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GM's Cruze diesel ghostbuster
… and onboard diagnostics. The car's emissions system is an alphabet soup of acronyms. There's a DOC (diesel oxidation catalyst ), DPF (diesel particulate filter) and an SCR (selective catalytic reduction) system to inject urea, or diesel exhaust …
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Former CIA Chief on Achieving Energy Independence
… fifty dollars and changed materials and fuel lines and so forth about twenty dollars for a sensor. In about twenty dollars for catalyst . And so if the car. Can use methanol than the infrastructure. To. To sell methanol. That will crop up Beasley is basically …
forth about twenty dollars for a sensor. In about twenty dollars for catalyst . And so if the car. Can use methanol than the infrastructure. To. To sell methanol. That will crop up Beasley is basically
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Fiat close to securing financing for Chrysler buyout, report says
… hearing this week could shed light on how far apart the two sides are from an agreement on price, and possibly provide the catalyst to start buyout talks and avoid an IPO, the sources said. At issue in the court dispute is the price Fiat should pay for …
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Fiat close to securing financing for Chrysler buyout, report says
… hearing this week could shed light on how far apart the two sides are from an agreement on price, and possibly provide the catalyst to start buyout talks and avoid an IPO, the sources said. At issue in the court dispute is the price Fiat should pay for …
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Hyundai seeks tech cred from fuel cells
… cut costs several ways: Reduce the use of platinum in the fuel stack. Develop new alloys or cheaper configurations for the catalyst . Simplify and combine components such as sensors. Lim says the next-generation fuel cell system, to debut after 2015 …
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Sulfur plan is big win for automakers
… on the catalysts inside catalytic converters. To remove it, automakers must include a regenerating system that heats the catalyst . That adds cost. It also means the vehicle is using more of its fuel for heat rather than mechanical effort, which hurts …
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Audi backfills lineup with new A3
… they plan to sell when the sedan goes on sale in early 2014, but Audi of America CEO Scott Keogh said the A3 will be the " catalyst " for Audi to reach 200,000 sales "far, far before 2020." Maybe there's room for a cool little hatchback -- perhaps …
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Can today's diesels erase Olds memories?
… sustained execution to erase previous experience. Or put another way: What's the statute of limitations on reputation? The catalyst for this exercise is Chrysler Group's reintroduction this year of diesel engines in its lineup, first in the 2014 Jeep Grand …
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Nissan 'stands out' in Japan by putting women in product roles
… company, Japan's No. 2 automaker. In the U.S., about one in three auto industry managers are women, according to Catalyst , a nonprofit group in New York, while at Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. they account for less than 1 percent …
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AutoNation to put its own name on most dealerships
… store accounting functions to a center in Dallas, executives were ready to look at the idea of a single brand again. The catalyst for saying yes this time was a $50 million bet AutoNation is making during the next three years on digital efforts. The investment …
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GE backs off plan for 25,000 EVs, plug-in hybrids
… already acquired from Ford Motor Co., General Motors and other carmakers. The shift at GE, whose 2010 pledge was hailed as a catalyst for bulk buying of electric vehicles, shows how businesses are struggling to balance greater fuel efficiency and reduced emissions …
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Suppliers benefit from tailpipe crackdown
… Faurecia will offer to use thinner, lighter pieces of steel in catalytic converters, doing a similar job by heating up the catalyst more quickly. Meeting the California standards will take many of these technologies in tandem. That poses new engineering …
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Auto, oil execs open Round 2 of sulfur spat
… challenge will be making catalytic converters that work when an engine starts cold because vehicles pollute most before the catalyst warms up. Suppliers have started adding heat pumps and chemical traps to solve that problem. "If you don't capture that …
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Digital dealerships: The next big thing or a gimmick bound to fail?
… the center's launch in May. This so-called "Future Retail" strategy will be rolled out to dealers across the world. A catalyst for enhancing the buying experience seems to be Apple's global chain of computer stores. BMW's Paris showroom has a Product …
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A merged Opel-PSA could be a catalyst for reform of Europe's auto industry
… Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas says a "bad company" comprising the Opel, Vauxhall, Peugeot and Citroen brands could be a catalyst for structural reform in the industry. "Combining the common interests of large mass market European auto firms with limited …
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A merged Opel-PSA could be a catalyst for reform of Europe's auto industry
… Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas says a "bad company" comprising the Opel, Vauxhall, Peugeot and Citroen brands could be a catalyst for structural reform in the industry. "Combining the common interests of large mass market European auto firms with limited …
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Visteon's Leuliette sees 'clarity' on revamping by end of 2013
… Automotive Trim Systems for the first time when it files its 2012 annual report next year. That pending disclosure has been a " catalyst " for SAIC and Visteon to talk, Leuliette said. Yanfeng Visteon "is a tremendously powerful piece of" SAIC, he said …
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Nissan Q2 profit down 19.7% on strong yen
… an all-new model in 2014 and in the same year, Nissan will debut a compact hatchback. "Basically, we think growth is a catalyst for profit," European sales and marketing chief Paul Willcox told Automotive News Europe in June. Under CEO Carlos Ghosn …
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GM's Opel turnaround plan to skirt big job cuts
… be completed before November, company officials have been dampening hopes that Thursday's board meeting might provide a catalyst for the stock. "What we've said -- I've said it and others have said it -- is you're going to see a continual series …
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Tesla, EV market face big test with first Model S sale
… multiyear product cycle, and thus expect an improved cadence of news flow emerging in the coming weeks to serve as a positive catalyst for the company," Barclays analysts Amir Rozwadowski and Brian Johnson said in a June 18 report on Tesla. Tesla slid 4 …
