Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2013

Areas of work being focused on by Volkswagen include the development of a high-performance diesel engine delivering 100 kW (134 hp) per liter of displacement and a new 10-speed dual clutch gearbox that reduces fuel consumption. EA 288 MDB Diesel engines. Diesel Engines Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins Vehicle Manufacturers'

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2017

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a remedy proposed by Volkswagen that will reduce the excess NO x emissions from the Generation 3 (MY 2015) diesel 2.0 liter diesel vehicles that were equipped with software designed to cheat on federal emissions tests. liter vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

million currently approved Euro 5 and 6 diesels in the country, according to the outcome of the “National Diesel Forum” held in Berlin today between the automotive industry and the German Federal and state governments. At Wednesday’s National Diesel Forum. Excessively high pollution affects air quality in many German cities.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2020

This means that Euro 4 or Euro 5 diesel cars can be retrofitted and exempted from traffic restrictions in certain regions. Vehicle owners who have their vehicles converted can do so not only contributes to improving air quality, they maintain their mobility in particularly polluted regions. —Richard Damm, President of the KBA.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 23, 2017

State and federal environmental regulators announced Monday they had approved modifications to illegally polluting Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche SUVs fitted with VW Group's 3.0-liter liter V-6 TDI turbodiesel engine The EPA and California Air Resources Board sent a letter Friday to VW announcing the approved modifications for the 3.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The three-axle H3 hybrid locomotive consumes up to 50% less fuel than conventional shunting locomotives and cuts pollutant emissions by up to 70%. —Johann Schmid, Operations Manager for Audi’s industrial railroad at Ingolstadt. The powertrain consists of a 350 kW diesel generator and a 350 kW NiCd battery.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

EPA has issued a notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. The NOV alleges that Volkswagen and Audi cars from model years 2009-2015 equipped with 2.0-liter, The allegations cover roughly 482,000 diesel passenger cars sold in the United States since 2008.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

EPA issued a second notice of violation ( NOV ) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., The vehicles covered by the new NOV are the diesel versions of the 2014 VW Touareg, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, and the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L, and Q5. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

The study, which was funded by fees paid by Volkswagen as part of its 2016 diesel-emissions cheating settlement, looked at aerosol particles emitted from brake pads as they wear. Researchers used a large lathe to spin a brake rotor and caliper, and measured the charge of the particles emitted.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In October 2016, a federal judge approved a national settlement plan to address Volkswagen’s installation and use of devices in approximately 580,000 Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche vehicles that circumvented federal emissions standards for NO x. With the support of the Attorney General's Office, New York received $127.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2018

The project “reFuels - Refueling of fuels” will investigate processes to produce gasoline and diesel fuels from sustainably available raw materials such as plant parts on a large scale. It will also examine how regenerative fuels affect the pollutant emissions of the existing fleet and the function of vehicles and individual components.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2018

Which new electric luxury crossover utility beat Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz to the punch in targeting Tesla? What institution disavowed its own study, cited by the EPA, that claimed older diesels emitted no more pollutants than newer ones with sophisticated exhaust emssion-treatment systems?

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 4, 2024

Fiat’s new 2024 500e (source: Stellantis) Italy has some of the oldest, most polluting cars in Europe clogging up its roads, and the country is lagging behind other European countries in EV adoption. BEVs still only have a 3.9% market share, compared to 4.2% for PHEVs, during that same time.

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EV Obssesion

JULY 8, 2021

The post Antitrust: Commission Fines Car Manufacturers €875 Million appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 21, 2024

Maruti Suzuki introduced mild hybrids in India in 2015 with the launch of the Ciaz diesel with SHVS. A few luxury carmakers, such as Volvo and Audi, are also offering the technology. PHEVs can run as electric vehicles in cities, significantly reducing tailpipe pollution.

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Plug In India

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Many of you want to convert your existing petrol/diesel cars into electric cars. Some wanted to convert a Maruti Dzire, some an Audi A4, some an Hyundai i20, and some a Tata Nano. Your electric car will also be more reliable and require much less maintenance than a pollution car. Sounds utopian, right?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The Advanced Diesel-Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) prototype ( earlier post ) incorporates a 48V electrical architecture, a CPT SpeedStart 10kW (later to be upgraded to 12.5kW) B-ISG and CPT TIGERS turbine integrated exhaust gas energy recovery system, both being switched reluctance machines, and an advanced lead carbon battery pack provided by EALABC.

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Plug In India

MARCH 5, 2023

Diesel vehicles may be totally banned as they wont meet the regulations of BS6 round 2. 22 Indian cities are among the 30 most polluted cities across the world owing to the rising concentration of 2.5-micron 22 Indian cities are among the 30 most polluted cities across the world owing to the rising concentration of 2.5-micron

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

g/km), Audi (162.6 These figures show the unceasing dedication Fiat lavishes on seeking innovative solutions to control polluting emissions and the level of CO2. Of the top 10 brands, Fiat is ahead of Toyota (132.9 g/km), Peugeot (134.5 g/km), Citroën (138.1 g/km), Renault (138.9 g/km), Ford (140.4 g/km), Opel (149.5

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

car journeys are made by a single occupant, smaller could often suffice--and cost less, and pollute less. We tend to prefer smaller cars here at Green Car Reports. Since far more than half of U.S.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In New Zealand air pollution contributes to the premature deaths of 27 deaths per 100,000 people. The UK will end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. Dean Sheed, General Manager, Audi NZ. Transpower analysis shows that the economics of electrification of transport are on the “cusp of being overwhelming”.

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Plug In India

OCTOBER 18, 2021

T hese EV cynics and naysayers don’t believe in the EV revolution or have an incentive to keep using pollution vehicles. How many petrol or diesel pickup trucks have such pre-order numbers? The average lifespan of a petrol or diesel car is around 200,000 km. The Tesla Cybertruck has more than 1.3 million pre-orders.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Expects production around 2014.

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