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DOE to award up to $4.5M to projects for alt fuel and advanced vehicle deployment

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Projects may include, but are not limited to local ride-share and car-share programs; rental car programs;commercial truck/bus leasing programs; and activities that include driver feedback devices, data gathering, and analysis during the demo period. Blends of 85% or more of alcohol with gasoline. Electricity.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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Geely’s Englon SC7 sedan was the first methanol-fueled car to receive approval from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Methanol can be produced from a range of renewable sources and fossil-fuel based feed-stocks; in practice methanol is mainly produced in coal-rich China from coal. Earlier post.)

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