is found on French roads (5.5

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

By the end of 2015, there will be a total of about 50,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids on the roads in Germany (about 75% below plan); nevertheless, structural transformation towards electromobility is continuing, according to the firm. In 2014, Germany had only about 26,000 pure electric cars and plug-in hybrids registered.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Germany launched a 3-year study of oxymethylene ethers (OME) as clean diesel fuels in 2016 ( earlier post ) and. This opens the door for alternative strategies for the engine operation, including new engine concepts and exhaust gas aftertreatment systems. As diesel fuels, they reduce the emission of carbon black and NO x.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Sensors that trigger engine malfunction illumination light (MIL) or a fault code when particle emissions exceed a certain threshold downstream of an exhaust diesel particle filter (DPF) will soon be required to meet California Air Resources Board (ARB) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on-board diagnostics (OBD) regulations.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Opel revealed more details about its new mid-size gasoline engine family at the Aachen Colloquium in Germany. The roll-out of the new engine family—developed in Ruesselsheim, Germany—will begin in early 2013. The cylinder block is manufactured using an innovative thin-wall casting method. SIDI engine. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 31, 2015

Diesel particulate filters for original equipment applications remove particulate matter from engine exhaust gases in a closed system. However, there are substantial differences between gasoline and diesel exhaust; the engine-out particulate emissions are roughly 10-30 times lower compared to a modern light-duty diesel.

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JULY 31, 2012

The locomotives are being manufactured by Bombardier in Kassel, Germany. The new locomotives offer better acceleration and lower exhaust emissions than NJ TRANSIT’s current diesel equipment. In diesel mode, the vehicles can reach 100 mph (161 km/h) and in electric mode, 125 mph (201 km/h).

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MARCH 4, 2022

After a long process that saw delays, controversies, and other drama, Tesla Gigafactory Berlin has won its final environmental approval from Germany. The approval also includes battery cell production activities within the Giga Berlin complex, which should allow Tesla to manufacture its in-house cells from within Germany. .

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MAY 22, 2015

With the agreement of this transformation plan, the plant is continuing to push forward its development into a high-tech component manufacturing facility, focusing on the expansion of capacity for advanced products. The powertrain production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars comprises several locations in Germany and other countries.

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JUNE 14, 2016

Core exhaust loss. The “Core exhaust” loss is primarily due to thermal energy lost to the surroundings, although some excess kinetic energy and fluid friction associated pressure losses contribute as well. The project is being presented in a paper (Grönstedt et al. ) Bypass flow loss.

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JULY 18, 2017

A voluntary service action is also being carried out for V-Class customers—so far with approximately 75% of the vehicles in Germany. Due to the near-engine configuration, exhaust aftertreatment has a low heat loss and optimal operating conditions. The new engine is equipped with multiway exhaust gas recirculation (EGR).

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Federal-Mogul Powertrain will debut new materials for valve seats and guides with improved thermal conductivity at the 2017 IAA Show in Frankfurt, Germany next month. For exhaust valve head alloys, every 20°C reduction in temperature negates the need for an upgrade to the next, more expensive alloy specification.

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MARCH 21, 2015

—Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board Mercedes-Benz Cars, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management. The powertrain production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars comprises several locations in Germany and other countries. Engines Fuel Cells Hybrids Manufacturing Transmissions' Earlier post.) This includes.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

SAIC Mobility Europe, a division of China’s largest vehicle manufacturer, SAIC, is introducing the Maxus light commercial vehicle brand. It is available initially to fleets in France, Germany, Austria and Benelux, with other markets to follow soon. It is offering these large panel vans from its sites across Germany and Austria.

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MARCH 19, 2015

The smaller size enables better heat management and retention for improved fuel economy capability, while the simple single-pass exhaust flow design delivers low back pressure, meeting the needs of end-user customers. A typical filter consists of an array of small channels for exhaust gas to flow. Diesel Emissions Heavy-duty'

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JULY 27, 2014

Delphi Automotive PLC will unveil the second generation of its Technology Truck concept highlighting future technologies at the upcoming IAA Commercial Vehicles show being held 25 Sept - 2 Oct in Hannover, Germany. Among the technologies Delphi will unveil is the next-generation fuel injection system for commercial vehicles applications.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Continental has begun production of urea sensors for the first time to support more efficient exhaust-gas aftertreatment in diesel engines. Secondly, this data is required for the on-board diagnosis of the exhaust-gas aftertreatment function. The component is manufactured at the Frenstat location (Czech Republic).

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APRIL 29, 2016

For any engine load criteria, the timing of intake and exhaust can be independently programmed. Established in December 2007 and headquartered in Changshu, Jiangsu (also its manufacturing base), Qoros Auto has an initial annual capacity of 150,000 autos and maximum annual capacity of 300,000. Qamless engine. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

In this way, the cost of exhaust-gas treatment can be reduced, Bosch adds. It is already possible to manufacture synthetic fuels; Audi’s e-fuels initiative provides an example. Pilot projects to commercialize synthetic diesel, gasoline, and gas are currently underway in Norway and Germany. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The automotive manufacturer will use the shunting locomotives to reorganize its factory traffic in Ingolstadt. The diesel generator meets the requirements of exhaust gas standard stage IIIB1. —Ralf Materzok, Managing Director in charge of locomotive services at Alstom in Germany.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The GM engineering team—comprising engineers from the US, Germany and Italy—altered the base engine to address four main areas: emissions; on-board diagnostics; operation in more difficult environmental conditions; and operation at higher altitudes. The engine is manufactured in Kaiserslautern in Germany.

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

The turbocharger’s 38-millimeter diameter turbine rotates at up to 240,000 revolutions per minute (4,000 revolutions per second) in the exhaust flow, which can reach 1,050 degrees. In order to prevent pressure from rising too steeply at high engine output, a waste-gate valve conducts the exhaust gases past the turbine.

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