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Toyota Joint-venture engine plant in China begins production of advanced four-cylinder engines

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Ltd (GTE), a joint venture company established with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. The AR is an advanced engine that offers improved fuel efficiency despite its larger displacement, along with higher maximum output, cleaner emissions, and lower noise output. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that GAC Toyota Engine Co.

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Carnival Cruise Line signs agreement with Shell to fuel North America’s first LNG-powered cruise ships

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As part of the agreement, the two ships, built with a next-generation “green cruising” ship design, will be fueled through Shell’s LNG Bunker Barge (LBB)—part of Shell’s strategic plan to develop a global LNG bunkering network.

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Mazda announces SKYACTIV-X: gasoline Spark Controlled Compression Ignition

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As part of the new technology to achieve this vision, the company disclosed plans to introduce a next-generation gasoline engine called SKYACTIV-X in 2019. Under Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030, Mazda aims to reduce corporate average well-to-wheel carbon dioxide emissions to 50% of 2010 levels by 2030, and achieve a 90% reduction by 2050.

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DENSO Develops Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor With Improved Temperature Detection Accuracy

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The company achieved this by developing a vibration-resistant structure with an anti-resonance pipe to support the probe, or sheath pin, at its optimal position. These two developments improved the sensor’s temperature detection accuracy of the most intensely heated part of the DPF, its core.

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2019 Nissan Altima features VC-Turbo variable compression ratio engine, AWD, ProPILOT Assist

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Reflecting the Altima’s importance to the Nissan brand, the company is also making its biggest investment ever in a new model powertrain development—introducing for the first time two completely new engines for one model change. This two engines in one is another way Altima stands far apart from all other vehicles in the segment.

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

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This unit provides cleaner emissions and utilizes half the amount of precious metals compared with conventional catalysts. Nissan has achieved a 100% resource recovery rate in five Nissan plants, one office and three affiliated manufacturing companies in Japan in FY08.

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