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UK Auto Industry Backs Diesel After Parking Surcharge In London Neighborhood

Green Car Reports

Diesel cars have dominated Europe for decades, but recently a major backlash against them has started to brew. Politicians and advocacy groups in several European countries are taking strong steps to limit or eliminate older, dirtier diesels, over concerns of negative health effects from their particulate emissions.

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New UK Energy & Fuels 2050 transportation roadmap highlights important role of drop-in fuels and power-to-gas

Green Car Congress

Professor Neville Jackson, Ricardo’s chief technology and innovation officer, presented the results of a research project carried out by the Automotive Council UK to establish a long-term (to 2050) transition from current gasoline and diesel fuels to a majority renewable energy portfolio. Summary of the roadmap to 2050.

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

Green Car Congress

The switched reluctance (SR) motor-based SpeedStart and TIGERS technology are being incorporated into the recently announced Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain project known as ADEPT. There is a continual drive within the auto industry for low carbon vehicle technologies. Earlier post.)

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BYD sold 68,018 battery-electric buses worldwide 

Electric Vehicles India

23,805,600 – lbs of diesel particulate matter #CleanAirDayCA #CleanAirDay pic.twitter.com/LoD2m6xpUC. — 23,805,600 – lbs of diesel particulate matter #CleanAirDayCA #CleanAirDay pic.twitter.com/LoD2m6xpUC. — BYD battery-electric buses. BYD has sold 68,018 battery-electric buses. 1,836,432 – cars worth of emissions.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

Green Car Congress

Now, however, given all the market drivers facing the auto industry (regulations, fossil fuel availability, societal changes, etc.), We are starting with optimizing our conventional drive trains—the TDI diesel engines, the TSI engines, the DSG transmission, all of those technologies have helped us to lower our fuel consumption a lot.

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