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EEA: Fuel efficiency improvements of new cars in Europe slowed in 2016

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g of CO 2 /km reduction (-1.2%) compared to 2015 constitutes the smallest annual improvement recorded over the last decade. Official emissions have decreased by a total of more than 22 g CO 2 /km (-16%) since 2010, when an updated monitoring system started under the current EU legislation. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge. A total of 14.7

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KSPG awarded $342M in contracts for new compact EGR valve

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Ordered by European and North American automakers, the valve will be installed in engines designed to comply with the Euro 6 emission norm. The other valves ordered will be installed in 2014 and 2015 when certain new engines go into production at the European and US plants of further manufacturers. EGR module versions. Source: KSPG.

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Volkswagen Group outselling GM in China

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to 382,300 units compared to September 2015. million vehicles were handed over to customers worldwide from January to September, representing a rise of 2.4%, even as the Group worked its way through the fallout from the diesel emissions scandal that broke cover in September 2015. increase compared with 2015.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Czech Republic / 154 / 154 / 8. VW Passat). Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Italy / 145 / 147 / 2. Denmark / 146 / 160 / 12. Malta / 147 / 148 / 3.

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European consortium investigating graphene-based materials for lightweight cars; energy-efficient and safe vehicles

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The global automotive industry is currently facing great challenges, such as CO 2 emissions and safety issues. This material will provide benefits such as improved strength, dimensional stability and better thermal behavior, better flame behavior (active as flame retardant and for reducing the emission of smoke), and superior durability.

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