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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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of new-car registrations, according to data from ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Gasoline cars accounted for 57.3% Overall in 2019, almost 60% of all new cars registered in the European Union ran on gasoline (58.9%, compared to 56.6% of the EU market, while electrically?chargeable All alternatively?powered

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ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

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tonnes) registered in the European Union were fueled by diesel; the market share of gasoline in this segment was close to zero. of total new bus registrations, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Across the entire European Union, only eight gasoline buses were sold in 2019. Last year, 85.0%

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Toyota developing prototype hydrogen combustion engine Corolla Cross H2 Concept road car

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Outside Japan, in August this year, a Toyota hydrogen-engine vehicle drove on European public roads for the first time when the GR Yaris H2 was put through its paces in a demonstration run at the WRC in Ypres, Belgium. Earlier post.).

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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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Further improvements need to be achieved by manufacturers to reach the 2021 target of 95 g CO 2 /km. For the first year since monitoring started, gasoline cars became the most sold vehicles in the EU, constituting almost 53% of sales. The difference between average fuel efficiency of gasoline cars (121.6 Source: EEA.

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DOE awards LanzaTech $4M for low-carbon jet & diesel demo plant; 3M gpy; Audi evaluating fuel properties

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The LanzaTech facility will recycle industrial waste gases from steel manufacturing to produce a low cost ethanol intermediate: “Lanzanol.” LanzaTech captures the waste gas from refineries and manufacturing plants and feeds the CO-rich gas to microbes that consume the gas and produce ethanol. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Opel expanding and enhancing its LPG offerings; new 1.4L LPG Turbo EcoFlex for Astra and Meriva

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The dual fuel engine can operate in LPG and gasoline mode and is available in two power versions: 103 kW/140 hp with 200 N·m/148 lb-ft of torque in the Astra 5-door and Sports Tourer and with 88 kW/120 hp with 175 N·m/129 lb-ft in the Meriva. As soon as the car switches into gasoline usage the light is switched off.

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ArcelorMittal, LanzaTech and Primetals to build €87M commercial-scale waste-gas-to-ethanol plant

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It will predominantly be used in gasoline blending, but it can also be further processed into other products such as drop in jet fuel. barrels of gasoline as well as reducing ArcelorMittal’s CO 2 emissions by 2.3 The €87-million (US$96 million) plant will produce 47,000 tons (about 15.7 Every ton of bioethanol produced, displaces 5.2

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