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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean. The main reason is because the E.U. million people.

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

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The starting point was a strategic decision to launch a large-scale promotion of diesel vehicles in the United States in 2005. Initially, it proved impossible to have the EA 189 engine meet by legal means the stricter nitrogen oxide requirements in the United States within the required timeframe and budget.

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U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

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Understanding this issue is both important and timely; policymakers are currently developing the CAFE regulations for vehicles produced from 2017 to 2025 and are planning to finalize these regulations by July, 2012. The top twenty automotive firms that sell vehicles in the United States are represented in the.

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Waxman/Markey Bill Accelerates Infrastructure and Build-out for Plug-Ins, Calls for Harmonization of Motor Vehicle GHG Standards; 3% of Emissions Allowances for Cap-and-Trade Go to Auto Industry

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In addition, the bill allocates 3% of the emissions allowances (under the cap-and-trade scheme defined in the bill) through 2017 and 1% from 2018 through 2025 be allocated for investments in electric vehicles and other advanced automobile technology and deployment. Advanced technology vehicles.

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

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The expansion to Brooklyn marks the company’s first expansion beyond the West Coast of the United States; the service currently operates in Seattle and Portland. The ReachNow Ride scheduling feature will be widely available to members in early 2017. This expanded ReachNow Reserve service will begin in Seattle in early 2017.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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Market launch is scheduled to begin in 2017. Installation of CCS charging stations has already begun in Europe and the United States. The company hopes to launch AWC in 2017. lb), corresponding to customer fuel costs of roughly €4 (as of October 2015). There will also be wireless options.

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EPA proposes repeal of Obama Clean Power Plan

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The repeal package includes the “preamble,” which lays out the proposed legal interpretation, policy implications, and a summary of the cost-benefits analysis of the proposed repeal; and the “Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA),” an in-depth cost-benefit technical analysis. “Co-benefits”

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