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US tire manufacturers urge Congress to implement policies for more sustainable transportation and infrastructure

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Each retreaded tire reduces energy consumption, CO 2 emissions, raw material usage, and tire disposal challenges and creates local job opportunities. Stormwater basins, bioswales, street sweeping, and public awareness campaigns are proven ways to reduce pollutants from the roadway. Incentives for the use and manufacturing of retreaded tires.

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Volvo Trucks’ D13 Turbo Compound engine now standard on all VNL models; 6% better fuel economy over 2020 engine

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Depending on the operation, the next-generation D13TC engine provides fuel savings up to 6% compared to the 2020 Volvo D13 VGT engine. The new Turbo Compound engine improves emissions, reducing the overall carbon dioxide footprint while still maintaining high average transport speeds.

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Ricardo, Achates Power developing next-gen OP GCI engines for LDVs

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With a minimum power output of 270HP, the new engine will demonstrate a pathway to meet Tier 3 Bin 125 criteria emissions. We have over 100 years of engineering experience in the design, building and testing of traditional fuel type engines, in addition to working with customers on future fuel propulsion technologies.

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Achates Power and Aramco Services Company partner on opposed-piston engine projects; Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI)

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and Saudi Aramco’s US-based subsidiary Aramco Services Company (ASC) have signed a joint development agreement providing the framework for the two companies to work together on a series of Opposed-Piston (OP) Engine projects, which will speed the development of new efficient, low-emissions powertrain choices. Achates Power, Inc.

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ADB Transport Forum: shift to greener transport in Asia key to global sustainability; investment of $2.5T needed by 2020

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Asia must scale up sustainable transport development or face a bleak future of congested roads, pollution, ill health and economic damage, which could have ripple effects around the world, the third ADB (Asian Development Bank) transport forum heard earlier this month in Manila.

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Electrification gaining momentum in fleet vehicle industry – Charged EVs

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New Emissions Standards for Fleet Vehicles While the transition to electric fleets may have once been just a trend, it is now a necessity. Medium- and heavy-duty trucks, from delivery vans to tractor-trailers, are major fuel consumers and greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters. One of the ways to lower truck emissions is to switch to EVs.

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Flawed tests helping carmakers cheat to better fuel economy

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As the European Environmental Agency (EEA) reveals that average new car emissions in Europe fell 3.9 per cent last year to 127g/km CO2, sustainable transport group, Transport and Environment (T&E) warns the figures may be misleading thanks to a flawed system of tests used across the continent. [.].