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US reaches $1.5B settlement with Daimler AG over emissions cheating in Mercedes-Benz diesels; civil penalty of $875M

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USDepartment of Justice (DOJ), and California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced a proposed settlement with Daimler AG and its American subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and California law associated with emissions cheating.

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Thomson Reuters report finds established auto industry companies, not Silicon Valley, leading development of autonomous driving tech

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The analysts looked at three main categories of technology: autonomous driving, driver assistance and telematics. In driver assistance technologies, Germany takes three of the top five innovator spots: Bosch leads the group while Daimler and Continental come in fourth and fifth, respectively.

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SAE New Energy Vehicle Forum: China’s focus on NEVs may have profound impact on future of transportation

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However, the US DOE has high level strategic thinking, nicely captured by the quadrennial technology review. … From 2008 to 2010, China began increasing pubic demonstrations to evaluate the technology; these are being expanded from 2010 to 2015. Demonstrations. Public sector. Hybrid bus. Pure electric bus. Hybrid passenger car.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

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Also ferrying guests about a short circuit (so to speak) was a smart fortwo imbued with a Tesla-engineered drivetrain, fruit of its effort to supply Daimler with battery packs for 1,000 smart eds. It is probably a real rocket compared to the Daimler version that will eventually show up. Read reviews, get free pricing, and much more.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). The largest category: 39% want PHEVs. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08. Marketwatch ). Its not lack of desire. Press, Toyotas U.S.

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