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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The use of low-carbon eFuel has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing internal combustion vehicles by at least 70% on a lifecycle basis, compared to conventional fuels. Meanwhile, in Bilbao, Spain, Aramco and Repsol are exploring the production of low-carbon synthetic diesel and jet fuel for automobiles and aircraft.

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JUNE 5, 2020

announced the development of a hydrogen fuel cell system for maritime applications based on fuel cell technology for automobiles, as part of efforts to offer environment-friendly powertrain solutions. Yanmar Holdings Co., and its subsidiary Yanmar Power Technology Co., The next challenge is to develop non-fossil fuel powertrains.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

SsangYong will unveil its new XLV concept (eXciting smart Lifestyle Vehicle) at this year’s Geneva International Motor Show in March. liter diesel engine with an electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery. SsangYong Motor is the fourth largest South Korea-based automobile manufacturer, and specializes in SUVs. XLV concept.

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MARCH 3, 2016

As part of a response to a shareholder lawsuit in Germany alleging a violation of the company’s disclosure obligations under Germany’s capital markets law, Volkswagen AG has outlined the timeline and background events leading to the eruption of the diesel emissions scandal last fall. Timeline and events.

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MAY 3, 2011

and Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) have signed an agreement with Hawtai Motor Group Company Limited (Hawtai). With Hawtai’s clean diesel engine technologies and production capacity, and its ambitious development programs, we have found the right partner to develop the Saab business and build a solid relationship.

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MARCH 25, 2021

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by the end of this century. Looking to the future of powertrain technology, Yanmar has developed a maritime fuel cell system that incorporates hydrogen fuel cell modules from Toyota’s MIRAI automobile. Yanmar Holdings Co.,

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JULY 8, 2015

The associations pointed out that political measures restricting the rollout of the new generation of diesel technology would undermine existing efforts to cut CO 2 emissions. We have introduced high‐efficiency diesel engines and diesel particulate filters that eliminate almost all particle emissions from the exhaust tailpipe.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

To mark this occasion the automotive and motor trading industries have launched an online clean diesel campaign to raise awareness among consumers and policy makers about clean diesel—a three-part solution comprising cleaner diesel fuel, advanced engines and effective emissions control technology. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 5, 2013

China Yuchai International Limited announced that its main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited (GYMCL) and GYMCL’s joint venture company, Y&C Engine Co., Y&C Power is the joint venture company formed in 2009 between GYMCL, China International Marine Containers Containers Group Ltd and Chery Automobile Co.,

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JUNE 30, 2015

Mercedes-Benz has set a new record for the diesels in the Pikes Peak hill-climb race with a near-production C 300 d 4MATIC. The C 300 d is powered by a four-cylinder diesel engine with fourth-generation common rail direct injection featuring piezo injectors, two-stage turbocharging and exhaust gas recirculation. l/100 km) highway.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

share during the same period last year, according to figures from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). The overall decline in passenger car registrations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the diesel and gasoline segments in particular, although together those still account for more than 80% of car sales.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Ricardo and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co Ltd (JAC) have signed a contract that will see the two companies work together in the development of a new 2.0 liter turbo-diesel for JAC’s expanding product range. liter turbocharged and intercooled diesel engine. liter turbocharged and intercooled diesel engine.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

February 2011 marks the 75 th anniversary of the introduction of the first series-production diesel-powered passenger car by Mercedes-Benz. At the time, diesel fuel cost less than half the normal cost of gasoline for holders of a passenger transport licence. The 260 D was powered by a 2.6-liter

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The increasing stringency of global emissions standards, both current and projected, is driving up the cost for internal combustion engines to meet those standards, although numerous technology pathways exist. As a result, we see a cost line crossing between battery-electric vehicles and diesels. Earlier post.). Matthias Erb.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

A sluggish approach towards electric vehicles is a big reason why Toyota’s current Chairman Akio Toyoda had to bow out from his role as the automobile giant’s CEO. The Japanese automobile giant believes that hybrid technology has more mettle to set the tone for a matured transition to battery-powered mobility.

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MARCH 23, 2015

In the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and in the Le Mans 24 Hours as the season’s pinnacle event, Audi will compete with a thoroughly revised R18 e-tron quattro diesel hybrid racer in the 4-megajoule class. The improved hybrid output, however, results in a restriction for the internal combustion engine. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

during the same period last year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). During the third quarter, cars powered by conventional internal combustion engines lost further ground, with their overall market share going down from 88.6% Diesel cars accounted for 27.8% to 766,146 units.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

The first result of this agreement is the demonstration vehicle that will be shown at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS): a light-duty truck with an Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) Engine. six-piston) light-duty version of its opposed piston engine (OPE) in both diesel- and gasoline-fueled versions.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

An affiliate of Navistar International Corporation and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. JAC) have signed a joint venture agreement to develop, build and market advanced diesel commercial engines in China. Diesel engines produced by the new venture will be used in China.

