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DECEMBER 27, 2013

Diesel is currently taxed at a lower level than gasoline in Europe; however, since 2011 the EC has been considering reversing that situation by making energy taxes systematically reflect the CO 2 performance of the energy product. A scheme including a decreased gasoline tax could bring about an increase in CO 2 emissions.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Ford Motor Company is publicly demonstrating smart electrification technology that uses cloud-based computing and data to optimize a plug-in hybrid’s powertrain efficiency at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Orlando. In September, Ford introduced the Evos Concept was introduced at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

million of these all fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and 800,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) which have the capability of using gasoline. From 2011 to 2021, annual PEV sales grew from fewer than 18,000 to more than 630,000, equivalent to an average year-over-year growth rate of 43%. More than 2.1

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

The federal subsidy significantly favors larger battery packs to a stronger degree than their potential for additional gasoline savings. A 2011 paper by Michalek and colleagues found that strategies to promote adoption of HEVs and PHEVs with small battery packs offer more social benefits (i.e., Peterson and Michalek 2012.

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JUNE 28, 2012

a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company, finalized a licensing agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s methanol-to-gasoline ( MTG ) technology to be incorporated into a “green gasoline” production facility. MTG reactor product is separated into gas, raw gasoline and water. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

California gasoline consumption fell 1.7% in August 2011, while diesel fuel consumption rose 11.1%, according. California’s gasoline consumption declined 1.7% billion gallons in August 2011 compared to 1.29 per gallon of gasoline. per gallon of gasoline. to figures from the State Board of Equalization.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

US gasoline consumption in the first quarter of 2012, which averaged about 8.5 Gasoline prices since the beginning of May 2012 were lower than the same time last year, and gasoline consumption showed some very modest gains in April and May. US gasoline consumption peaked in 2007 at 9.3 Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 21, 2018

Volatility defines its evaporation characteristics of a liquid fuel; RVP—expressed in pounds per square inch (psi)—is a common measure of and generic term for gasoline volatility. The RVP of gasoline can range from 7 to 15 psi. In 2011, EPA approved the use of E15.

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APRIL 29, 2014

A study by a pair of researchers at Northwestern University found that when fuel prices drove residents of São Paulo, Brazil, to switch from ethanol to gasoline in their flexible-fuel vehicles, local ozone levels dropped 20%. At the same time, nitric oxide and carbon monoxide concentrations tended to go up. —Salvo and Geiger.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

In California, gasoline consumption declined 2.8% in June 2011 and 3.6% in Q2 2011, according to figures from the State Board of Equalization. in June 2011 and rose 0.9% in second quarter 2011. In June 2011, California’s gasoline consumption decreased 2.8% billion gallons of gasoline were consumed.

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APRIL 9, 2013

Consumption of alternative fuels by vehicle type, 2011. In alternative-fueled vehicles, consumption of ethanol (E85) increased 52% from the prior year’s consumption, an increase from 90,323 thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons in 2010 to 137,165 thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons in 2011. Replacement fuels—i.e.,

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JUNE 27, 2014

In the US Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2014 (AEO2014) Reference case, more-stringent vehicle fuel economy standards contribute to a decline in motor gasoline consumption through 2040. The Reference case projects an increase in VMT that, all else equal, would increase motor gasoline fuel consumption.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

million barrels a day in 2011 compared with 2010, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API). December 2011 petroleum deliveries were down 5.9% Gasoline deliveries showed declines for 2011 as a whole and for the month of December. in 2011 compared with 2010. in 2011 from the year before.

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MARCH 6, 2018

This rise in average CO 2 emissions correlates with a decrease in demand for diesel cars across Europe—which produce lower CO 2 emissions than gasoline cars—and the rising popularity of SUVs, which emit higher average CO 2 emissions of 133.0 g/km, compared to gasoline cars, which had an average of 123.4 g/km CO 2 emitted.

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DECEMBER 31, 2011

In California, gasoline consumption decreased 2.0% in the third quarter 2011 and declined 2.1% In third quarter 2011, California’s gasoline consumption declined 2.0%, with a total of 3.727 billion gallons of gasoline compared to 3.803 billion gallons of gasoline in the third quarter last year. per gallon.

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MAY 6, 2013

of US public transportation buses use alternative fuels or hybrid technology, as of January 1, 2011. APTA statistics for early 2011 show that 18.6% billion gallons of gasoline use and 37 million metric tons of carbon emission every year. The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently reported that 35.6%

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

In California, gasoline consumption declined 2.2% in July 2011, while diesel fuel consumption increased 1.9%, according to figures from the State Board of Equalization. California’s gasoline consumption decreased 2.2% billion gallons in July 2011 compared to 1.27 per gallon of gasoline. per gallon of gasoline.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Shell has developed a lead-free replacement for aviation gasoline (Avgas 100 and 100LL); the replacement fuel will now begin a strict regulatory approvals process. Leaded gasoline for automobiles was phased out of use in the US by 1995 due to its environmental and health impact.) Shell is the first major oil company to do so.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

In part-load operation, the indirect injection supplements direct gasoline injection to improve fuel economy and to reduce the output of particulates from the engine. Thomas Heiduk, Michael Kuhn, Maximilian Stichlmeir, Florian Unselt (2011) “The new 1.8L Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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MARCH 16, 2012

this February compared with February 2011, pulled down by a decline in residual fuel oil (40.2%) and other oil (liquid petrochemical feedstocks, naphtha and gasoil) deliveries, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API). Gasoline deliveries were up 0.9%, the first increase in demand since February 2011.

