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Commercial vehicle and engine manufacturers establish global secretariat to move more agressively on global harmonization of regulations

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European, North American and Japanese heavy-duty vehicle and engine manufacturers will establish in 2012 a stronger administrative support for the activities of the annual Global Commercial Vehicle Industry Meeting and its objective of global harmonization of heavy-duty vehicle regulations. Global Fuel Specification.

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European, Japanese and American Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Manufacturers Call for Global Policy Cooperation to Improve Energy Efficiency and Emissions of Road Freight Transport

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The world’s leading heavy-duty vehicle and engine manufacturing companies are urging the close cooperation between policy makers in Europe, the United States and Japan to develop practical and effective fuel-efficiency measurement metrics, methodologies and regulations which would then be used all around the globe.

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Oil companies “break the circle”! Total Energy to build tens of thousands of charging piles in China

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In 2020, Total Energy acquired the largest electric vehicle charging company in London and has mastered many local charging pile resources. In recent years, bp, Shell and other companies have acquired a number of well-known charging service providers and established joint ventures to develop charging pile business on a global scale.

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IEA: improving efficiency of road-freight transport critical to reduce oil-demand growth; three areas of focus

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Yet the growth in oil demand from trucks has outpaced all other sectors—including passenger cars, aviation, industry and petrochemical feedstocks—since 2000 and contributed 40% to global oil demand growth, a similar contribution as cars. The IEA report highlights three major areas of improvement.

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European automakers define recommendations to standardize charging of plug-in vehicles; 2017 for harmonized application

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Global technical specification on “envelope”—vehicle inlet—for global solution. The European automobile manufacturers, though ACEA, the automobile manufacturers’ trade association, have defined a comprehensive set of recommendations to standardize the charging of electrically-chargeable vehicles.

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As An EV Maker, What Does It Take to Win the EV Race?

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Author: Alwin Antony We know for a fact that there is a race going on in the electrification of automobiles globally. The Race Among The Automobile Manufacturers The internal combustion engine (ICE) has powered our cars for over a century and is being gradually replaced by electric vehicles (EVs).

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European Auto Manufacturers Agree on First Phase of Specifications to Connect Plug-ins to the Grid

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The European automobile manufacturers have agreed to a first phase of joint specifications to connect electrically chargeable vehicles to the electricity grid in a safe and user-friendly way. Ivan Hodac, Secretary-General of ACEA, the automobile industry’s trade association in Brussels. Home charging (infrastructure side).

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