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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Ford commissioned the survey, conducted by the consultancy The Futures Company, to better understand the opinions and attitudes of Europeans across a range of mobility issues—from car sharing to green driving to the future of the internal combustion engine. In 2011, Ford Motor Company spent €4.1 Future mobility solutions.

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MAY 24, 2011

In addition, these pure electric vehicles are often used where a conventional engine is banned as on lakes and indoors or where it is impracticable as with underwater vehicles. Electric Vehicles—Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011. The more battery/ less engine scenario is encompassed in the term range-extended hybrid.

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MARCH 4, 2013

The amended Eurovignette Directive (2011/76/EU) relating to the charging of HGVs for use of major European motorways prescribes that from 2013, Member States may include air pollution costs in any charging structure for roads under the Trans? Costs are also high in Luxemburg, Germany, Romania, Italy and Austria, at around €0.08/km

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

magnitude Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011, setting off the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, the honor of recording the first seismogram went to a group of British and Scottish engineers working in Japan. Reitherman’s Earthquakes and Engineers: An International History (ASCE Press, 2012).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

A two-year Cooperative Research Program conducted through SAE International to investigate the safety and environmental performance of the low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant HFO-1234yf for mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems has finished its study. he report is the third SAE report to evaluate the new refrigerant.

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AUGUST 7, 2013

Bosch, a leading supplier of technology for diesel engines, recently provided an overview of trends it sees in the diesel engine marketplace globally. The European countries with the highest sales of diesel vehicles are Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK.

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MARCH 6, 2012

liter HEMI bi-fuel engine has been modified to run on compressed natural gas as well as gasoline. Redesigned cylinder heads with specifically designed CNG compatible valves and valve-seat materials allow the engine to burn both fuels. Italy has more widely adopted CNG vehicles than the US and offers 800 public CNG stations.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

According to the terms of the definitive agreements, ZAP has the right to acquire the remaining 49% of Jonway Auto at the same valuation by 30 March 2011 or at a then current valuation after that date. Jonway’s 3-door SUV has been CE approved in Italy by its European partner for the European market. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The ship’s captain stopped the engines, and the aircraft flashed its lights at the rubber boat. By delivering the migrants there, the masters of the Maltese vessels, and perhaps the European rescue authorities involved, may have violated the international law of the sea, which requires ship masters to return people they rescue to a safe port.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

The first vehicles of the successor generation to the current A- and B-Class will roll off the assembly lines in Rastatt from the end of 2011. The most important markets for the compact vehicles from Rastatt are Germany, Italy, France and the UK, Daimler said. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

The German company will enlarge its Rastatt plant with an investment of €600million with the first vehicles of the successor generation of the A- and B-Class models to roll off the assembly line from the end of 2011.

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MAY 31, 2011

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Engine Research Center ( ERC ) led by Dr. Rolf Reitz are developing a dual-fuel compression-ignition engine low-temperature combustion (LTC) strategy called reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) ( Earlier post.) SAE 2011-01-0357. Source: Rolf Reitz. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 16, 2014

1 —“ matching the level of engine-driven systems ,” according to the team. The team will present a paper on their work at the upcoming 17 th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries in June in Como, Italy. 1 at a power density of 10 kW kg ?1 sp 2 nanocarbon systems. Dresselhaus, G. and Dresselhaus, M.

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JUNE 12, 2014

An internal combustion engine and Toyota’s targeted “Sakichi battery” are added for reference. Hideki Iba and Chihiro Yada (2014) “ Invited Presentation: Innovative Batteries for Sustainable Mobility ,” 17 th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries (IMLB 2014). Ragone plot showing various types of secondary batteries.

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