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EPA: US GHG emissions in 2017 down 0.3% from 2016

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from 2016, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory. The decrease in total greenhouse gas emissions between 2016 and 2017 was driven in part by a decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. In 2017, total gross U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 6,472.3

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DS Automobiles unveiling high-performance E-TENSE electric GT concept at Geneva

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DS Automobiles, Citroën’s luxury brand spin-off, will introduce the high-performance electric GT concept DS E-TENSE at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show next week. Mixed EU cycle range is 310 km (193 miles) or 360 km (224 miles) on the urban cycle. The DS Automobiles brand has sold more than 600,000 vehicles since launch.

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RAND: Autonomous vehicles cannot be test-driven enough miles to demonstrate their safety; alternative testing methods needed

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Autonomous vehicles would have to be driven hundreds of millions of miles and, under some scenarios, hundreds of billions of miles to create enough data to clearly demonstrate their safety, according to a new report from RAND, a non-profit research organization. The most autonomous miles any developer has logged are about 1.3

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Toyota Research Institute CEO Pratt outlines initial AI/robotics mandates; trillion-mile reliability

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At a press conference at CES 2016, TRI CEO and Toyota Executive Technical Advisor Dr. Gill Pratt laid out his new company’s near-term approach and challenges it seeks to address, as well as its much larger ambitions. While our company was making fabric looms, automobiles were defining the future. TRI reflects a similar understanding.

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FCA US to deliver thousands of Chrysler Pacifica plug-in Hybrid Minivans to Waymo’s self-driving service

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FCA previously delivered 100 Pacifica Hybrid minivans, adapted for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016 and an additional 500 in 2017. —Sergio Marchionne, Chief Executive Officer, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. Earlier post.)

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Jeep Yuntu PHEV concept debuts at Shanghai

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miles) and can be charged wirelessly, according to Jeep; an accompanying drone can scan the road ahead. Jeep began production for the Jeep Cherokee in China at the GAC Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Co., In April 2016, the Jeep Renegade began rolling off the assembly line at the new Guangzhou plant of GAC FCA.

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GLM launches EV brand and shows two models in Hong Kong

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In the course of its development, GLM formed a number of direct partnerships with more than 100 vehicle technology companies to conduct research into and development of new forms of vehicles and transportation beyond conventional automobiles. In October 2016, GLM presented the GLM-G4 at the Paris Motor Show 2016.