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Chrysler to introduce PHEV models in 2016 and 2017 to meet ZEV requirements; new FCA gasoline engine family coming in 2015

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ (FCA) Chrysler Brand will launch two plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) over the next several years, said Al Gardner, President and CEO of the Chrysler Brand, during the FCA Investor Day presentations at Auburn Hills, Mi. Much more progress will come as gasoline and diesel engine technologies converge.

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RAC Foundation: 830,000 households in UK spend at least 27% of their income on running a car; “transport poverty”

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The Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Foundation for Motoring is a transport policy and research organisation which explores the economic, mobility, safety and environmental issues relating to roads and their users. Of the £44, £16 (US$24) is used to buy gasoline and diesel and £8.30 (US$12) is spent on insurance. p/liter (US$7.54/gallon

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EIA: China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use

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Consumption of gasoline in China grew from 0.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2003 to more than 2 million bbl/d in 2013, according to figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). China vehicle sales and gasoline consumption. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge. l/100 km) by 2015 and 47 miles per gallon (5.0

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BMW Group expands activities in China

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BMW AG has been producing BMW 3 Series and 5 Series models for the Chinese market with its long-standing joint venture partner, Brilliance, in Shenyang since 2003. liter four-cylinder gasoline engines at a third location in Shenyang. This brings the two partners’ total investment in Chinese locations to around €1.5 billion (US$1.9

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BMW Brilliance Automotive opens battery factory in Shenyang; 3rd battery factory in BMW Group production network

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The Dadong plant in the northeast of the city opened in 2003 and currently produces the BMW 5 Series Long-Wheelbase Version. The engine plant, which opened in 2016, produces the latest generation of the BMW TwinPower Turbo three and four-cylinder gasoline engines.

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Editorial: Growing old U.S. fleet complicates emissions objectives

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automobile parc accommodates sobering numbers for an trade transitioning from inner combustion to battery-electric propulsion. S&P mentioned the typical future of mild automobiles within the U.S. fleet since 2008, S&P mentioned, and continues a longer-term pattern: In 2003, the typical fleet future stood at 9.7

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New Jersey EV buyers to pay sales tax on vehicle purchases for first time since 2004   – Charged EVs

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While buyers of gasoline- and diesel-powered automobiles in the state have had to pay a 6.625% sales tax, EV owners have been exempt as part of the Drive Green NJ program.