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Volvo to Introduce Proprietary Medium-Duty Engine in 2010

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Volvo will use EGR, SCR and DPF technology in its global heavy duty engine platform. EPA 2010; EPA Tier 4i (offroad); Euro 6; Japan PNLT (Post New Long-term)—will become more harmonized. The company is already planning to apply the Volvo Group heavy-duty (HD) engine platform in all HD trucks. Click to enlarge. Leif Johansson.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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ACORE is an organization of member companies and institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy. We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” The US is in a race for global dominance in the new energy economy with China.

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Nissan reports significant net loss

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The company was particularly hard hit in the USA were just 856,000 units were sold - a slump by 19.1%. In Europe sales amassed 530,000 units - down 16.7%; while in Japan, sales dropped to 612,000 units, down 15.1%. The global sales forecast for fiscal 2009 is 3.08 million units.

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Volvo unveils medium heavy engine

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Placing the focus for his company on internal efficiency, Volvo CEO Leif Johansson announced that the Group has developed its own medium heavy engine that will be used in trucks and buses from 2010. He also noted a slight upturn in certain countries including China, Japan and India, thanks to Government stimulus packages.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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Honda, which began leasing hydrogen fuel cell FCX Claritysedans in Los Angeles last year, still sees hydrogen as the bestlong-term alternative to gasoline as a fuel that can cut carbonexhaust tied to global warming, President Takeo Fukui said in aninterview. In July, itopened an assembly line in Japan to build its FCX Clarity.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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This is a global challenge, to which different countries can contribute in different ways, and the big picture must be in view. Since the general auto market remained slumped, global EV market share increased nicely from 2.8% Globally ~14k Ioniq BEVs were sold. Fortunately, unlike some CEOs and company boards….

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