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Euro Parliament Environment Committee approves 147 g CO2/km target for light commercial vehicles by 2020; caps van speed

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Members of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee approved a draft law setting out rules for achieving a 147 g CO 2 /km (235 g/mile) target for new light commercial vehicles by 2020, down from 203 g/km (325 g/mile) today—i.e., Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Policy'

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PATAC opens climate wind tunnel in Shanghai; equipped to test New Energy Vehicles

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The first climate wind tunnel operated by a Chinese joint venture automotive partner opened at the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), GM’s automotive engineering and design joint venture with SAIC in Shanghai. It has a wind-speed deviation of less than 1% and a maximum wind speed of 250 kilometers (155 mph) per hour.

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EVs like Tesla are cutting pollution levels and reducing health problems: study

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Yet despite this, there are still a lot of skeptics who argue that electric vehicles do not really do anything useful for the environment. A study from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California has provided some real-world observations about electric vehicles and how they positively impact the environment.

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Flint MTA testing Proterra hydrogen fuel cell bus prototype for one year

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Part of the study will be to see how the bus tests in a cold environment as it has only been run in warmer climates. Top speed of the bus is 55 mph. With the on-board batteries and hydrogen fuel cell stack, the bus has a range of 280 miles; the range using the battery only is 30 miles.

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Motiv Power Systems delivering 7 electric walk-in vans to USPS as part of CARB program; deployment in Central Valley

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Motiv’s electric step vans have a range of up to 90 miles with a top speed of 60 mph; battery packs are available in 106 kWh or 127 kWh configurations. The funds are meant to provide an incentive to Californian fleets to adopt the cleanest emerging technologies and continue to advance California's Air Quality and Climate goals.

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New 8th-generation Audi A6 features 48V mild hybrid system as standard

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mph); the engine is restarted from standstill predictively. It calculates continuously a detailed model of the environment from a fusion of sensor data. They use the swarm intelligence from the Audi fleet and network the Audi A6 with its environment. The Audi A6 can coast between 55 and 160 km/h (34.2 liters per 100 kilometers.

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Audi to introduce entry-level e-tron model with smaller battery pack, less range

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lb-ft) of torque, and are capable of propelling the electric SUV from 0 to 62 mph in 7.0 Using the myAudi app, customers can control all charging processes and timers as well as pre-entry climate control via their smartphone. X information to detect the traffic environment and the route.

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