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Ford unveils new Focus; 10% better fuel economy; focus on tech; gasoline and diesel

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liter EcoBoost is further enhanced to deliver anticipated CO 2 emissions from 107 g/km for the five-door model using: A reversed direction cylinder-head from which exhaust gases now exit the rear, for faster warm-up of emission reduction technology. An all-aluminium construction for reduced weight. The all-new 1.5-liter millimeters.

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Mercedes-AMG’s first performance hybrid entering series production

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The basis for the high performance of the AMG 400 volt battery is the innovative direct cooling: for the first time, a high-tech coolant based on an electrically non-conductive liquid flows around all 560 cells and cools them individually. When the combustion engine starts, the selected setting influences the sound of the exhaust system.

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IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

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Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. Conventional coal-fired plants, which make water boil to generate steam that activates a turbine, have an efficiency of about 38 percent.