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JUNE 15, 2012

The new Audi R18 e-tron quattro diesel hybrid ( earlier post ) will start the 80 th running of Le Mans from grid position one. Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen in the number “2” Audi R18 e-tron quattro set the fourth-fastest lap (3m 25.433s) behind the quickest hybrid vehicle from Toyota. But this is just a very small step.

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Grid Diesel Hybrid Audi 268

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Pike Pulse Grid for clean diesels. million diesel passenger cars sold in 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. In 2011, the US diesel market began to show signs of revival, with 27% growth over 2010. Click to enlarge. The company has long. million in 2012 to 12 million.

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Clean Cleaning Diesel Global 240

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APRIL 5, 2011

RPS policies as of March 2011. In contrast, China’s 12 th five-year plan, March 5, 2011, requires 11.4 As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster. Perspective by The Townsend Company.

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Renewable West Virginia Energy USA 220

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JANUARY 22, 2010

In 2009, China overtook the United States as the world’s largest automobile market with sales increasing 46 percent from 2008 to 13.6 million vehicles in 2009, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation.

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China Market 2009 Automobile 186

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JUNE 12, 2015

Now we imagine the maximum scenario: e-tron plug-in hybrid drive under the hood and e-fuel in the tank. The e-gas project, announced in May 2011, was Audi’s first foray into e-fuels. The e-gas plant only operates when there is too much electricity from renewable sources in the grid. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Audi Renewable Fuel Carbon 150

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In developing technology inputs for MY 2012-2016 standards, NHTSA and EPA reviewed, as requested by President Obama in his January 26 memorandum, the technology assumptions that NHTSA used in setting the MY 2011 standards and the comments that NHTSA received in response to its May 2008 NPRM. Electrification/accessory and hybrid technology.

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2016 MPG Fuel Economy EPA 210