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JULY 17, 2017

In the first, they found that when fuel prices drove residents of São Paulo, Brazil, to mostly switch from ethanol to gasoline in their flexible-fuel vehicles, local ozone levels dropped 20%. São Paulo has the world’s largest flexible-fuel vehicle fleet, with cars that can run on all gasoline, all ethanol or some mix of the two.

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JULY 29, 2011

California gasoline consumption declined 4% in April compared to April 2010, while diesel consumption increased 3% in April compared to April last year, according to figures from the California State Board of Equalization (BOE). Gasoline consumption in April 2011 was down 4% to 1.20 for a gallon of gasoline. per gallon.

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AUGUST 14, 2012

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that after an increase in 2010 of 3.3%, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the US in 2011 decreased by 2.4% (136 million metric tons), while GDP grew by 1.8%. Emissions in 2011 were 526 million metric tons (9%) below the 2005 level. mpg) from 2010 to 2011.

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JULY 7, 2012

The Nikkei reports that the nationwide average price in Japan for regular gasoline was ¥139.8 Gasoline consumption that year is expected to be about 60% lower than the fiscal 2010 level. per liter ($6.65

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the 2011 percentage standards for the four categories of fuel—cellulosic, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuels—under the agency’s renewable fuel standard program, known as RFS2. EPA had proposed percentages earlier in the year.

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MAY 10, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the systems used at gas station pumps to capture harmful gasoline vapors while refueling cars can be phased out. Since 1994, gas stations in areas that do not meet certain air quality standards have been required to use gasoline vapor recovery systems.

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AUGUST 7, 2015

Lower crude oil prices and strong demand for petroleum products, primarily gasoline, both in the United States and globally, have led to favorable margins that encourage refinery investment and high refinery runs. Since May 20, Gulf Coast gasoline crack spreads have averaged 17 cents/gal higher than for distillate crack spreads.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. China bioethanol pump price for five enzyme loading scenarios in ( a ) 2011 with a 16¢ per liter (60.6¢ Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

GM is revealing the 2011 Buick Regal sport sedan to customers in the Los Angeles area today. The new Regal, drawing on work on the award-winning Opel Insignia, will offer two gasoline direct-injection engines and is directly targeted at competitors such as the Acura TSX and Volvo S60. The 2011 Buick Regal. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Achates Power, the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has been selected by APRA-E under its OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ) for an award of more than $9 million to develop a multi-cylinder opposed piston engine operating with compression ignition that uses gasoline as the fuel.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted Dynamic Fuels, LLC Part 79 registration for its Renewable Gasoline Blendstock 10 by the U.S. Advanced Biofuel, or D5, RINS for each gallon of its renewable gasoline blendstock when blended into petroleum gasoline at up to a 10% concentration.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

California gasoline consumption declined 4.1% In California, gasoline consumption in May 2011 was down to 1.24 The California average price for a gallon of gasoline was up $1.09 in May 2011, a 35% increase over May 2010’s average price of $3.14 The national average price of a gallon of gasoline rose $1.07

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Note: eVMT for 2011 was too small to appear on graph. million PEVs have been sold, driving 52 billion miles on electricity since 2010, thereby reducing national gasoline consumption by 0.42% in 2020 and 1.9 billion miles, offsetting 500 million gallons of gasoline. billion miles, offsetting 500 million gallons of gasoline.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

EPA projects advanced transmissions (6+ speeds and CVTs), gasoline direct injection (GDI) systems, and turbocharged engines will be installed on at least 15% of all MY 2013 vehicles. The majority of the emissions and fuel savings from current vehicles, EPA noted, is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 20, 2012

in March compared with March 2011, gasoline deliveries were up 3%, according to the latest report from the American Petroleum Institute (API). This marked the second month in a row gasoline demand increased while total petroleum demand declined. US gasoline production of 9.3 —API chief economist John Felmy.

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OCTOBER 9, 2010

The 2011 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas—a challenge for high school, university, and college students from across North and South America to design vehicles to go the farthest distance using the least amount of energy—has expanded its categories to include plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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MAY 18, 2011

liter gasoline engine. features a high compression ratio (for a regular gasoline mass production automobile engine) of 14.0:1 to the Japanese market in the facelifted Mazda Demio (known overseas as the Mazda2) during the first half of 2011. direct-injection 1.3-liter The SKYACTIV-G 1.3 It will be the first 1.3-liter

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