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JULY 9, 2009

Sulfur (1,000 ppm) content within 200 nautical miles of coastal areas could reduce annual premature deaths resulting from emissions-related affects by around 43,500 by 2012—approximately 50% of the 87,000 deaths estimated to occur in a no control scenario (assuming 2.7% S (35,000 ppm) in 2012 and 0.5% and (c) Global 0.5. Credit: ACS.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Cummins MerCruiser Diesel (CMD), a supplier of marine propulsion solutions, and Volkswagen have formed a partnership to develop and supply marine engines. The Tier 3 emissions standard comes into effect in the United States in 2012, with the corresponding European standards following from 2014 onwards. Tags: Brief.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

This expansion, expected to begin early production in the second half of 2011, will increase the company’s capacity to manufacture current and future generations of light-duty diesel DuraTrap AT filters. Tighter emissions regulations continue to drive demand for diesel emissions control systems. Tags: Brief.

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MAY 17, 2010

The first diesel hybrid will be available in 2012 and on the road in 2013. By the end of 2010 Land Rover will be testing the first diesel hybrid prototype called the “range_e” which is being developed using a Range Rover Sport platform. liter TDV6 diesel engine featuring a ZF 8-speed automatic transmission.

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MAY 17, 2010

The new buses, which will be hybrids, will be 15% more fuel efficient than existing hybrid buses, and 40% more efficient than conventional diesel double deckers and much quieter on the streets. Air quality emissions will be reduced by 40% for NO x emissions and 33% for PM* emissions when compared with conventional diesel buses.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

A powerful booster module was required to deliver the power surge needed to assure easy diesel engine starts even at below-freezing temperatures. PSA Peugeot Citroën plans to equip about 30% of its diesel automobiles with the new start-stop system by 2012. Tags: Batteries Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Systems.

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JUNE 21, 2010

Scania’s ethanol bus features a modified diesel engine running on a mixture of 95% ethanol with 5% ignition improver. The buses will be equipped with Scania’s third generation five-cylinder 270 hp ethanol diesel engines, which meet Euro 5 and EEV emission standards. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). Deliveries will begin in August.

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JULY 2, 2009

All ocean-going vessels within 24 nautical miles of California’s coastline must now use cleaner burning diesel fuel in order to comply with a new state regulation aimed at reducing the emissions of oxides of sulfur and nitrogen and diesel particulate matter, starting 1 July. In 2012, the limits for both fuels drops to 0.1% (1,000 ppm).

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AUGUST 18, 2009

million gallons per year of renewable synthetic diesel (RenDiesel) for ground service equipment operations at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning in late 2012, when the plant that will produce the fuel is scheduled to go into service. The facility is expected to come online in 2012. Rentech, Inc.

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Green Cars News

JULY 20, 2010

Honda has revealed plans to introduce a new small diesel engine exclusively for the European market. The carmaker also revealed that it intends to retail a battery electric vehicle in Japan and the US by 2012, with trials set to start this year. Tags: Honda diesel electric hybrid plan plug-in speech Takanobu Ito.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

For PSA Peugeot Citroën this new EV will further expand its range of future low-emission vehicles, including the hybrid diesel technology to be launched in 2011 on the Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 and Citroën DS5 HYbrid4, and a Plug-In HYbrid4 diesel in 2012. Tags: Brief.

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JUNE 1, 2009

Swedish energy company Vattenfall and the Volvo Car Corporation are launching an industrial joint venture partnership to introduce plug-in hybrids on the market by 2012. We are investing in an industrial joint venture to series-produce plug-in hybrid cars in Sweden in 2012, cars that can be powered by both electricity and diesel.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

will convert biomass, such as yard and tree trimmings, into renewable diesel fuel and renewable electricity. The UOP Unionfining and Unicracking technologies will then be used to upgrade the hydrocarbons to ultra-clean jet and diesel fuel as well as specialty waxes and chemicals. Tags: Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) Catalysts.

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MAY 7, 2010

Liter engines starting in 2012. Designated the JCB Ecomax T4, it is a four-cylinder inline mid-range diesel offering power ratings from 55 kW to 130 kW in numerous applications such as agricultural, construction, and materials handling machinery. Tags: Brief.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

The Air Resources Board has selected four projects to demonstrate advanced clean engine technologies that reduce smog-forming and diesel soot emissions. Work on the demonstration projects will be completed by 30 June 2012. Tags: Brief.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Proposed regulations will require 5% renewable fuel content based on the national gasoline pool by 2010 and 2% renewable content in diesel and heating oil by 2011 or earlier, subject to technical feasibility. To meet these requirements, it is expected that Canada will need close to three billion liters of renewable fuels by 2012.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Canada will implement a requirement for 2% renewable content in diesel fuel and heating oil, subject to successful demonstration of technical feasibility under the range of Canadian conditions, which would be put in place by an amendment to the Renewable Fuels Regulations. Tags: Brief. Canada Renewable Fuels Regulations.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Two pilot buses will be delivered to the MTA in the second quarter of 2011, with the balance of the base order delivered in the fourth quarter of 2011 and early 2012. Since 1996, New Flyer has delivered 823 buses to the MTA, including 630 60-foot diesel buses, three 45-foot diesel buses and 190 40-foot CNG buses for a total of 1,453 EUs.

