German automaker Audi will unveil the new Audi TT and the Audi TTS vehicles along with the launch of new Audi S7 Sportback at the 2014 Auto Mobil International (AMI) scheduled to be held in Leipzig. The new Audi S7 Sportback will be ...
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Renault’s 100 per cent electric-powered delivery vans will shortly join Australia Post’s fleet in Melbourne and Sydney. The Renault Kangoo Maxi Z.E. (Zero Emission) electric van, currently not sold in Australia, is widely used ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is awarding the University of California, Berkeley, a $1.5 million grant for work to assess the impact of pollution from household and village-scale stoves on air quality in ...
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Taiwan-based Tatung has been constructing rooftop PV systems at more than 70 public schools in central Taiwan and already unveiled the first one on May 28, according to the company. Tatung in December 2013 won the project from Nantou ...
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China will close down 15 million mt/year outdated steel production capacity and 15 million mt/year outdated iron-making capacity before the end of 2015 in addition to capacities already specified for closure during the 12th Five Year Plan ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the third edition of a report, Climate Change Indicators in the United States. The report pulls together observed data on key measures of our environment, including U.S. and ...
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Volvo Electric has signed an agreement with Hamburger Hochbahn for the delivery of three to hybrid buses. The plug-in technology enables fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to be reduced by up to 75% and total energy consumption to be ...
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As major engine supplier for many Shacman trucks for overseas markets, Cummins ISM engine have helped Shacman to seize many overseas markets with their strong power, stable output and great after sales services. And many end users are ...
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American automaker Ford Motor has announced its plans to launch new Transit vehicles with a new paint technology. vv The new two-wet monocoat paint process, developed by Ford and its paint suppliers, is said to be more durable, while ...
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Canada, Ontario-based ArcelorMittal Dofasco has announced that six out of 13 air emission charges it faced have been settled at court resulting in a fine of $390,000 related to the company's coke making operations violating emission ...
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China and EU launched a three-year cooperation on a Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme during the China-EU bilateral dialogue on climate change held on May 20. EU will contribute 5 million euros to the project. Carbon Emissions Trading ...
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American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) has signed an agreement with the University of Michigan to extend their collaborative automotive research project until 2017. The collaborative automotive research efforts began in 1998 ...
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Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, international mining group Rio Tinto and Australian solar energy firm Ingenero have announced an agreement for the development of the Weipa ...
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Automotive supplier Continental has increased production of the transmission control units (TCU) at its Tianjin Plant in China. Launched in Changchun in 1998, TCU production expanded significantly in 2008 with the opening of a new plant ...
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Europe is likely to remain a net importer of caustic soda as capacity is threatened by the EU's 2017 deadline to make the costly switch to greener technology, Michael Trager, CEO of German PVC producer Vestolit, said this week. "In the ...
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