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EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems

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The new options would reduce some economic and procedural impediments to clean alternative fuel conversions while maintaining environmental safeguards to ensure that acceptable emission levels from converted vehicles are sustained. EPA expects the streamlined approach to result in a cost savings for many converters. Intermediate age.

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EPA updates rules to ease commercialization of alternative fuel conversion systems

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The updated final rule covers alternative fuel conversion of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines. EPA evaluated the requirement and determined that it is appropriate to introduce new flexibilities for all clean alternative fuel converters and to expand the compliance options for certain categories of conversions.

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VW Beetle TDI diesel going on sale in US this summer

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From 1998 until 2006, the New Beetle was fitted with a 1.9-liter Since then, this engine has been heavily revised to accommodate increasing demand for improvements in exhaust emissions and acoustics. Each cylinder has two intake and two exhaust valves. and Turbo in the lineup, will be announced closer to market launch.

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California Legislature Considering Bill Requiring Smog Testing for Motorcycles

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ARB estimates that motorcycles produce up to 15 times the emissions per mile as the average new car or light-duty truck. The 2006 review also found that on average, major manufacturer motorcycles certified for sale in California in 2006 achieved emissions of 0.87 —2006 Review. Background. g/km HC+NO x.

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Report argues advanced HD natural gas vehicles foundational for California to hit air and climate goals; near zero-emission potential

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Since the advent of the first Low-Emission Vehicle regulations in 1990 and the passage of California Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) in 2006, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has attempted to address the state’s air quality and climate goals by requiring development of motor vehicles that do not directly emit NO x or other criteria pollutants.

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GMZ Energy successfully demonstrates 1 kW thermoelectric generator for Bradley Fighting Vehicle

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GMZ Energy, a market leader in the development of high-temperature thermoelectric generation (TEG) solutions, has successfully demonstrated a 1,000W TEG designed for diesel engine exhaust heat recapture in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Earlier post.) This announcement follows GMZ’s June 2014 demonstration of its 200W diesel TEG.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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The engineering challenge of building complex systems that can harvest the energy and convert it to electricity without being destroyed by radiation poses a series of tall engineering and materials-science hurdles. The scanner uses blue laser light to measure the structure and ensure everything meets the magnet’s design requirements.

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