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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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Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment

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A new Ford Motor Company-sponsored poll of 6,000 people across Europe found that most Europeans remain committed to car ownership, but have growing concerns about traffic congestion, the cost of driving and the environment. 6,028 people were questioned across six European countries; Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU) in 2018 increased for the second consecutive year, reaching 120.4 grams of CO 2 per kilometer. For the first time, the average CO 2 emissions from new vans also increased.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. in 2018 to 1.3% in 2019.

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New CO2 Capture Process for H2 Production Via Natural Gas

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Researchers in Spain are proposing a new solids looping process for capturing CO 2 while generating hydrogen and/or electricity from natural gas. The process is based on the sorption enhanced reforming of CH 4 , employing CaO as a high temperature CO 2 sorbent, combined with a second chemical loop of CuO/Cu. Resources. Abanades, R.

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Renault 2010 Environment Workshop, Part 1: Combustion Engine Technology and Product Plans

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Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. dCi (type K9K) diesel is the brand’s best-selling engine with almost 900,000 units manufactured in 2009, in Valladolid (Spain) and Bursa (Turkey). New-generation 1.5 dCi engines.

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ICCT/TNO study: Real-world vehicle fuel consumption discrepancy widens to 42% in Europe

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com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland). Manufacturers measure vehicle fuel consumption in a controlled laboratory environment, using a test procedure called the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC). United Kingdom), km77.com Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge. Peter Mock.

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