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VECV to invest around INR 1000 cr on multiple alternative fuel technologies for new-age CVs – ET Auto

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VECV is working on new propulsion/fuel technologies such as BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle), Hydrogen ICE (Internal Combustion Engine), fuel cell technology along with alternative fuels. Today we have got one range of product line, but we’ll have parallely an EV range. “So We are working on that extensively.

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DOE’s BETO holding four alternative fuel workshops over next three weeks

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) will hold four alternative fuel workshops over the next three weeks. The Demonstration and Deployment Strategy Workshop will be held 12–13 March at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source conference center outside of Chicago, Illinois.

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Government working towards more liberal regime to foster sale, production of ethanol: VK Singh | Autocar Professional

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The government is working towards a more liberal regime to promote the production and sale of ethanol, said VK Singh, Minister of State (MoS), Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation. While speaking at the Fuels of Future 2.0, While speaking at the Fuels of Future 2.0,

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California Energy Commission awards more than $17M to support alternative fuel and infrastructure projects

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved $17,223,593 for eight projects including alternative fuel production, plug-in truck demonstrations, EV charging station deployment, and infrastructure planning. will receive $6 million to build a commercial biodiesel production facility in Fresno. CALSTART, Inc.

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Taiwan team engineers E. coli to produce n-butanol from glycerol

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Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have engineered the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce n-butanol from crude glycerol—a byproduct of the production of biodiesel. The conversion yield and the productivity reached 87% of the theoretical yield and 0.18 coli for the effective production of n-butanol.

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UPS/Greenbiz study identifies motivators and barriers to electric fleets

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This communication is important given 32% of survey respondents cited inadequate product availability as a barrier. The findings will be explored in depth at the GreenBiz VERGE conference in Oakland, California on 16 October. UPS now has more than 1,000 electric and hybrid electric vehicles deployed worldwide.

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Cummins Westport begins development on new mid-range natural gas engine; production by 2015

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G is expected to be in production by 2015 and will be designed to meet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations in force at the time of launch. liter ISX12 G, which will start production in 2013, to give our customers a broad range of natural gas engines for on-highway applications.

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