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Japanese officials raid a Toyota group plant after the company admitted cheating on engine testing – ET Auto

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Japanese transport officials raided a Toyota -affiliated plant Tuesday after the company admitted to cheating on engine testing, as Toyota Motor Corp. which makes diesel engines. In April, a whistleblower exposed that Daihatsu Motor Corp., In an unrelated quality problem, Toyota and General Motors Co.

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UMTRI study finds US and China could turnover more than 90% of LDV fleet to alternative powertrains by 2050 under very aggressive penetration scenarios

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In their study, they used three different alternative powertrain/fuel models: less aggressive, moderately aggressive and very aggressive, applied across four developed economies (United States, Western Europe, Japan, and South Korea) and four developing economies (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). Source: Belzowski and McManus. South Korea.

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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WAND: US/Japan Wide-Angle Neutron Diffractometer. ORNL researchers are using neutron imaging to provide fundamental insight into intra-nozzle fluid dynamics for improved simulation and design of GDI injectors. Powder: Neutron Powder Diffractometer. TOPAZ: Single-Crystal Diffractometer. NRSF2: Neutron Residual Stress Mapping Facility.

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

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The vehicle scooped the Car of the Year award in Japan in its debut year, and the third generation of the model took the prize again in 2009. When sales of the Civic Hybrid started to flag, Honda introduced the Insight Hybrid earlier this year. It has also launched flexible fuel vehicles in Brazil. Faye Sunderland.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Buyerswill purchase the car – at about the same price as a conventional model –but lease the batteries from a third-party energy supplier for a monthly feeequivalent to the fuel costs for an economical petrol or diesel car. It is less certain that Britain will become the production hub for electriccars from the big manufacturers.