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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Parties to this second period will turn their economy-wide targets into quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives and submit them for review by 1 May 2012. The next major UNFCCC Climate Change Conference, COP 18/CMP 8, will take place 26 November to 7 December 2012 in Qatar, in close cooperation with the Republic of Korea.

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Alumobility study: aluminum top hat provides automakers a lighter, sustainable alternative

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Introduced at Automotive Circle’s annual EuroCarBody conference, the study’s aluminum top hat achieved 42% weight savings compared to the reference top hat of the current Audi e-tron electric SUV, which uses advanced (AHSS) and ultra-high-strength steels (UHSS). —Mark White, Executive Director of Alumobility.

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Study finds stabilizing warming at 1.5 ?C would result in economic hit through 2100; benefits accrue by 2300

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A new study by a team from San Jose State University and Stanford University has found that—even under heightened damage estimates—the additional mitigation costs of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C C by 2100 would eventually confer net benefits of thousands of trillions of dollars in gross world product by 2300.

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Stellantis CEO: Speeding Up EV Transition Is “Beyond The Limits” Of What Auto Industry Can Sustain

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By Johnna Crider and Zachary Shahan In an interview at the Reuters Next conference, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said that the costs of speeding up the transition to EVs are “beyond the limits” of what the auto industry can sustain.

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Pinnacle’s opposed-piston scooter engine can meet NOx target with lean operation and ignition delay; little fuel economy hit

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For the target market (the Asian scooter market), the low NO x capability of the Pinnacle engine provides a significant cost benefit to manufacturers. When the entire vehicle costs around $700, that’s a significant difference. Four engine control modes were evaluated with the goal of reducing NO x and minimizing fuel economy impact.

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Race to break the $30K barrier: Volkswagen will launch ID.1 budget-buy in 2027

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1 is in development, VW CEO Thomas Schaefer said that four different design proposals are under consideration, telling those present at the brand’s annual press conference that VW would price it below €20,000. To take so much cost out you need massive economies of scale,” he announced. READ MORE: Baby Volkswagen ID.2-based

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FEV’s two-stage VCR system; 5-7% increase in fuel economy using variable length conrods

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downsized, turbocharged) gasoline engine, as operating an engine with higher compression ratios at low load can increase fuel economy compared to operating an engine with fixed compression ratio. DEER Conference 2012). FEV says that the increase in friction of the engine is minimal. Tomazic, H. Kleeberg, S. Tiemann, C.,