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Westport Acquires OMVL of Italy and 100% of Juniper Engines for 19M; Launching a Light-Duty Automotive Strategy for Alternative Fuel Engines

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The integration of OMVL will complete Juniper’s light-duty strategy to enter the mobile industrial, non-mobile industrial, and automotive segments. Strategic investments in new markets and OEM-class products and capabilities will allow Juniper to compete for leadership in the light-duty alternative fuels market, Westport says.

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Study finds plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to modest increases in refinery CO2 emissions

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It does not include energy used in the production and transport of biofuels; energy used in the production and supply of purchased blendstocks; electricity used in non-process or off-site activities (such as oil movements, product blending, lighting, etc.), MM Bbl/day (51%) were light and medium crudes and 2.5

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IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

Green Car Congress

The report treats different motorized modes separately, with a focus on light-duty vehicles (LDVs), heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and powered two-wheelers. Europe, South Asia, South America, etc.). Fiscal measures can have a strong influence on vehicle-purchasing behavior. Policy package.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

Cars That Think

For a GPS steering system to work, you need to prepare a map in advance, install a base station for corrections, or purchase a package of signals. We are not tied to any particular brand; our retrofit kit will work with any combine harvester model available in the farmer's fleet.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

Cars That Think

For a GPS steering system to work, you need to prepare a map in advance, install a base station for corrections, or purchase a package of signals. We are not tied to any particular brand; our retrofit kit will work with any combine harvester model available in the farmer's fleet.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The biggest obstacle for those who would prefer an alternative has been lack of purchasable plug-in electric vehicles since 2003 when auto manufacturers ceased production of plug-in EVs like the GM EV1, Honda EV Plus, and Toyota RAV4-EV. Amazing AC Propulsion eBoxes at AltCarExpo Saturday, September 27th, 2008. BMW (US) Holding Corp.,

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. Department of Energy has purchased an F3DM to take the battery apart. BYD currently exports gasoline-powered cars to Africa, South America, and the Middle East, but they compete on price, not quality. More More brazen than Madoff?

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