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AUGUST 30, 2010

From left to right: EV, PHEV, gasoline/diesel, gasoline/diesel. Source: EPA. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are jointly proposing changes to the fuel economy labels consumers see on the window of new vehicles in dealer showrooms. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not finalize the 2014 applicable percentage standards (the 2014 Renewable Volume Obligations, RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program until sometime next year. Nearly all gasoline sold in the US is now E10 (10% ethanol). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). billion gallons.

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MAY 29, 2015

EPA says it will finalize the volume standards in this rule by 30 November. Biomass-based diesel. Units for volumes are ethanol-equivalent, except for biomass-based diesel volumes which are expressed as physical gallons. Biomass-based diesel. Biomass-based diesel. ≥1,100. Cellulosic biofuel. Advanced biofuel.

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APRIL 16, 2014

Source: EPA. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 19 th annual report of overall US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, showing a 3.4% Source: EPA. In the report, EPA distributes electricity generation emissions to each end-use sector on the basis of each sector’s share of aggregate electricity consumption.

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MARCH 10, 2009

will use Corning advanced diesel emissions-control products to meet the US Environmental Protection Agency regulations (EPA 2010) that go into effect 1 Jan 2010. This multi-year agreement is for the supply of Corning emissions-control products for medium- and heavy-duty Navistar MaxxForce brand diesel engines. Navistar, Inc.

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APRIL 16, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 18 th annual report of overall US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showing a 1.6% Nearly 65% of the emissions resulted from gasoline consumption for personal vehicle use. Commercial aircraft emissions continued to fall, having decreased 18% since 2007. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 2, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period on its proposed rule revising the national Renewable Fuel Standard program, commonly referred to as RFS2, by 60 days. These revisions were mandated by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 11, 2012

In terms of market share, gasoline direct injection doubled in MY 2010 (from 4.2% In terms of market share, gasoline direct injection doubled in MY 2010 (from 4.2% Conventional gasoline vehicles continue to account for more than 95% of all light-duty vehicles. Light-duty diesel are seen dropping share slightly to 0.6%

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MAY 7, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make it easier for manufacturers to gain approval to sell fuel conversion systems. Current EPA regulations require vehicle and engine conversion systems to be covered by a certificate of conformity to gain a regulatory exemption from potential tampering charges.

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MAY 5, 2009

Example of results from EPA lifecycle analyses in the NPRM. The US Environmental Protection Agency released its expected Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) detailing the implementation of changes to the existing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1) as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 27, 2012

The publication of the study coincides with the close of the comment period on a new US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) analysis of the carbon intensity of palm oil biodiesel. Slightly more than half of the GHG emissions for these biofuels in the EPA’s analysis came from land use change. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

However, although cellulosic biofuels volumes are expected to grow significantly relative to current levels, they will likely remain well below the targets envisioned in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). EPA issues final rule on new advanced and cellulosic biofuels.

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APRIL 18, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the 16 th annual US greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory. Similarly, increased jet fuel prices were a factor in the 19% decrease in commercial aircraft emissions since 2007. The final report shows overall emissions during 2009 decreased by 6.1% from the previous year.

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JANUARY 27, 2013

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled this week in a case (#12-1139) brought by the American Petroleum Institute (API) against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ( earlier post ), and vacated the 2012 cellulosic biofuel RFS standard while affirming the 2012 advanced biofuel standard.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

The first scenario applied the annual required RFS Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) percentages, as established by EPA rulemakings, to the volumes of fossil-based, non-renewable gasoline and diesel used in the United States.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Cellulosic gasoline and diesel company KiOR, Inc. Khosla Ventures incubated KiOR in 2007 and is the lead investor. In the US EPA’s RFS targets for 2013, KiOR is projected to provide the bulk of the cellulosic fuels. As part of those targets, EPA projects 6.00 Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

Earlier Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis showed that, with gasoline at $2.09 per gallon, EV penetration in the US could reach 6% of the light-duty vehicle fleet by 2020, whereas with gasoline at $3.34, the EV share could be 9%. While diesel and oil-based power is still uneconomic at $60/barrel, the pressure to switch is reduced.

