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Europe Risks Wasting €27 Billion Battery Opportunity with Weak CO2 Targets — Study

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Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Paul Bell The EU and the UK risk wasting €27bn in battery investments if they fail to strengthen car and van CO2 emission standards, analysis from Transport & Environment (T&E) shows.

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Okinawa Autotech Announces Extended Warranty Partnership with Assurant Inc.

Electric Vehicles India

Okinawa boasts guidelines such as Go Green, Save Mother Earth, Clean the Environment, and Reduce CO2. He claims to be the first company in the industry to develop a unique warranty program strategically designed to relieve customers of early repair costs after their standard warranty expires. Assurant Inc.

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This Startup Is Building the Internet of Underwater Things

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Today, the startup employs a staff of 50 people with offices located in Italy, U.K., How WSense is helping protect Italy's underwater archeological treasures Deploying acoustics, optical systems, and AI As you can imagine, “wireless network” and “underwater” are not made for each other. and Norway.

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Volkswagen’s 1.0L eco up! natural gas vehicle offers 79g CO2/km

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In Germany, the car, even before market launch, was picked as the overall winner in the VCD Environment List ( VCD Auto-Umweltliste ) and was also awarded the ACVmobile environmental prize (ACVmobil Umweltpreis). By mid-2011, there were 57 biomethane plants in Germany, which fed 64,000 standard cubic metres (std. For the eco up!,

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Lamborghini Breaks Historic Sales Record

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While companies building fewer than 10,000 vehicles annually weren’t subject to the same emissions standards as the big boys, they’re still supposed to prepare for electrification if they want to continue doing business in Europe.

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Iveco step up production of biomethane-powered vehicle

Green Cars News

The LBM powered Daily emitted just 2,771 kg of CO2 over this period, compared with 7,295 kg for the equivalent diesel model. Commenting on the results, Martin Flach, Product Director at Iveco says: “The trial demonstrated a 62 per cent saving in CO2 over diesel and highlighted the suitability of LBM as a high quality fuel.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. ” —British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, summing up the historical significance of COP 15. ºF) increase.

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