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EIA: US retail diesel prices increase to >$6 per gallon in the Northeast; nearly equal to California

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On 16 May 2022, the average US on-highway retail diesel fuel price was $5.61 Although retail diesel prices have increased across the entire United States, prices in the Northeast have increased the most and are now among the highest in the country. On 16 May, the average retail diesel price was $6.43/gal

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Traveling Finnish sauna touring US to use Neste renewable diesel on the West Coast

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Throughout 2017, a fully-functional Finnish sauna on wheels will travel 12,000 miles across the US. Neste’s low-carbon drop-in renewable diesel called Neste MY Renewable Diesel will be used to fuel the truck carrying the sauna while traveling along the UUS West Coast. There are not many things that Finns love more than sauna.

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SEPTA awards New Flyer a contract for up to 550 diesel hybrid buses; 90 in first order

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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has awarded New Flyer a contract for up to 550 heavy-duty 40-foot Xcelsior diesel electric hybrid buses. All buses will be delivered between the period of 2017 to 2020. Earlier post.).

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President Biden calls on Congress, States for fuel tax holiday; increase in refinery capacity

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President Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days, through the busy summer driving season—18 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24 cents per gallon for diesel. The average price of US on-highway diesel was $5.718 per gallon, up $2.432 from a year ago.

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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. These metro areas are expected to account for more than 50% of expected battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in operation outside California through 2022 (Navigant, 2017).

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Study finds vehicles more important source of urban atmospheric ammonia than farms

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With the growing efficiency of TWC to reduce NO x emissions and the recent introduction of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system in diesel vehicles, NH 3 is now the dominant reactive nitrogen species emitted by vehicles produced in the recent decade. —Sun et al. Kang Sun, Lei Tao, David J. Miller, Da Pan, Levi M. Golston, Mark A.

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