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Toyota to participate in FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012 with prototype gasoline-electric hybrid LMP1 racer

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In addition, we aim to learn from the experience of competing in such a challenging motorsport environment to enhance our production-car technology. To date, the ACO has run the Le Mans 24 Hours in Le Mans, France, and the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, with races in Europe, the United States and Asia.

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What Part Do EVs Play in the Federal Net-Zero Emissions Target?

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Electric Vehicles Are a Key Climate Change Tool The U.S. Are electric vehicles (EVs) the answer to the automobile industry’s role? In 2016, nearly 200 countries ratified the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to reduce emissions and slow global warming. How Do Automobiles Contribute to GHG Emissions?

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Mazda continues supporting algae biofuels research

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Expecting that internal combustion engines combined with some form of electrification will still account for some 95% of the vehicles it produces in 2030, and that liquid fuel will remain dominant in the automotive industry until at least 2040, Mazda considers a renewable liquid fuel essential to steep reductions in CO 2. Earlier post.).

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List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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Which are the alternative fuels for cars that could replace gasoline in vehicle? Are you aware of the most commonly used fuel in automobiles? from automobiles, environmental pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, etc. How does it affect the sustainability of the clean environment? You can guess it easily.

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HEI launches two new non-tailpipe particulate emission studies

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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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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

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House of Representatives that would prevent California from receiving federal waivers to set standards limiting the sale of gasoline-driven automobiles. We have a free market; therefore if Americans truly wanted to make the switch to electric vehicles, then they would buy them — no government interference necessary.

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DS brand accelerating development of electric cars

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Starting with DS 7 CROSSBACK, it will be releasing a new model every year, all with an electrified version (hybrid or all-electric). DS Automobiles is competing in Formula E—a valuable test-bed for gaining experience and accelerated development. By 2025, more than a third of DS vehicles sold will be hybrid or all-electric.