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Provisional agreement reached on European CO2 standards for heavy-duty trucks; 30% lower by 2030

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The European Parliament and the Council have reached provisional agreement on a regulation setting, for the first time in the EU, strict CO 2 emission standards for trucks. The deal follows an agreement reached in December on new CO 2 emission standards for cars and light vans in the EU for the period after 2020.

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European automakers request 6-month postponement of new Euro standards due to COVID-19

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FCM for passenger cars and light vans (currently 1 January 2021); Euro VI Step E for trucks; and. The ACEA represents the 16 major Europe-based car, van, truck and bus makers. up of stocks at manufacturers, importers and dealers. the general safety regulation (clusters A and B). 19 has caused a significant build?up

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SVOLT Energy Technology first to scale production of safer Li-ion cells using Soteria technology

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SVOLT Energy Technology, a global advanced technology company and spin-off of Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motors, is the first to begin commercialization of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) utilizing metallic thin-film separator technology from Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG). —Carl Hu, CTO at Soteria BIG.

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EC proposes 95 grams CO2/km target for new cars by 2020, 147 grams for light vans; super credits for cars below 35g

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The European Commission today proposed targets for the further reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars and light commercial vehicles (vans) by 2020. Europe and the US. The proposed 2025 US standard would bring that down to 163 g/mile in MY 2025. grams in 2011 and a mandatory target of 130 grams in 2015.

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European Parliament votes to introduce CO2 limits in EU for new vans and light commercial goods vehicles; initial target of 175 g/km

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The European Parliament has voted to introduce CO 2 limits in the EU for new vans and other light commercial goods vehicles. The rules, agreed with Member States, include incentives to make highly-efficient vehicles as well as penalties for manufacturers that miss the targets. The upper weight limit for this category is 3.5

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Pike ranks Volkswagen Group as the global leader in clean diesel vehicles

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particulate matter (PM) emissions set by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tier 2 standards or the EU’s Euro 5 standards. Each of these standards mandated a. Europe is the world’s biggest market for clean diesel cars, with around 7.3 Europe is the world’s biggest market for clean diesel cars, with around 7.3

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European Parliament rejects proposed veto of plan to raise diesel NOx limits temporarily for RDE deployment

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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) welcomed the vote. This regulation will be a major challenge for the industry, with new and more stringent testing standards that will be extremely difficult to reach in a short space of time. —Environment Committee chair Giovanni La Via (EPP, IT).

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