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Former Commerce and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta urges technology neutral policies in reaching proposed CAFE standards

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In a white paper released at a National Press Club briefing, Secretary Mineta detailed his support for such policies—i.e., The white paper outlines six reasons justifying technology neutral policies: Performance-based regulations in the automotive sector historically have been successful.

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MECA report finds additional NOx emission reductions from new heavy-duty trucks achievable and cost-effective

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which are regulated under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) because of their adverse effects on human health and the environment. This has resulted in higher catalyst loading per volume of substrate and led to downsizing of systems from those available in 2010.

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Taking another look at methanol as an alternative transportation fuel for the US

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A recent white paper by Leslie Bromberg of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Wai K. Researchers at the US EPA investigating this approach concluded that the M85 and E85 engines could provide efficiencies comparable or higher than the diesel, in dedicated fuel, high compression ratio turbo charged/downsized engines.