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Australia introduces its first exhaust rule but makes all the mistakes the US did

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But that proposal was watered down by automaker lobbying (which we’ve seen a lot of recently ), primarily through exceptions added for huge SUVs. And giant SUVs have, in turn, eliminated the auto emissions gains we could have had if cars had remained normal sized. If that sounds familiar, it’s because it is.

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BorgWarner delivers first commercial regulated two-stage (R2S) turbocharging system in Chinese passenger vehicle; Great Wall Motors diesel

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Utilized in a Chinese passenger car for the first time, BorgWarner’s R2S turbocharging technology optimizes performance, provides an enhanced driving experience and reduces fuel consumption for Great Wall’s Haval H8 and H9 SUVs. liter 4-cylinder diesel engine. As the engine speed increases, both turbochargers work together.

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2024 GWM Haval H6 GT Ultra Review

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Overview TOPPING out the Haval H6 medium SUV line-up is the coupe-SUV style H6 2.0 Competition may come from two other Chinese brands in the MG HS 2.0 Ultimate AWD (wagon) from $45,990 drive-away. Competition may come from two other Chinese brands in the MG HS 2.0 GT Ultra (AWD) priced from $46,490 drive-away.

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2024 GWM Haval H6 GT Ultra Review

Baua Electric

Overview TOPPING out the Haval H6 medium SUV line-up is the coupe-SUV style H6 2.0 Competition may come from two other Chinese brands in the MG HS 2.0 Ultimate AWD (wagon) from $45,990 drive-away. Competition may come from two other Chinese brands in the MG HS 2.0 GT Ultra (AWD) priced from $46,490 drive-away.

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Bosch overview of global diesel markets; optimistic about US, China

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Purchasers of SUVs, who represent one of the fastest-growing segments of the auto market, almost always opt for a diesel engine. In 2012, the share of diesel engines in the large SUV segment stood at around 80%. The European countries with the highest sales of diesel vehicles are Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

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Each reaches basically the same conclusion: the global non-Chinese automakers will never be able to catch up unless they radically change their corporate mindsets. Foreign brands gradually lost the cachet they once had with Chinese consumers. Total Chinese car exports grew from 1 million in 2020 to 5 million in 2023.

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Study finds vehicles more important source of urban atmospheric ammonia than farms

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The presence of NH 3 in vehicle exhaust greatly enhances the formation and growth of secondary inorganic aerosols. This is the basis for their Princeton Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment mobile laboratory, a conventional SUV equipped with chemical and meteorological sensors. Tg/yr), while Chinese NH 3 vehicle emissions (0.09 ± 0.02

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