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JUNE 4, 2009

Under the agreement, CleanFUEL will distribute IMPCO’s bi-fuel Sequent system, a dual-propane and gasoline fuel system certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for conversions of light duty General Motors and Ford vehicles to run on propane. less than gasoline/diesel per gallon. 2008 and 2009 3.5L

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

First, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress and also issued the targets for 2010. The EPA also set the 2010 RFS volume standard at 12.95 President Obama.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

In Argentina, the biodiesel industry grew not only because of favorable conditions for growing soybeans, but also in response to a new B7 blending mandate, which requires the fuel to be 7% biodiesel and 93% diesel. Accordingly, biodiesel producers in Argentina are investing heavily in facilities to increase production. Virtually all of the 1.5

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MARCH 12, 2009

less than the 2007 figure and 16.8% Using US EPA conversion factors ( earlier post ), 158 g/km is roughly equivalent to 34.8 mpg US for gasoline and 39.9 mpg US for diesel.). Using US EPA conversion factors ( earlier post ), 158 g/km is roughly equivalent to 34.8 mpg US for gasoline and 39.9 g/km in 2008—4.2%

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JUNE 4, 2010

Using a 2007 base vehicle, the committee estimated the potential fuel savings and costs to consumers of available technology combinations for three types of engines over that timeframe: spark-ignition gasoline, compression-ignition (CI) diesel, and hybrid.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. Continued fuel economy improvement in vehicles using other alternative fuels, gasoline, and diesel, combined with growth in the use of hybrid technologies (including micro, mild, full, and plug-in hybrid vehicles), limit the use of electric vehicles over the projection.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The 21CTP is a cooperative research and development (R&D) partnership including four federal agencies—the US Department of Energy (DOE), US Department of Transportation (DOT), US Department of Defense (DOD), and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—and 15 industrial partners. Earlier post.). Recommendation 3-4.

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MAY 7, 2009

The Obama administration has confirmed its committment to meet the 2007 ‘Renewable Fuels Standard’ yet has added caps on the use of grain-based ethanol to address concerns over negative impact associated with their use such as greenhouse emissions, increased food prices and land clearing. Jackson said.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Last Friday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) charged that Volkswagen (Jetta, Beetle, Golf, Passat) and Audi (A3) passenger cars equipped with 2.0-liter able to be sold in all 50 states) diesel. This is referred to as the Gen 1 aftertreatment design in the EPA/ARB documents.).

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 13, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the 2011 percentage standards for the four fuels categories under the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2): cellulosic biofuel; biomass-based diesel; advanced biofuel; and renewable fuel. Biomass-based diesel. Cellulosic biofuel. 6.5 - 25.5. 0.004-0.015%.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

The bulk of the experimental results presented in the ORNL study are from a 2007 GM DI 1.9-L L diesel engine modified to operate in the RCCI combustion mode. RCCI uses early direct injection (DI) of a high-reactivity fuel such as diesel fuel and a well-mixed low-reactivity fuel such as gasoline or methane. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 19, 2015

In 2012 the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which regulates fuel economy, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which regulates greenhouse gas emissions, proposed new unified standards for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions over the years 2017 to 2025. Background. to 41 mpg by 2021 and 48.7

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Atmospheric tests covering the entire country indicate emissions around 50 percent more than EPA estimates ,” said lead author Adam Brandt at Stanford University. for 100 year assessment periods (gasoline and diesel substitution, respectively). Many EPA EFs have wide confidence intervals. Alvarez et al.

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JUNE 16, 2011

Replacing spark-ignition engines with diesel engines and components would yield fuel savings of about 37% at an added cost of approximately $5,900 per vehicle, and replacing spark-ignition engines with hybrid engines and components would reduce fuel consumption by 43% at an increase of $6,000 per vehicle. Compression-ignition technologies.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

These revisions are intended to align California’s reporting requirements with the federal reporting rules recently enacted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and to ensure that the information collected by those covered by the cap-and-trade program is of sufficient quality to support the program.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Volkswagen first launched the EA888 engine generation in spring 2007 (Gen 1). This is the first implementation of such a system in a turbocharged direct-injection four-cylinder gasoline engine, noted Lemke. l/100 km), and the overall EPA estimated combined fuel economy is now 29 mpg (8.1 Click to enlarge. l/100 km) for the 2.5-liter

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MAY 15, 2024

Liter gasoline engine that produces 162 horsepower (hp) and a 94kW electric motor, for a total system 191 hp. The gasoline engine’s 155 pound-feet of torque (lb.-ft.) The EPA has rated the 2024 Maverick Hybrid fuel economy at 42 mpg city/33 highway and 37 combined. is boosted by the electric motor, at peak, contributing 173 lb.-ft.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

Liter gasoline engine and a 94kW electric motor. The EPA has rated the Maverick Hybrid’s fuel economy at 42 mpg city/33 highway and 37 combined. The Maverick Hybrid does not offer all-wheel drive, unlike is its stablemate, the Maverick with the EcoBoost gasoline engine. A smaller, but not small pickup. Unexpected Efficiency.

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MARCH 18, 2009

These fuel choice-enabling vehicles are defined as flexible fuel vehicles capable of running on gasoline and on up to 85% alcohol-gasoline blends such as E85 or M85, as well as diesel vehicles warranted by its manufacturer to operate on biodiesel. By definition, the flex-fuel vehicles can handle any blend level up to 85%.

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