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How Significant Will The European Emissions Rollback Actually Be?

The Truth About Cars

Europe is relaxing CO2 emission targets after receiving feedback from automakers. The industry is concerned that the present regulatory conditions are going to cost them a fortune, so the European Commission is throwing them a bone by delaying some of the financial penalties. Everything else will remain the same.

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Tesla Semi shows strong results in ArcBest’s real-world freight trial

Teslarati

Freight transportation is a vital part of the global economy, and we know it also plays a significant role in overall greenhouse gas emissions. While the path to decarbonization presents complex challenges — such as infrastructure needs and alternative fuel development — it also opens the door to innovation.

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How Are We Feeling About The Automotive Market These Days?

The Truth About Cars

Automakers have continued to prioritize larger vehicles that are easier to get past emissions and offer better profit margins. Negative vehicle equity is presently averaging at an all time high of roughly $7,000 in the United States and about 25 percent of trade-ins toward new-car purchases had negative equity. Not necessarily.

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Event: 2025 ACT Expo

Clean Fleet Report

The Latest Developments in Low and Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles The largest coming together of the clean energy industry for commercial vehicles, ACT Expo 2025 (for A dvanced C lean T ransportation) was held this past week in Anaheim, California. But the change in administration in Washington, D.C.,

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Report: HEMI V8 Engine Production Resumes In Michigan This Summer

The Truth About Cars

New leadership had expressed a desire to electrify the former Chrysler brands and didnt see large-displacement as viable due to increasingly strict emission regulations. Dundee presently builds the 2.4-liter This changed following the FCA-PSA Group merger that formed Stellantis. liter Tigershark I4 and 3.6 Pentastar V6 engines.

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Does the manual gearbox have a future in an EV world?

Baua Electric

Will it fade into obscurity, or will it remain a fixture in an increasingly electrified and emissions conscious automotive landscape? Automatic improvements Modern automatic transmissions, often managed by advanced computer systems, can optimise gear shifts with precision, resulting in improved fuel economy and reduced emissions.

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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

Cars That Think

meet its increasingly strict emissions targets. Azerbaijans Pivot From Oil to Solar and Wind Of the six countries that make up the Caucasus region, Azerbaijan boasts the largest potential for generating exportable renewable energy for Europe, a fact that presents some measure of irony. It could help the E.U. At the same time, the E.U.