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DECEMBER 20, 2010
The newly formed Engine Products Group (EPG)—comprising the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance), The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. Earlier post.). We want to be sure that any new fuel will not increase air pollution, harm engines or endanger consumer safety.
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APRIL 1, 2009
Among the direct transportation-related provisions in the extensive package are a low-carbon fuel standard for all transportation fuels; financial support for large scale demonstrations of electric vehicles; and financial support for automakers retooling plants to make electric vehicles. trucks, construction machines, ships and planes.
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MARCH 3, 2016
Under the strictest standard in the US at the time, only 31 mg/km of NO x were allowed to be emitted—about six times less than under the EU5 standard applicable in Europe at that time. Internal verification tests were conducted at Volkswagen over the following months.
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AUGUST 30, 2009
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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JULY 4, 2014
Mercedes-Benz will unveil the complete study of the Future Truck 2025 at the International Commercial Vehicle Show (IAA) in September. Power is transferred by the fully automated 12-speed Mercedes PowerShift 3 transmission, which is standard equipment. Sensor system in the Future Truck 2025. guard rails or vegetation).
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JUNE 12, 2015
—Rupert Stadler, Audi CEO, at the International Vienna Motor Symposium in 2014. In June 2013, Audi commissioned a power-to-gas facility in the north German town of Werlte, thus becoming the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy sources. Audi e-gas. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)
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JULY 30, 2013
The electric motor, power electronics and high-voltage Li-ion battery pack (except from the component cells, which are sourced externally) were developed internally by the BMW Group under its eDrive program. These fibres can then be used to manufacture new components, thereby reducing the consumption of new fibre.
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