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CALSTART white paper shows nationwide tech supplier industry ready to support more efficient heavy-duty trucks and buses

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A new high-level white-paper from clean transportation industry group CALSTART shows that US companies that develop and manufacture high-efficiency, low-carbon technologies for heavy-duty vehicles are ready to support more efficient trucks and buses. This white paper just scratches the surface of that capability.

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Ricardo-AEA to lead 4-year EC-funded study on the future of sustainable urban transport in Europe

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The policy support tool will be designed to enable city authorities to assess a wide range of transport policies. These objectives include those set out in the 2011 Transport White Paper such as significantly reducing CO 2 and air pollutant emissions from urban transport.

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MECA report finds additional NOx emission reductions from new heavy-duty trucks achievable and cost-effective (corrected)

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By 2027, a twin SCR design with cylinder deactivation can achieve a limit of 0.02 Commercially available engine efficiency technologies and advanced aftertreatment system designs can achieve a certification emission limit of 0.02 Fully-aged aftertreatment combined with improved engine calibration and catalysts can achieve a 0.05

Emissions 221
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MECA report finds additional NOx emission reductions from new heavy-duty trucks achievable and cost-effective

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New substrates are designed with thinner walls or higher porosity, which allows the coating of better catalysts without sacrificing durability. This has resulted in higher catalyst loading per volume of substrate and led to downsizing of systems from those available in 2010.

Emissions 291
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US EPA seeking to award up to $1M for project to mitigate black carbon from diesel sources in Russian Arctic

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Jacobson said the information is important because black carbon within clouds makes the clouds “burn off” and disappear over heavily polluted urban and other areas. Emissions of black carbon also involve the co-emission of other pollutants, which can have additional warming or cooling effects.

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ARB Staff Posts Expert Review Reports of the ZEV Technical Analysis

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ARB staff then published a white paper summarizing possible changes to the ZEV regulation along with attachments on ZEV technology status; a 2050 GHG analysis; and complimentary policies. Both entities have a mutual goal of designing BEVs that exhibit optimal interaction with the grid, ultimately resulting in benefits to all consumers.

Hydrogen 170
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Taking another look at methanol as an alternative transportation fuel for the US

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A recent white paper by Leslie Bromberg of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Wai K. It is a high octane fuel with combustion characteristics that allow engines specifically designed for methanol fuel to match the best efficiencies of diesels while meeting current pollutant emission regulations.