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Porsche Consulting supporting Hydrogenious’ efforts to scale up LOHC activities

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Porsche Consulting will be supporting Hydrogenious’s efforts to further scale up its activities. One challenge for the adoption of green hydrogen as an element of a clean energy strategy is how to make sufficient quantities of green hydrogen available in economically viable ways. Credit: Hydrogenious.

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US files civil complaint against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for alleged Clean Air Act violations

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Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC, Porsche AG, and Porsche Cars North America, Inc. The complaint alleges that nearly 600,000 diesel engine vehicles had illegal defeat devices installed that impair their emission control systems and cause emissions to exceed EPA’s standards, resulting in harmful air pollution.

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German automotive companies launch “clean-diesel” marketing campaign in US

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Six German automotive companies—passenger car manufacturers Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen, and the supplier Bosch— launched their first joint campaign for diesels in the US. Under the slogan “Clean Diesel. Clearly Better.” Clearly Better.”

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New York to invest $127.7 million Volkswagen settlement in clean vehicles

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million received from the 2016 Volkswagen settlement to significantly increase the number of electric vehicles and other clean vehicles in the state. The state’s strategically leveraged investment of settlement funds is anticipated to result in at least $300 million of clean vehicles and infrastructure on New York’s roadways.

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Porsche Cars North America says it was “surprised” to receive EPA NOV on emissions

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On Monday, the US EPA issued a second notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., EPA also issued the NOV to Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North America (PCNA). Until this notice, all of our information was that the Porsche Cayenne Diesel is fully compliant.

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Federal court approves $225M settlement in VW 3.0L diesel case; California receives $66M plus two new VW ZEV models

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liter diesel passenger cars that included emissions control “defeat devices,” under partial Consent Decrees ( earlier post ) approved by a Federal court. liter diesel cars with a similar defeat device. liter diesel vehicles manufactured between model years 2009 and 2015. diesel models include: 2009 VW Touareg, Audi Q7.

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EU investigating diesel collusion among Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, VW: report

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emission tests of the company's "clean diesel' engines may prove to be another. As numerous political probes over the years have famously shown, once investigators dig into the circumstances around an alleged crime, anything can happen.

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