Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2013

Mack Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, will begin production of dimethyl ether (DME)-powered MACK Pinnacle Axle Back models in 2015. Volvo Trucks had announced earlier this month that it would commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

After extensive field testing of renewable diesel HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oils), Volvo Trucks has approved the fuel for all Euro 5 engines and is preparing certifications for Euro 6 engines. —Tobias Bergman, Product Manager for alternative fuels and hybrids at Volvo Trucks. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2011

Volvo Trucks is expanding its alternative fuel program with the launch of the new dual-fuel Volvo FM MethaneDiesel. This makes Volvo the first truck manufacturer in Europe to offer gas-powered regional distribution trucks that can also meet long-haul application requirements. Engine installation D13C-gas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

SoCalGas) and Oberon Fuels , a San Diego-based low-emission alternative fuels company, announced a joint research and development agreement to design and construct the first commercial facility in the United States to produce Dimethyl Ether (DME) from natural gas for use as a transportation fuel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Volvo FH with a 13-liter engine that runs on DME. Swedish oil company and distributor Preem recently inaugurated a BioDME filling station in Stockholm, and the first five Volvo DME (dimethyl ether) trucks ( earlier post ) in commercial operation have taken to the road in a two-year field test in Sweden. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The approval of the quality specifications opens the way for public sale of the fuel. Oberon had requested that the Department move forward with the adoption of the proposed regulations, even though widespread production and use of DME does not currently exist, the Department noted.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2012

An initiative in advanced materials and manufacturing applications in the automotive sector for the development of efficiency and safety technologies and for supporting the competitiveness of the industry and the affordability of products for consumers. EUCAR is closely connected to ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

Volvo VNL D13 with DME. At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. Volvo has been testing Bio-DME in Sweden since 2009. Source: Volvo Trucks.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). Navistar, Inc.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Production of the Roadster, the company’s initial product, ended after deliveries totaling 2,500, but a new version of the Roadster is due at some point. Take the Mach-E battery pack and drop it into the best-selling Ford Transit commercial vehicle and the E-Transit enters the last-mile delivery market.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 Aiways U6 – ambitious EV start-up has big plans and right-hand drive production is already confirmed, opening the door to a local arrival. It’ll be on sale in 2025, possibly as the A9 e-Tron.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Newsom signed a funding bill to invest $106 million in the construction of additional hydrogen stations through the end of the decade, for the first time backing stations for commercial vehicles as well as passenger cars. The need for more stations is necessary if this fuel is to ever gain consumer acceptance for their everyday vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The New Zealand light vehicle fleet, including light commercial vans and trucks, makes up 80 per cent of our transport emissions. . per cent of the world’s car production annually, so securing new and used inventory is extremely possible. Ford’s commercial vehicles will also be zero-emissions capable by 2024. . In the U.S.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Unnamed industry executives told the Times that they should be able to revamp their supply chains enough for their products to qualify for tax credits within five years. Some believe that the IRA’s incentives for buying commercial EVs could be more significant than the more widely-publicized passenger vehicle credits. Keep on truckin’.

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