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Toyota to demo Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles in New York City

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Five new Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicles (PHVs) will be used on city streets as part of Toyota’s partnership with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. (TMS) announced that New York City will join the company’s US Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) demonstration program.

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Study finds clear trend of increasing NOx with higher biodiesel blends with CARB diesel; NOx neutrality achieved by blending in renewable or GTL diesel

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Blending GTL or renewable diesel fuels with various levels of biodiesel or by using di- tert -butyl peroxide (DTBP) can achieve NO x emissions neutrality with the CARB diesel, according to their results. In California, biodiesel use accounted for 86% of the alternative fuels consumed by the state fleet in 2010. Earlier post.).

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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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Natural gas and other alternative fuel vehicle technology is basically mature, the government said, and is headed toward initial industrialization. Experts urged greater efforts on China’s part to boost development of the new energy vehicle industry. Fuel cell stack research. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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We are starting with optimizing our conventional drive trains—the TDI diesel engines, the TSI engines, the DSG transmission, all of those technologies have helped us to lower our fuel consumption a lot. We have different alternative fuels in our program such as CNG and LPG, we are working on some synthetic fuel.

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Flash Drive: 2025 Cadillac Optiq

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The Optiq will be part of an ever-expanding Cadillac EV line-up of Lyriq, Vistiq, Escalade IQ, Escalade IQL and Celestiq. The first thing we noticed was the performancethe 300 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque comes on quick and smooth, turning 0-60 mph in about 4.7 101 as we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge into Marin County.

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Road Test: 2025 Toyota Crown Nightshade Hybrid

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We made 0-60 mph runs in 7.1 The side view, which almost looks like a sport back design, shows-off the multi-spoke 21-inch wheels in matte black, matching the bottom half of the exterior mirrors that have gloss black on the upper part. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals.

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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

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Direct Petroleum Displacement by Liquid Alternative Fuels in Vehicle Applications. AOI 3: Demonstration Project for a Multi-Material Light-Weight Prototype Vehicle as part of the Clean Energy Dialogue with Canada. Subtopic 6B: Enabling Technologies for Engine and Powertrain Systems.

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