Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Jeep will offer a diesel-powered Wrangler for the first time in North America with the introduction of the 2020 Jeep Wrangler EcoDiesel. DEF refills align with oil changes lasting up to 10,000 miles. Wrangler four-door models will offer the new 3.0-liter 2020 Jeep Wrangler Sahara EcoDiesel. The third generation of the turbocharged 3.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2013

Transportation fuel mix in millions of oil-equivalent barrels through 2020. Diesel will surpass gasoline as the number one transportation fuel worldwide by 2020 and continue to increase its share through 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s recently published Outlook For Energy: A View To 2040. Source: ExxonMobil Outlook. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2012

liter Power Stroke diesel will be Ford’s second in North America. The new diesel engine, Ford’s second in North America, has already been applied in the global Ford Ranger truck sold in world markets (3.2 The new Power Stroke Diesel will be the only five-cylinder diesel engine available in a commercial van in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2015

Lest we be too quick to forget whence we came, America is now 9-months into lower gasoline prices, which started their swoon the week of June 30, 2015 from a lofty national average just under $3.70, tumbling almost every subsequent week before bottoming and bouncing from $2.02 by Thomas Miller for Oilprice.com. Bernard Weinstein, Ph.D.,

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Plug in America

APRIL 1, 2022

Bucking that trend, the United States Postal Service has chosen to double down on more traditional technology with 90% of its vast purchase of 160,000 new delivery vehicles to be gasoline-fueled. At each stop, drivers can use their manual hand-crank windows to roll down their windows and deliver the mail. billion in over the next 5 years.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2016

formed in 2011 to produce renewable base oils and lubricants from Amyris’ Biofene—Amyris’s brand of a renewable, long-chain, branched hydrocarbon molecule called farnesene (trans-ß-farnesene). Base oils, currently derived from the crude oil refining process, are the building blocks of lubricating oils. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2022

Associated sanctions on Russia—with more than 5 million b/d in crude oil processing capacity—disrupted exports of Russia’s refined products into the global market, and will likely continue to do so as import bans in the European Union and United Kingdom come into full force. million b/d in 2022 and by an additional 1.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2011

The NextGen line of oils, with 50% recycled oil, will include conventional, synthetic blend and high mileage offerings. Valvoline, a leading independent marketer of motor oil, has introduced its NextGen line of motor oils, featuring the inclusion of 50% recycled base oil. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Global demand for oil may well peak before 2020, falling back to levels significantly below 2010 demand by 2035, according to a multi-client research study conducted by Ricardo Strategic Consulting launched in June 2011 in association with Kevin J. The world is nearing a paradigm shift in oil demand. Lindemer LLC.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2021

The project will convert an existing hydrocracker for the production of low-carbon renewable diesel from soybean oil, resulting in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions compared to hydrocarbon diesel. —Henrik Rasmussen, Managing Director of Haldor Topsoe, The Americas.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

BP is eying Tesla Supercharger sites as part of a planned expansion of the oil giant’s U.S. BP sees EV charging as a business line bound for profitability, with one executive saying in 2022 that chargers were already almost as profitable as gasoline pumps. charging network, Bloomberg reports.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2012

Full-fuel-cycle GHG emissions estimates for reformulated gasoline pathways by LCA study. He found that the variation in oil sands GHG estimates is due to a variety of causes. These include oil sands, enhanced oil recovery, coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids synthetic fuels, and oil shale. Credit: ACS, Brandt 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

Lexus has introduced the new Lexus NX compact utility, first unveiled in Beijing ( earlier post ) to North America. liter Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine, which brings the brand’s number of hybrid offerings to six—the most among luxury brands. liter gasoline engine especially for use in the 2015 NX 300h.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

A computer-controlled variable oil pump. A timing belt-in-oil for the primary cam drive system produces less noise (being sealed), and is maintenance-free. EcoBoost delivers more torque per liter than any other gasoline engine in North America, according to Fascetti.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

Maximum gasoline sulfur limits. A trio of European countries and one from South America made major strides in reducing their levels of sulfur content in gasoline, allowing them to advance in the annual global ranking published by Hart Energy’s International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC). Sulfur is found naturally in crude oil.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% The fossil fuel mix continues to change with oil, the world’s leading fuel at 33.1%

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The plan also supports Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order phasing out the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger vehicles by 2035 by providing essential infrastructure to meet the fueling needs of the increasing number of zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) anticipated on the road in the next decade. Irvine-based FirstElement Fuel, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2012

An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% to 9.3%) from a 2010 baseline, depending upon the supply scenario.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2012

liter EcoBoost V6 engine in the all-new Transit commercial van debuting in North America in 2013 as a replacement for the E-Series wagon and van. EcoBoost engines feature: A high-pressure direct-injection fuel system fed by a common rail that delivers a precise amount of gasoline in the exact spot for fast and complete burn.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

