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UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action

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Among the many policy and funding details in the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations , produced by Defra and the Department for Transport is the cessation of the sale of all new conventional gasoline and diesel cars by 2040. Source: UK plan for tackling roadside NO 2. Click to enlarge. billion (US$3.5

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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This Action Plan is based on four pillars: investing in advanced technologies and financing innovation; improving market conditions; enhancing global competitiveness; and investing in human capital and skills and softening the. The Commission is convinced that financing should cover. social impacts of restructuring. Sizeable efforts.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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The extracted rock can be used directly as a power plant resource or it can be processed to produce shale oil, which in turn can be refined into gasoline, diesel or jet fuels. Just over 85% of mined oil shale was used to produce electricity and heat generation; the rest was turned into shale oil, retort gas and other valuable chemicals.

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Audi unveils e-gas project: synthetic methane from the methanation of green hydrogen; series production of CNG models in 2013 powered by e-gas

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Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. MW each, these four turbines are to supply some 53 GWh of electricity annually.

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ICCT report highlights importance of California ZEV mandate for EV policies worldwide, recommends steps forward

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California’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate ( earlier post ) remains an indispensable driver of electric vehicle policies worldwide, unique in its ability to foster technology-neutral research and development, according to a new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Task 1: Technology status.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

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3Prong Power converts existing Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids that can run entirely on electricity. “It’s Who Killed the Electric Car 2.0.&#. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. is already selling an all-electric, zero-emission Roadster. The 100 m.p.g. based Tesla Motors Inc.

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