article thumbnail

Hey Exxon! Hey Chevron! My Friends At the EPA Are Declaring What You Do Dangerous & You Will Pay. Pack Up Losers, It’s Time For You to Go!

Creative Greenius

Yeah, I’m talking to you Exxon/Mobil mercenaries who work at the Torrance refinery and you amoral assassins who get your blood money from the Chevron refinery in El Segundo. Now the EPA is about to smack both of you upside the head – and these are only the opening smacks you both have coming. Did you think I was kidding?

Chevron 230
article thumbnail

Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

Clean Fleet Report

The fuel economy, which is best in Touring mode, is rated by the EPA at 24 mpg city/29 highway/26 combined mpg. mpg, same as the EPA. We were pleased to cross the 30 mpg mark and surpass the EPA 29 mpg rating by so much. In 365 miles of mostly freeway driving we averaged 26.1

article thumbnail

SAE High Octane Fuels Symposium: Is a new high-octane fuel a pragmatic pathway for higher engine efficiency in the US? (part 2)

Green Car Congress

California has moved to require E10 as its new certification fuel, and EPA is considering moving its certification E0 gasoline to E15 and its certification E85 to E83. The California ARB has introduced regular and premium certification fuel, and EPA has indicated that it is planning to do the same. —Coleman Jones.

Fuel 246
article thumbnail

Rice University Study and Policy Paper Find US Biofuels Policies Flawed, Recommend Fundamental Overhaul

Green Car Congress

Chevron Technology Ventures and the Institute for Energy Economics of Japan provided support for the study. “We Limitations in the economies of scale in ethanol production pose a significant barrier to overcoming the logistical issues that block the widespread distribution of ethanol around the United States.

Universal 257
article thumbnail

Toyota dubbed as world’s third-most obstructive company against climate policies

Teslarati

While it was no surprise to see oil companies such as ExxonMobil and Chevron at the top of the report’s list, its third-ranked company was quite a surprise. Toyota was dubbed the world’s third-most obstructive organization for lobbying governments that set climate policies.

Climate 145
article thumbnail

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chevron owns the NiMH patents and have not allowed EV size batts to be built. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight. Li is now the same cost of AGM, sealed lead batteries and soon will be as cheap as and replace lead batteries in EV’s because they weight 1/3-1/4 the weight/cap.

Oregon 58