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Bosch trialing Neste renewable diesel; aims to offer renewable and synthetic fuels at all company filling stations in Germany

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Synthetic and renewable fuels should be factored into the CO2 fleet regulation for passenger cars and trucks. The supplier of technology and services is also gradually incorporating battery-powered electric vehicles into its fleet. In Germany, the CO 2 emissions of newly registered vehicles have fallen by one quarter since 2007.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion Titanate Battery Powered Community Bus program.

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The next-generation Toyota Prius

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Prius easily exceeds the Euro 5 emissions standards, producing 89g/km of CO2. This optimises energy management in the Hybrid Synergy Drive system by recovering kinetic energy that would normally be lost as heat as electrical energy for storage in the high-performance battery. Power Control Unit.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Batteries not ready. Detroit News ).

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. Generating electricity from wind and geothermal rather than a CO2 producing sources would help alleviate that problem. The intolerable act is to pretend that making cars into plug-ins will reduce CO2.

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