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Cooperation between Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance deepening in 2016

Green Car Congress

kWh/100 km; CO2 emissions, combined: 0 g/km). The Nissan Decherd plant in Tennessee, USA, is an example of this success with joint engine production. in addition to serving local demand, the plant exports engines to Mercedes sites in East London, South Africa, as well as machined components to Germany). Earlier post.)

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging. Years of coal use in electricity generation led also to the “black spill from improperly contained coal ash&# in states like Tennessee.

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