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Environmental technology is well on the way to being a ma-
jor revenue engine in the early 21st century. With growing
environmental awareness and changes in energy supplies, the
development and application of leading-edge technology in
this field is a pre-requisite in order to stay competitive and is
the key to survival and profits. MMC has the GDI
engine–acclaimed by auto engineers the world over as the
most effective and most immediately applicable way to re-
duce carbon dioxide emissions.
MMC's ongoing evolution of GDI technology has real-
ized further reductions in after-treatment emissions. In
August 1998, the company launched Galant and Legnum
models that comply with the tougher NOx and HC levels to
Environment
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GDI emission technology and regulated levels in Japan, Europe and U.S.
Lean NOx catalytic converter useful life testing for high–sulfur gasoline
GDI technology: another evolutionary step