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Volkswagen confirms EA288 diesel engines designed for EU5 and EU6 not affected by defeat device software

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Volkswagen confirmed on Thursday that no software constituting an improper emissions control defeat device as defined in law is installed in vehicles with EA 288 EU5- or EU6-engines in the European Union. In Belgium, some 320,000 affected vehicles—models with the EA 189-type diesel engine and a displacement of 1.2 Earlier post.).

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PROSUME blockchain-based platform for new peer-to-peer energy models; EV platform

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We aim to combine the network and energy layer to build a blockchain-based Internet of Energy, reducing the points of failure and the need for additional hardware from its adaptability in integrating with available and installed technologies —Alfredo Giardina, Co-founder of PROSUME Energy Foundation. The PROSUME token launch.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected. For Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and other Northern European countries, contact SP Innovation. Go to Hymotion.com. Green Gears, Inc.

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Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 4: Chinese-Assembled Vehicles Will Not Be Eligible for Tax Credit

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Or perhaps assembly is shifted from China to Volvo’s plants in Sweden and Belgium for the European market and then imported into the US. And Geely-owned Volvo and Polestar may decide to shift assembly of some vehicles from China to the Volvo factory in Ridgeville, South Carolina for example.