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Audi unveils redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for 2016 season

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Audi unveiled its redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. The FIA WEC regulations have been providing automobile manufacturers with incentives to build increasingly efficient race cars since 2014. The current V6 TDI consumes 32.4%

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Ballard in $10M deal to provide fuel cell technology for 33 Clean Energy Buses in China

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Ballard Power Systems signed definitive license and supply agreements with Nantong Zehe New Energy Technology Co., Ballard and Synergy are collaborating with electric bus manufacturer Foshan Feichi Automobile Manufacturing Co. and Guangdong Synergy Hydrogen Power Technology Co., in the city of Yunfu in Guangdong province.

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Québec moves forward with a zero-emission vehicle standard

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The greater the range, the greater the number of credits earned by the manufacturer, which in turn will reduce the number of ZEV sales the manufacturer will need to reach its target. The goal of the ZEV standard is to incentivize automobile manufacturers to build more models and use increasingly efficient low-carbon technology.

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Volkswagen and Mobileye partner on autonomous driving; REM in VWs in 2018

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REM uses crowd-sourcing (data from many cars – the swarm) to generate real-time data for precise localization and acquisition of high-definition track data. This fleet data is used for continuous improvement of high-definition navigation maps with highly precise localization capability. In 2016, Volkswagen produced about 5.99

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US EPA and NHTSA Jointly Propose New Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Regulations for Vehicles

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These standards would require these vehicles to meet an estimated combined average emissions level of 250 grams/mile of CO 2 in model year 2016. mpg in model year 2016. mpg by MY 2016. The proposed standards for both agencies begin with the 2012 model year, with standards increasing in stringency through model year 2016.