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CRUDE OIL PRICE PAVES WAY FOR FUEL ECONOMY REVOLUTION.

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With crude oil prices pushing towards the $100/barrel barrier, the era of cheap energy has clearly come to an end. While filling station pump prices continue to rise however, help may be at hand for the motorist of the future in the form of high fuel-efficiency/low CO2 technologies being developed by Ricardo.

With the universal imperative of addressing the problem of climate change, Ricardo and its research partners have been actively engaged in the development of technologies that will enable the vehicles of tomorrow to emit significantly less tail-pipe pollutants and CO2. Following successful development, demonstration and prove-out, the potential take-up of next-generation vehicle technologies is typically linked to practical considerations of production implementation and commercial viability; in essence, is the customer willing to pay for the new technology? As CO2 emissions...

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