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

A team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) with colleagues from the US, China and Germany tested 73 Euro 6 diesel passenger cars on a chassis dynamometer over both the European type-approval cycle (NEDC, cold engine start) and the more realistic Worldwide harmonized light-duty test cycle (WLTC version 2.0,

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JUNE 4, 2020

Trucks make up just 4% of all US automobiles, but MD and HD vehicles—from big rigs to delivery vans—account for more than 25% of transportation-related fuel consumption, and diesel averages 44 cents more per gallon than gasoline. Renewable Feedstocks to Produce Commercially Viable Diesel Blends.

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JULY 16, 2013

Volkswagen has introduced a new version of the Golf GTD (“Gran Turismo Diesel”) in Europe, and plans to bring it to the US market, reportedly likely for the 2016 model year. diesel delivering 184 horsepower (137 kW), 280 lb-ft (380 N·m) of torque, CO 2 emissions of 109 g/km, and a NEDC combined fuel economy figure of 56 mpg US (4.2

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Due to the global decision to invest in maritime battery systems, interest in Siemens battery solutions is also growing on the international market. The new battery factory will therefore also serve an international market. We also see interest in such solutions outside Norway. —Bjørn Einar Brath. —Bjørn Einar Brath.

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DECEMBER 16, 2012

Key issues discussed included fuel-efficiency improvements; reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; global diesel fuel specifications; and issues related to heavy-duty engine and vehicle regulation and certification. International intermodal loading units. Performance-based standards for HCV.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

Maruti Suzuki introduced mild hybrids in India in 2015 with the launch of the Ciaz diesel with SHVS. Plug-in-hybrid While the aforementioned hybrids only charge their batteries internally, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) charge their batteries both internally and externally.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Among the awards is support for a Syracuse University (with BorgWarner of Ithaca) project to prepare, inject and combust supercritical (SC) diesel fuel. Salt Point) is working on a diesel additive that would increase fuel efficiency by reducing engine friction. Earlier post.). The NYSERDA funding will leverage $7.5 Taconic Energy Inc.

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JUNE 26, 2017

The low emission (LE) scenario sees zero-emission automobiles obtaining market dominance at least by 2030. The business-as-usual scenario posits new automobile sales changing only slowly from the market shares observed in 2016. Share of zero emission passenger cars, in four scenarios.

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JANUARY 8, 2023

Emissions from automobile exhaust systems have decreased in recent years due to the introduction of cleaner fuels and new control technologies on internal combustion engines, as well as increases in numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles.

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MAY 25, 2018

A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature. outside of Norway.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Most analysts agree the future of the automobile will slowly but increasingly come to rely on battery power. Electric cars will slowly displace internal combustion engines, many researchers suggest, and peak demand for fossil fuels used in transportation could arrive as soon as the next decade.

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MARCH 21, 2014

and SRI International, is developing adsorbed natural gas storage systems for automotive and commercial applications with a target system-level energy density greater than 6 MJ/L at 500 psi pressure. The BlackPak effort leverages technology developed and spun out from SRI International as part of a prior award under the MOVE program.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

The proposed WWFC5 provides automaker and engine manufacturer proposed recommendations for the quality of market gasoline and diesel fuel. The revised Category 4 will allow biodiesel in diesel fuel at levels up to 5% by volume. For gasoline, Category 5 raises the minimum gasoline research octane number (RON) to 95.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Motor Trend named the Volkswagen Golf family—Golf 1.8T, Golf TDI Clean Diesel, Golf GTI and e-Golf models—as the 2015 Motor Trend Car of the Year. Motor Trend ’s Car of the Year program is open to any all-new or substantially upgraded 2015 automobile. The Golf has won COTY only once before, in 1985. —Motor Trend.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Tricycles are becoming a popular alternative to traditional diesel/CNG-powered vehicles for transportation and delivery purposes, offering significant cost savings and environmental benefits. RICKSHAW 242 VICTORY ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL 233 U.P. Mahindra Electric secured the top spot on the sales list.

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JULY 9, 2012

This progress includes advanced internal combustion engines; efficient transmissions; lightweight materials; and hybrid and other energy-saving technologies. However, generally speaking, the government continued, China has not achieved a breakthrough with new energy automobiles and core components of the key technologies.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

The British premium automobile manufacturer MINI is realigning its model range, with a focus on drivetrain technologies, vehicle segments and services of the future. The second generation of MINI, introduced in 2000, optimized the relationship between fun driving and fuel consumption, including the introduction of diesel engines.

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