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Volkswagen: new EU 6 diesels clear of software cheat, but up to 11M EA189 diesels worldwide affected

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In a statement issued this morning, Volkswagen AG said that new vehicles from the Volkswagen Group with EU 6 diesel engines currently available in the European Union comply with legal requirements and environmental standards. Volkswagen originally developed the 2.0L The engine was originally spec’d as EU 4-compliant.

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Toyota to pay $180M penalty for Clean Air Act reporting violations

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Clean Air Act regulations require manufacturers to notify EPA by filing an Emissions Defect Information Report (EDIR) when 25 or more vehicles or engines in a given model year have the same defect in an emission control part or an element of design installed in order to comply with emission standards and other EPA regulations.

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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

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Manufacturers made it standard before government agencies got around to telling them to. Formal requirements came long afterwards—in Europe in 2004 and in the United States in 2012. That’s because it’s moving toward the dream of self-driving vehicles, which demands universal standards. That puts U.S.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. The resulting new national standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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IBM's essential contributions were to position the technology as suitable for wide use and to set a technology standard. IBM's strategic error in not retaining rights to the operating system went far beyond that $27 billion; it meant that Microsoft would set the standards for the PC operating system.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The first such vehicles were introduced by Volkswagen in 2003, and by 2004, they accounted for more than 17% of the Brazilian auto market. During the early 1900s, a distillery was a standard piece of farm equipment. Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. 40 CFR § 80.27 40 CFR § 80.27(d)

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

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The fact that VMT has increased faster than GHG emissions from surface transportation indicates that the state’s GHG standards and policies are working to reduce emissions to an extent, but the current upward trajectory of VMT and surface transportation GHG emissions cannot continue if the state is to meet its climate goals. percent and 0.1