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Waxman/Markey Bill Accelerates Infrastructure and Build-out for Plug-Ins, Calls for Harmonization of Motor Vehicle GHG Standards; 3% of Emissions Allowances for Cap-and-Trade Go to Auto Industry

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These applications may be jointly sponsored by electric utilities, automobile manufacturers, technology providers, car sharing companies or organizations, or 2 other persons or entities. Do not preempt California’s legal authority to adopt and enforce its own mobile source emissions standards.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. By the mid-1980s, three quarters of the cars manufactured in Brazil were capable of running on sugarcane-based hydrous ethanol. 40 CFR § 80.27

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Mercedes-Benz presents autonomous Future Truck 2025 research vehicle; “Highway Pilot”

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The sensor and camera technology is active throughout the speed range from standstill to the legally permitted maximum truck speed of 80 km/h. Communication between vehicles is also standardized following an agreement between a consortium of automobile manufacturers, suppliers, public organisations and research institutions.

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