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Nissan to test African demand for its e-Power hybrid vehicle – ET Auto

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This year Nissan will export the South African built Navara pickup trucks to new markets of Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia and Egypt, Nissan Africa product Marketing Director Stefan Haasbroek said. Nissan’s e-Power technology system includes a petrol engine with a power generator, inverter, battery and an electric motor.

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Lifecycle study finds LNG can reduce shipping GHG emissions by up to 21%

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It not only confirms what we already knew in terms of LNG’s immediate impact on air quality, human health and its cleanliness, but clearly highlights the genuine, substantiated GHG benefits of using today’s marine engines capable of burning natural gas. Moving from current Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) to LNG does reduce GHG emissions. Others (5%).

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SEAT to introduce 500 km MEB-based EV, Leon PHEV in 2020

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Next year the new generation SEAT Leon will be available in dealerships with two variants, the five-door model and the ST family sized version. In addition, the brand will remain committed to vehicles powered with compressed natural gas (CNG) as well as internal combustion engines.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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The ship’s captain stopped the engines, and the aircraft flashed its lights at the rubber boat. Frontex , which has in turn issued contracts worth hundreds of millions of euros to major engineering firms for remote border-control hardware, software, and know-how. Athanasios Kapoutsis , an engineering researcher on the team.

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