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Volvo to Introduce Proprietary Medium-Duty Engine in 2010

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Volvo will use EGR, SCR and DPF technology in its global heavy duty engine platform. By having a global technology platform in place, the Volvo Group will be able to generate economies of scale in research and development as well as purchasing and production. Click to enlarge. Leif Johansson.

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Volvo unveils medium heavy engine

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Placing the focus for his company on internal efficiency, Volvo CEO Leif Johansson announced that the Group has developed its own medium heavy engine that will be used in trucks and buses from 2010. It will concentrate on internal efficiency going forward, such as by developing its own synergies.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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(In 2008, Valero Energy CEO Bill Kless had said that using corn to produce ethanol will make food so expensive in poor countries that it will cause more misery than global warming. Rob Kurtz, a project manager for BBI International, was another keynote speaker and an authority on biofuels plants. Earlier post.). Financing challenges.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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This is a global challenge, to which different countries can contribute in different ways, and the big picture must be in view. Since the general auto market remained slumped, global EV market share increased nicely from 2.8% Globally ~14k Ioniq BEVs were sold. It *is* literal madness to keep doing it. in 2019 to 4% in 2020.

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