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Engine products group files legal challenge to EPAs partial waiver for E15

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The newly formed Engine Products Group (EPG)—comprising the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance), The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. A partial waiver, by its nature, necessarily will result in the misfueling of products not designed or tested for E-15 use. Earlier post.).

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This Chinese electric bus is adorably shaped like a koala bear

Baua Electric

Granted, the interior doesn’t look quite as magical as the exterior, but sometimes that’s just life. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of hard answers for you on the design decisions. Just don’t try and make an international wire transfer while you’re there. You know the one. The world needs answers.

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Gordon Murray T.27 EV overall winner of 2nd annual Brighton to London RAC Future Car Challenge

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Overall winner of the second annual Brighton to London RAC (Royal Automotive Club) Future Car Challenge on 5 November was former Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray and his T.27 To win this event is truly special and could not have been achieved without the 50% grant from the Technology Strategy Board and my team. 27 electric vehicle.

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Velocys establishes strategic alliance with TRI for gasification systems for BTL plants

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Velocys plc, the developer of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc. The partners have already started a joint development of the engineering design for a 1,400 barrel per day BTL plant to produce renewable diesel and jet fuels from woody biomass.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. IBM has its own claim to the invention of an aspect of the device, based on a year-2000 confidential internal report written by one of its employees, Shimon Shmueli. Henn Tan: From truant to entrepreneur.

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

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Approximately 450 internal and external experts are involved in the investigations, which are being conducted in two phases. Initially, it proved impossible to have the EA 189 engine meet by legal means the stricter nitrogen oxide requirements in the United States within the required timeframe and budget. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Continental focusing on automated driving as key long-term technology strategy; receives approval to test automated vehicles on Nevada roads

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The development of products and systems for automated driving is one of the central themes of international automotive supplier Continental’s long-term technology strategy. Continental’s testing license is for the company’s highly automated vehicle, and represents the first license granted by the Nevada DMV to an automotive supplier.

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