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Volkswagen AG timeline on diesel emissions scandal

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On 14 November 2014, Winterkorn received another memo that reported, amongst other things, on several then current product defect cases and referred to a cost framework of approximately €20 million for the diesel issue in North America. For global automobile manufacturers, service measures and recall campaigns are nothing out of the ordinary.

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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 Conclusion.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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In addition to being extremely fuel-efficient, the 118d is produced on the next line over to the i3 in Leipzig, making it a good reference baseline, Dr. Weber said.). kWh hours per mile) in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC); with the range extender, this figure increases to 0.135 kWh/km. Range extender. kWh/mile.)

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