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JULY 7, 2010

BorgWarner will supply its regulated two-stage turbocharging (R2S) technology ( earlier post ) to MAN for engines used to power medium-duty trucks and urban buses in the Latin American market beginning in 2012. Tags: Brief. liters and nominal power output of 180 hp to 290 hp (132 kW-213 kW).

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APRIL 13, 2010

liter naturally aspirated engine, which will be manufactured at the Group’s Trémery plant in eastern France starting in early 2012. La Française de Mécanique currently builds petrol and diesel powerplants for Peugeot and Citroën Peugeot models, as well as the EP engine developed in partnership with the BMW Group. Tags: Brief.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Removing these components allows gasoline and diesel to burn cleaner and makes hydrogen a critical component in the production of cleaner fuels needed by current internal combustion engines. The new Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network is expected to be operational in mid-2012. Tags: Brief.

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MAY 25, 2010

The technology development center is due to be commissioned by mid-2012. Tags: Brief. The centre will be built close to Umicore’s current automotive catalyst production facility in Suzhou. Earlier this year an investment in further capacity expansion and capability enhancement was announced, which will be operational by mid-2010.

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MARCH 30, 2010

The Mercedes-Benz plant in Berlin will produce a new generation of transmission-integrated electric engines for Mercedes-Benz hybrid vehicles from 2012 onwards. The Berlin plant currently produces V6 and V8 diesel engines and V12 biturbo engines for the Mercedes-Benz and Maybach brands. Tags: Brief.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Under the agreement with Guarani, a subsidiary of the French sugar group Tereos, the parties will investigate the feasibility of developing an optimal economical model using Amyris technology to produce cane-derived diesel fuel from molasses rather than from traditional sugar cane juice. Tags: Bio-hydrocarbons Brazil. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 9, 2010

To achieve its goals, Peugeot is relying on a new products strategy that includes electric propulsion (the i0n i-MiEV-derived electric car) and E-Vivacity scooter from 2010; diesel hybrid in the 3008 from 2011 ( earlier post) ; e-HDi (microhybrid) from 2011 on the entire diesel range; and a plug-in diesel hybrid in 2012.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Studies of various land-use efficiencies for various biofuels and processes by Volvo AB show, in the lower two bars, the high efficiency of DME as a diesel substitute. The other, a commercial-scale plant, is to be in production in 2012. Tags: Brief. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Micrograph of fermentation fluids from production of Amyris Renewable Diesel (Nov 2007). The initiative can culminate in a demo flight, by early 2012, of an Embraer E-Jet using GE engines and belonging to Azul Linhas Aéreas. Earlier in 2009, Amyris completed its first successful demonstration drive using Amyris renewable diesel.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

Both facilities will produce the specified vehicles until June 2011, with an optional one year extension until June 2012. HUMMER is also in the process of obtaining emissions certification for a diesel H3 that will be introduced in markets outside of North America. Tags: Brief. Citi is acting as financial advisor to GM.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Volvo’s current plug-in architecture of choice is shown on its V70 diesel PHEV prototypes: combining a front-wheel drive engine (diesel initially) with an axle-integrated rear-wheel drive electric motor, powered, in the case of the V70 PHEV, by an 11.3 Tags: Diesel Hybrids Plug-ins Vehicle Manufacturers.

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APRIL 27, 2010

To be launched in early 2012 in Europe, these new compact SUVs will have specific designs for Peugeot and Citroën while sharing many components with the Mitsubishi vehicle (named ASX in Europe). HDi diesel engine for its own models. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). These vehicles will be available in both four- and two-wheel drive.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Controlled weight and aerodynamics (C d 0.30) contribute to management of fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions; a 99 g/km HDi DPFS 90 diesel version is available from launch. Over a combined cycle, all the diesels emit less than 118 g/km, while the gasoline engine emit between 134 g/km and 160 g/km CO 2. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JULY 21, 2010

Delphi has introduced a new selective catalytic reduction (SCR) NO x control technology for diesel engines that improves the performance, packaging and long-term reliability of the SCR system as well as reduces vehicle CO 2 emissions by up to 1 g/km over any comparable system, according to the company. Components of the Delphi SCR system.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Productive Concepts International LLC—a vehicle modification and systems integrator for a variety of alternative fuel applications including hybrid, CNG, propane and dual-fuel diesel—for $11.1 Tags: Brief. Fuel Systems Solutions , Inc.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

TfL is committed to increasing the number of diesel electric hybrid buses and expects every new bus entering the fleet to be a hybrid from 2012. Tags: Brief. There are currently 56 hybrid buses operating in London’s bus fleet.

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JULY 24, 2009

The California Air Resources Board adopted amendments to help business owners comply with its 2007 regulation aimed at reducing toxic diesel emissions from the state’s estimated 180,000 off-road vehicles such as tractors and bulldozers used in construction, mining and other industries. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

The parties will work together to convert this mill to produce Amyris renewable products with first production targeted for the 2011-2012 harvest season. It is also possible to produce renewable drop-in diesel and jet fuel with performance equal to or better than existing biofuels and oil-based fuels. Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

This study finds that fuel consumption for new tractor-trailers could be lowered by 20 percent starting in 2012 and as much as 50 percent beginning in 2017, while providing net savings for the owner based on lifetime fuel savings paying for the incremental vehicle, operation, and maintenance costs.

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