The new Peugeot 208 B-segment supermini, which launches this spring in Europe, will be available in 3- and 5-door bodystyles with a range of gasoline and diesel engines including a new 3-cylinder gasoline engine range and the latest generation of Stop & Start System (e-HDi) diesel engines. 208 gasoline range. 208 gasoline range.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Value of life-cycle emissions externality damages and oil premium costs from vehicles in 2010 $. A paper presenting the results of the group’s latest year-long study on the lifecycle air emissions and oil displacement benefits of plug-in vehicles was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

However, while Mazda plans to offer hybrid vehicles in the medium-term, its engineers are pushing hard to increase the efficiencies of both the gasoline and diesel platforms, moving toward what they call “the ideal Internal Combustion Engine.” Mazda said it is weighing bringing the diesel to North America as well.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

This trend is driven primarily by finished motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil which are increasingly exported to Latin America. exports of gasoline and distillate increased by 133% and 144%, respectively, from 2007 to 2010. Annual U.S.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Disneyland will replace gasoline vehicles at its Autopia ride with EVs in 2026, the Los Angeles Times confirmed this week. Disneyland will phase out the gasoline engines in its Autopia vehicles “within the next 30 months,” according to the Los Angeles Times. rally celebrating the decision at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2020

The International Energy Agency’s Monthly Oil Statistics shows that there are differences in refinery output throughout the world. In the Americas, gasoline accounted for just above 40% of the products refined from petroleum in 2019, while in Europe and Asia Oceania, gasoline was less than 20%.

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EV Match

JANUARY 11, 2021

miles per gallon, that equates to about 420 gallons of gasoline burned annually. Do you look at the price of gasoline every time you pull into a gas station? miles per gallon, that equates to 2,091 gallons of gasoline consumed over five years. . On the other hand, gasoline-powered vehicles do not have regenerative braking.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2009

BP and Irving Oil will not be moving forward at this time with a proposed second refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, as a result of global economic and industry conditions. It became clear, particularly over the past year, that the market conditions for refining have changed since BP and Irving Oil entered this memorandum of understanding.

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Plug in America

JANUARY 13, 2022

government and analyzed by AutoinsuranceEZ point out that there are far more fires in gasoline and traditional hybrid vehicles, even when accounting for the fact that there are more gasoline and hybrid vehicles on the road. However, gasoline cars are much more likely to catch fire than an EV. Source: AutoinsuranceEZ.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

he ZFI Gasoline produced by the MKS Process will be a 92 octane, carbon-neutral alternative to conventional gasoline produced from petroleum sources. he ZFI Gasoline produced by the MKS Process will be a 92 octane, carbon-neutral alternative to conventional gasoline produced from petroleum sources. CORE BioFuel Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2015

Peak torque arrives at 1,750 rpm in the Td6 while the gasoline V6 produces its 332 lb-ft (450 N·m) at 3,500 rpm. Similarly, the low-end torque of the Td6 allows the vehicles to deliver 0-60 acceleration times comparable to the higher horsepower V6 gasoline models. seconds for gasoline V6 models. for the Range Rover.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2013

The increase is largely driven due to a combination of low-cost natural gas and sustained higher prices for gasoline and diesel in many countries, Navigant suggests. North America is the fastest growing region with 17% CAGR anticipated. million by 2020. and 6 years, depending on the vehicle). Forecasts Natural Gas'

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Ford C-MAX in North America will offer a 1.6-liter liter EcoBoost I-4 features twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT), turbocharging and direct gasoline injection to deliver up to 168 hp (125 kW) with non-premium fuel and 173 lb-ft (235 N·m) of sustained torque. The Ford C-MAX. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2011

Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. The proposed Project is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

China will see the largest increase—more than 4 million oil-equivalent barrels per day. ExxonMobil projects global demand for gasoline (including ethanol) to be relatively flat from 2010 to 2040, largely because cars and other light-duty vehicles will become much more efficient. Transportation fuels. Source: ExxonMobil.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

(KMI) and El Paso Corporation on Sunday announced a definitive agreement whereby KMI will acquire all of the outstanding shares of EP in a transaction that will create the largest midstream and the fourth-largest energy company in North America with an enterprise value of approximately $94 billion and 80,000 miles of pipelines.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2012

air emissions and oil displacement benefits) in the near term per dollar spent than PHEVs and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) with large battery packs providing longer electric range. They found thousands of dollars of damages per vehicle (gasoline or electric) paid by the overall population rather than only by the emitters.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2014

In North America, the high upfront cost, limited fueling infrastructure, reduced utility, and increased interest in electrification are likely to limit the demand for LD NGVs, the research firm posits. Navigant forecasts only 56,251 LD NGV sales in 2014 in North America. Asia Pacific will remain the largest market, with more than 2.0

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