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T&E: tests show cars powered by electrofuels emit high levels of criteria pollutants

Green Car Congress

E-fuels are made by combining green hydrogen with CO 2 to produce liquid fuel that can be similar to gasoline or diesel used in conventional engines (as well as kerosene used in aviation). A 10% blend was chosen due to existing fleet and EN228 standard compatibility. The emissions were compared to the standard E10 EU gasoline.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XII)

The Truth About Cars

The second generation Cadillac Eldorado was met with immediate sales success after its repositioning from a halo vehicle to a more affordable upmarket trim package in 1954. While those were considered the “standard” offerings, additional high-end luxury was offered by the new third generation Eldorado ( in various new guises).

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Bosch says it has solved diesel NOx problem; as low as 13 mg NOx/km even under RDE; refining existing technologies

Green Car Congress

Bosch says that its engineers have refined existing diesel technolgoies to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) so significantly that they already comply with future limits. Equipped with the latest Bosch technology, diesel vehicles will be classed as low-emission vehicles and yet remain affordable.

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EU Industry Ministers Call for Harmonized EV Charging and Safety Standards by Mid-2011

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In addition, the ministers, in their communication, urged European standardization bodies to develop, as a matter of priority by mid-2011, a harmonized solution for the interoperability between electric vehicles and the charging infrastructure and to address safety risks and electromagnetic compatibility.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XVIX)

The Truth About Cars

We spent our last installment reviewing the special and sometimes troublesome engineering that was standard on the Brougham. Annual changes to vehicles kept customers coming back, marketing happy with new things to advertise, and made it clear to the general public if you could afford a new car (or not).

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

Cars That Think

It’s built into Wi-Fi and has been included in all wireless cellular standards starting with 3G. We thought we would provide affordable access to the Internet. But it hasn’t been affordable because our data, which is extremely valuable, is being exchanged for that access and then used to manipulate our basic life choices.”.

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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

Cars That Think

That last one works by holding the car within the local speed limit not by braking but by limiting the power the engine sends to the wheels. Manufacturers made it standard before government agencies got around to telling them to. That’s because it’s moving toward the dream of self-driving vehicles, which demands universal standards.

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