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Europe’s Q2 Diesel Share Hits Record Low As Plugin Share Doubles

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This is our first report drawing on quarterly powertrain data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). Meanwhile plugin electric vehicle share more than doubled year-on-year to 16.9% The data region […].

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Next EPA Fight: Automakers Vs Oil Refiners Over Clean Fuels

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That's the message coming from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, working with the EPA to tighten pollution rules for gasoline, reducing the proportion of sulfur from 30 parts per million (ppm) to 10 ppm. The oil refiners don't want to play ball just yet though.

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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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Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. Modern Truck Scenario.

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Indian Oil plans to install 10,000 electric vehicle charging stations By 2024

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In the next three years, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) aims to install 10,000 electric vehicle charging stations and develop plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its activities, according to the IOC chairman. The state-owned refinery has declared that it will double its capacity by using clean electricity from the grid.

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Japan automakers going slow with biodiesel; JAMA maintains stance on B5 as maximum for now

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PME= palm oil methyl ester, RME = rapeseed methyl ester, SME = soy methyl ester, WME = waste cooking oil methyl ester, FTD = Fischer-Tropsch diesel, HBD = hydrogenated biodiesel. JAMA bases its postion on the results of study from the Japan Auto-Oil Program subsidized by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

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Cal Energy Commission adopts report outlining how state transforming transportation system to meet climate goals

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The California Energy Commission adopted its 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update, which outlines, among many things, how the state is working to transform the transportation system to zero- and near-zero technologies and fuels to meet its climate and clean air goals. Oil-by-rail. Plug-in electric vehicles.

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SwRI’s HEDGE Technology Eliminates Low-Speed Pre-Ignition in Highly Boosted Engines

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The presence of low-speed pre-ignition is considered a major impediment to automobile manufacturers’ efforts to aggressively downsize engines to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This is a substantial development because it has the potential to affect every original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

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