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Toyota announces aggressive environmental targets through 2050; cutting new vehicle CO2 by 90% compared to 2010

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Addressing key global environmental issues such as climate change, water shortages, resource depletion, and degradation of biodiversity, the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 aims to reduce the negative impact of manufacturing and driving vehicles as much as possible. that can improve the fuel efficiency of hybrids by 10 percent.

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Ford researchers suggest using higher ethanol blends to boost the minimum octane number of regular-grade gasoline

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Ethanol—and methanol—have some performance issues in gasoline blends, such as lower energy density than gasoline, potentially higher or lower vapor pressures, altered distillation properties, and potential for water-induced phase separation. Anderson, D.M. DiCicco, J.M. Kramer, T.G. Leone, H.E. Raney-Pablo, T.J. 2012.03.017.

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MECA report assesses technology feasibility for heavy-duty diesel trucks to meet lower NOx standards by 2024

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g/bhp-hr in low load operation using the proposed low load certification cycle being developed at Southwest Research Institute under a contract from the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The technologies outlined are either commercial or market-ready options that can be deployed on vehicles by model year 2024 to achieve 0.05

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Full lifecycle CO2 of new Mercedes C-Class 10% less than outgoing model

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Because of the shifts in the materials mix of the vehicles, the material resources requirements for manufacturing also changed. Where energy resources are concerned, lignite, hard coal and uranium figure principally in car production. Electric water pump, which makes on-demand operation possible (C 180 and C 200).

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Tsinghua studies on alcohol-gasoline dual fuel engines show fuel efficiency and particle number benefits

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For gasoline internal combustion engines (ICEs) in automotive industry, gasoline direct injection (DI) combined with turbocharging, which is named as downsized gasoline engine, occupies the mainstream of gasoline ICE development because of its advantages in fuel economy. They flexibly controlled the PFI to DI fuel ratios. 2015.04.042.

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

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Due to the continued exposure of millions of Americans to poor air quality, both the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) have announced rulemakings focused on revising the heavy-duty truck emission standards, with a particular focus on tighter limits for oxides of nitrogen (NO x ).

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MHI completes development of new-generation LNG carrier; reductions in size and weight, with more capacity and 20% lower fuel consumption than conventional ships

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At the same time the continuous cover minimizes exposure of support structures and equipments, and it also facilitates reinforcement of overall strength to be effective in resisting ice impact load, thus making the system also suitable for LNG transportation in frigid or icy-water regions. in width, 26.0m in depth and 11.5m