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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $8 million to communities in 21 states and Puerto Rico to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines through the agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act ( DERA ) program. Diesel Emissions Engines Policy Ports and Marine' Florida and South Carolina.

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BMW Group Receives Order for More Than 240K Diesel Engines from Carbon Motors for US Law Enforcement Vehicles

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to supply more than 240,000 diesel engines. The agreement calls for delivery of inline six-cylinder diesel engines complete with cooling and exhaust gas system and automatic transmission. was founded in 2003 and is the world’s first manufacturer of purpose-built law enforcement vehicles. Carbon Motors Corp.

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Mazda unveils new Mazda3; first production car to offer Skyactiv-X SPCCI engine with M Hybrid system

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This raises the temperature and pressure so that the remaining fuel-air mix ignites under pressure (like a diesel), burning faster and more completely than in conventional engines. is the diesel engine offering for the new Mazda3. The Skyactiv-D 1.8

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Infiniti introducing production-ready variable compression ratio engine at Paris Motor Show

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described the Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) AVCR 1360-2 variable compression ratio (VCR) diesel engine, the culmination of fifteen years of VCR piston and high specific output research. Nissan, in a 2003 paper, said that its multi-link geometry resolved those previous issues. In a 1976 SAE paper, Grundy et al. Croguennec, S.

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US Government Providing $2M to Supplement $20M in California Funding to Reduce Emissions at Port of Oakland

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The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced a new $2 million federal grant to supplement the $20 million in state and local funds to install diesel exhaust filters and replace old trucks to reduce particulate emissions at the Port of Oakland.

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Volkswagen AG agrees to plead guilty and pay $4.3B in criminal and civil penalties; 6 execs and employees indicted

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Volkswagen AG has agreed with the US government to resolve criminal and federal environmental and other civil claims against the company relating to the diesel emissions cheating débâcle. The Supervisory Board directed the law firm Jones Day to share all findings of its independent investigation of the diesel matter with the DOJ.

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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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FCA’s assessment is that diesel provides about the same Bang-for-the-Buck as CNG and hybrid technology when assessed on a fuel consumption rather than CO 2 basis. Much more progress will come as gasoline and diesel engine technologies converge. Integrated exhaust manifold. VDE = f(Aerodynamic drag, Tire drag, Weight)).

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