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Honda targets new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency with 8,500-mile diesel drive across Europe

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Honda aims to win a new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency in an 8,500-mile (13,679 km) drive across all 24 contiguous EU countries in a 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engined Honda Civic Tourer. In the Civic Tourer, the 1.6

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European consortium launches 4-year, $80M L3Pilot research project to test Level 3, 4 autonomous driving in 11 countries

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Thirteen European automobile manufacturers, suppliers, research institutes and universities, and small and mid-sized companies will operate 100 vehicles with 1,000 drivers under real conditions and in a wide range of applications. —Aria Etemad from Volkswagen Group Research, project coordinator L3Pilot.

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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The number of fuel cell units manufactured in Asia continued to grow steadily, rising from about 13,500 units in 2011 to roughly 22,000 units in 2012. The number of fuel cells manufactured in North America also grew in 2012, rising to about 6,000 units in 2012. Light duty vehicles.

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A Comprehensive Guide to EV Charging Management Software Solution

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This software is typically developed by EV manufacturers (OEMs) or sourced through a supply chain from specialized vendors (Tier 1 / Tier 2) and built into EVs by dedicated integrators or by OEMs themselves. Charging-point software has traditionally been developed and integrated by charging system manufacturers.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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Finland / 163 / 165 / 22. Manufacturer/ranking 2007/ Average CO2 in 2008(g/km). Manufacturer/ranking 2007/ Average CO2 in 2008(g/km). Honda / 6 / 154. Luxembourg / 160 / 166 / 18. Greece / 161 / 165 / 17. Germany / 165 / 169 / 19. Cyprus / 166 / 170 / 20. Lithuania / 170 / 177 / 21. Sweden / 174 / 181 / 23. Fiat/ 2/ 138.

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