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UK Auto Industry Backs Diesel After Parking Surcharge In London Neighborhood

Green Car Reports

Green Europe London UK air pollution diesel particulate filter (DPF) emissions transportation policy' 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. MORE: UK Official Says.

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BYD had its slowest profit growth in two years in Q4

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auto industry BYD’s full-year 2023 net profit increased by 80.7 “The latest round of price cuts would inevitably result in a margin hit,” said John Zeng, London consulting firm GlobalData’s Head of China Market Forecasting (via Reuters ). The automaker posted 8.67 billion yuan (~1.2 percent to 180.04

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Tesla’s years of battery tech investments are becoming a buffer against nickel’s rising costs

Teslarati

Nickel prices rose so much that the London Metal Exchange canceled trading for the material for more than a week. In a statement to Insider , auto industry analyst Lauren Fix noted that Russia’s control of nickel could have adverse effects for electric vehicle makers. .

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

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The research, presented at last week’s Open Forum organized by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) in London, aimed to create a high level consensus view for the future of transport energy in the UK.

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

Green Car Congress

There is a continual drive within the auto industry for low carbon vehicle technologies.

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BYD sold 68,018 battery-electric buses worldwide 

Electric Vehicles India

The order has been placed by RATP Dev London, one of Transport for London (TfL)’s principal bus operators, for a total of 195 single and double deck vehicles.

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An interview with Riversimple

Green Cars News

I believe that all three barriers are very real for the auto industry but they are not true in any absolute sense. A: I’ve really scratched my head on this one because everything of which I can think is technically possible, even now. Q: You hope to be in production by 2013, supplemented by you ‘open source’ approach.