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EVs dominate list of efficient cars in ORNL 2022 Fuel Economy Guide

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This feature allows users to see how the methods for electricity generation in their area affect their total greenhouse gas emissions. The fueleconomy.gov site is DOE’s most-visited, attracting more than 30 million user sessions in Model Year 2021—more than any year since 2015.

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Fire Risk: Hyundai and Kia Recall More Than Three Million Vehicles

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Though EV fires receive a tremendous amount of attention in the news, they are far less common proportionally than gas vehicle fires. Hyundai and Kia are the latest manufacturers to issue a fire-related recall, this time for millions of gas vehicles with faulty hydraulic electronic control units (HECU) and antilock brake modules.&

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Westport acquires Clean Energy’s BAF natural gas vehicle business for $25M

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Natural gas engine company Westport Innovations Inc. Westport believes that the amalgamation will create the largest product portfolio and largest market presence in the North American light duty natural gas vehicle (NGV) space. Fuel is useable anywhere in the Clean Energy network of CNG fueling stations until December 2015.

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National oil companies hold top spots in Energy Intelligence’s ranking of top oil firms

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State-owned oil companies are retaining their dominant position in the world petroleum industry according to Energy Intelligence ’s annual ranking of the world’s top 50 oil and gas companies, which was published today in Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW). Supermajors retain four of the Top 10 spots. China National Petroleum Company (CNPC).

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ICCT: IMO committee agrees to establish first climate framework for international shipping

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The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) reports that the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a resolution codifying an initial greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy for international shipping. The strategy implies that international shipping would consume between 3.8%

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California ARB approves more rebate funding for hybrid and zero-emission cars, trucks, buses9

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That regulatory package builds on California’s already tough standards to reduce smog-forming and greenhouse gas emissions, including a separate requirement that one in seven new cars sold in 2025 in California be zero emission.

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2015 Lotus Elite Coupe To Offer Flywheel Hybrid Option For V8

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Add Lotus to the list of luxury and sports car makers offering hybrid models to raise fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. It won't be on the market until the "spring of 2014," says Lotus, but 10 days from now at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, it will introduce a concept for its upcoming Elite 2+2 coupe.

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