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In-use measurements of NOx and particulates trends for heavy-duty vehicles in California

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A team at the University of Denver has measured the emissions from two in-use California heavy-duty truck fleets—at the Port of Los Angeles and the Cottonwood weigh station in Northern California—using the On-Road Heavy-Duty Measurement System in 2013, 2015 and 2017. g/bhp-hr PM standard and 0.2 model years (4.2?7.5

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Junkyard Find: 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D With 417k Miles

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417,046 miles is about the same as traveling 16-¾ times around Earth (using a great circle route, of course), and that distance is impressive even by Mercedes-Benz diesel standards. Remember that 1985 W123 with 411,448 miles we saw in a Denver car graveyard a few years back?

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Daimler partnering to transfer its latest generation of automotive fuel cell technology to stationary applications

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The increasing power requirements must be balanced with the provisioning of sustainable energy supplies that meet and exceed environmental standards. The partners will present first project results with a prototype system at this year’s SuperComputing 2017 conference in Denver, 13-17 November.

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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

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Second, the quality of the product is intended to contibute to the rebuilding of the Volkswagen brand image in the wake of the diesel emissions débâcle. Based on our half-day of driving the new Tiguan in the foothills of Denver, the automaker has succeeded on the quality front. 2017 Toyota RAV4. 2017 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid.

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Study finds vehicles more important source of urban atmospheric ammonia than farms

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With the growing efficiency of TWC to reduce NO x emissions and the recent introduction of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system in diesel vehicles, NH 3 is now the dominant reactive nitrogen species emitted by vehicles produced in the recent decade. —Sun et al. Kang Sun, Lei Tao, David J. Miller, Da Pan, Levi M. Golston, Mark A.

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