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Amazon orders more than 1,800 EVs from Mercedes-Benz Vans

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kWh/100km) available now with high-torque electric motor and 421 kilometers range as well as the fully electric EQV (combined power consumption: 26.4-26.3 The electric engine drives the front wheels and, like the diesel starter unit, delivers max. With the new Mercedes-Benz eVito Tourer (power consumption combined: 26.2

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EPA annual inventory shows US GHG up 3.1% from 2017-2018

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While the current Inventory does not include 2019, preliminary energy data available now for 2019 from EIA projects that fossil fuel-CO 2 emissions decreased by approximately 3% from 2018 to 2019. Diesel fuel for freight trucks and jet fuel for aircraft accounted for 24 and 13 percent of fuel consumption, respectively.

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Consumer Reports finds Honda Accord hybrid fuel economy “impressive”, but short of EPA 47 mpg rating

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Consumer Reports has also tested the new hybrid version of the Subaru XV Crosstrek, as well as new diesel versions of the BMW 3 Series and Jeep Grand Cherokee. Consumer Reports also averaged impressive 24 mpg in the diesel Gran Cherokee—a 6-mpg boost in overall fuel economy compared with the 3.6-liter liter gasoline V6.

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Lightning Hybrids renames itself Lightning Systems; rollout of new lineup of fleet efficiency products

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The system is available now with the Lightning Hybrids system, and will be available standalone in Fall 2017. The system is available now, worldwide on more than 25 platforms. Applications include delivery trucks, shuttle and paratransit buses, refuse trucks, and rear-engine transit buses.

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BETO report identifies biofuel/bioproducts opportunities from wet and gaseous waste: ~22.2B GGE/year

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These feedstocks can be converted into renewable natural gas, diesel, and aviation fuels, or into valuable bioproducts. Not only are wet and gaseous waste streams available now and unlikely to diminish in the near future, finding a beneficial use for them often helps to address the unique and local challenges of disposing of them.

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Muons and ADNA proposing using accelerator-driven subcritical reactor for heat for production of synthetic fuels and chemicals

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are proposing using spent nuclear fuel (SNF), natural uranium, or excess weapons-grade plutonium (W-Pu) in a proposed GEM*STAR accelerator-driven subcritical reactor (ADSR) to provide the process heat and steam for the Fischer-Tropsch production of synthetic diesel from natural gas and other carbonaceous feedstocks (e.g., Muons, Inc. ,

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Freescale announces new high-end powertrain microcontroller; 3x performance of prior high-end unit

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The Qorivva MPC5777M will help address these needs by powering traditional diesel and gasoline direct injection systems as well as hybrid electric and plug-in electric vehicles. With this offering, Freescale now offers seamless scalability from 2.5 Alpha samples of the MPC5777M MCU are available now. New pressure sensors.