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German authorities uncover emissions-cheating collusion among diesel automakers

Green Car Reports

New documents revealed in a German investigation into diesel emissions cheating show that German automakers, including Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz may have colluded to limit the amount of emissions-cleaning AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid the cars used. The news was reported by the German newspaper Handelsblatt on Tuesday.

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Lumax Cornaglia Auto Tech opens new plant for emission products in Pune – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The facility is equipped with modern precision European machines for best-in-class high-quality production for a diverse product range of Air Filtration System, Snorkels, Various Blow Moulded products like AdBlue Tanks (Urea Tanks), Degassing Tanks (Expansion or Coolant Tank) etc.

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New catalytic reduction technology to reduce emissions

Green Cars News

The new system injects aqueous urea solution into a SCR system at four times the pressure of previous examples, which in turn allows the catalyst to be close-coupled to the engine. Tags: Green cars Latest news catalytic converters Delphi Delphi SCR system nitrogen oxides SCR selective catalytic reduction urea.

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FEV to showcase catalyst reduction system

Green Cars News

The technology uses ammonia, which is usually provided in the form of a urea solution, to help reduce nitrogen oxides. It is meant to be a viable alternative to a liquid urea injection system with a volume reduction of approximately 70 per cent giving it the equivalent or better performance than the traditional systems.

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Mercedes diesel S-Class returns to US market

Green Cars News

At the event, Mercedes debuted the all-wheel-drive S350 BlueTEC 4MATIC which features a urea selective catalytic reduction emissions after-treatment system in which AdBlue is injected into the exhaust flow. The North American International Auto Show marked the return of the diesel-powered S-Class saloon car to the US market.

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GM working on emission control concept

Green Cars News

Currently there are two technologies used for nitrogen oxide reduction - lean traps and urea selective catalytic reduction (SCR). Tags: Green cars Latest news general motors emission controls GM nitrogen oxides SCR catalyst. However, GM hopes to get around this by placing multiple SCR catalysts in line.

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Scientist puts the Pee into car power

Green Cars News

The electrolyser she uses has a nickel-based electrode which extracts hydrogen from urea. As hydrogen is less tightly bound in the nitrogen in urea than it is in the oxygen in water, the electrolyser needs just 0.37 volts across the cell to oxidise it. volts needed to split water.

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