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Kobe Steel to launch “Kobenable Steel”, Japan’s first low-CO2 blast furnace steel

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Kobe Steel will launch “Kobenable Steel” and become Japan’s first provider of low-CO 2 blast furnace steel products with significantly reduced CO 2 emissions during the blast furnace ironmaking process. In comparison to the blast furnace method, the MIDREX Process can reduce CO 2 emissions by 20 to 40%. Earlier post.).

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Renault group leader in Europe for low CO2 emissions in 2013

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Renault Group has moved into pole position in Europe in terms of low CO 2 emissions, with an average of 114.7g of CO2/km per vehicle (source: AAA-DATA) based on its passenger car sales over the full year 2013. Overall, the New Renault Clio range emits 18.5 g of CO 2 /km less than the model’s previous generation.

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Peugeot Tops European Sales of Low CO2 Vehicles in 2008

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Peugeot led the European market in 2008 in the sectors for sub-121 g/km and 131 g/km vehicles, with sales of 315,805 (15.5%) and 441,385 (13.7%) units respectively—more than any other marque in the lowest CO 2 categories. 2008 European Sales. <121 <121 gCO 2 /km.

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Renault becomes European low CO2 market leader

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Renault has become the European leader for low CO2 emission vehicles and the first carmaker to ducked 115g/km CO2 for average emission level for its passenger cars, based on the full year sales data for 2013. km of CO2 per vehicle, tha[.]. According to AAA-DATA, Renault achieved an average of 114.7g/km

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Renault becomes European low CO2 leader

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Renault has become the European leader for the sale of low emission cars. According to Association Auxiliaire de l’Automobile (AAA-DATA), the French carmaker’s average CO2 emissions were just 115.9g/km km of CO2 per vehicle sold in first half of 2013. The firm owes its success to the recent r[.].

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Nissan introducing new Micra with supercharged 3-cylinder gasoline direct injection engine; 95 gCO2/km

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The Direct Injection Gasoline-Supercharger (DIG-S) engine produces 72 kW (97 hp) and 142 N·m (105 lb-ft), while CO 2 emissions are 95 g/km for the manual version and 115 g/km for the CVT version. Equipped with the DIG-S engine, the most popular version of the Micra, the Acenta, also promises low CO 2 figures: 99 g/km with a manual.

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Ford makes emission improvements

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By analysing carbon dioxide (CO2) data for this year’s new car sales in the UK, it found that Ford has made more improvements than any other car manufacturer in terms of reducing its CO2 output, which is directly linked to improving fuel economy.

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