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California Mandates Cooler Cars to Fight Global Warming
It's not quite what you think. But the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has just passed the first legislation requiring solar-efficient glass to be used in all new cars sold in that state starting in 2012. Beyond literally keeping occupants cooler in the summer, the coincident reduction in the use of air conditioning will help improve average fuel economy and decrease the amount of greenhouse gas emissions. This new regulation will be enacted using a two-stage roll. From 2012-2015, all vehicle glass must be capable of rejecting at least 45 percent of the sun's total heat-producing energy, except for the windshield which will have a 50 percent rejection requirement. Starting in 2016, the numbers will rise to 60 percent all around. CARB data...
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Volvo and Vattenfall Plan Plug-in Hybrid Diesel for 2012
Volvo Car Corporation and Swedish energy company Vattenfall have announced a joint venture partnership aimed at marketing a new plug-in hybrid in 2012 that will match electric power with a range-extender diesel engine. An extension of their 2007 joint venture to develop and test various plug-in technologies, the firms plan to build this as-yet-undisclosed line of vehicles in Sweden. As a first step in the run-up to formal series production, three Volvo V70 station wagons will be used for public demonstration/evaluation purposes starting this summer. While admitting customer cars will feature a slightly different hybrid package, Volvo says the information gathered from now will help it fine-tune the volume-build versions to specific buyer...
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