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JUNE 4, 2010

The engine prep package enables conversion of the Transit Connect to CNG or LPG. The flexible interior of the Transit Connect is suited for both taxi service and conversion to CNG and LPG. To serve taxi operators, Ford will provide calibration guidance for the CNG or LPG conversion. Propane also burns cleaner than gasoline.

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JUNE 3, 2013

Auto Additions of Salem performed the bi-fuel vehicle conversions while Blue Star Gas installed an on-site fuel station and delivers year-round fuel supply. Not only is there a 50-cent-per-gallon federal tax credit for operating on alternative fuels like propane autogas, filling up with autogas also costs substantially less than gasoline.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Cash for Conversions” will start by fixing many of our 100 million trucks, vans, and buses. Pioneering companies now have designs to turn gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles into all-electrics or plug-in hybrids, depending on how they’re built and the range their drivers need. They now gulp down one third of the oil we use.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. Those people who purchase electric vehicles because of the tax credit use less gasoline and produce fewer emissions of greenhouse gases than would otherwise be the case. Source: CBO.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

It processes ANS (Alaskan North Slope), Middle Eastern and West African crudes and supplies 25% of the Los Angeles gasoline demand. The refinery supplies approximately 20% of the Southern California gasoline market and 50% of the jet fuel to the LAX Airport. The closing is expected to happen before mid-2013. million gallons/day.

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JUNE 24, 2010

million gallons of gasoline each year. The Roush conversion system includes stainless steel fuel lines; fuel rail assembly; fuel injectors; fuel tank; and a re-calibrated PCM (Powertrain Control Module). The fuel tank fit snugly along the vehicle’s frame rail where the gasoline tank was. The E-350 van features a 5.4L

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JUNE 1, 2021

The air in the United States and Western Europe is much cleaner than even a decade ago. Low-sulfur gasoline standards and regulations on power plants have successfully cut sulfate concentrations in the air, reducing the fine particulate matter that harms human health and cleaning up the environmental hazard of acid rain.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Ethanol, a renewable fuel (CH 3 CH 2 OH), is commonly blended with gasoline to boost octane levels and reduce carbon monoxide and other emissions contributing to smog. Biodiesel, derived from renewable sources like vegetable oils and animal fats, serves as a cleaner-burning alternative to petroleum-based diesel fuel.

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Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2024

The direction of the conversation right now is to move OEMs, and push them to have EVs because that’s the only way to meet the CAFE norms.” M&M believes that a higher share of diesel vehicles puts Mahindra in a more favourable position versus gasoline. We don’t see a worry between diesel and gasoline.

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JULY 11, 2017

India is adopting a cleaner and greener economic growth pathway today, with the Government running one of the largest renewable capacity expansion programmes in the world. The ethanol produced from the recycling of refinery off-gases is expected to have a greenhouse gas emissions savings of more than 70% compared to conventional gasoline.

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AUGUST 20, 2015

This novel approach avoids costly, resource-intensive thermochemical gas-to-liquids (GTL) conversion methods, and offers a biofuel that does not utilize sugar or other plant-based feedstock. Conversion of methane to isobutanol provides economic and environmental advantages upon which the collaboration will look to build.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Icom’s liquid-injection systems can be installed on virtually any gasoline vehicle with multi-point injection. Icom’s JTG system is currently in service on more than 100,000 vehicles around the world in a bi-fuel (gasoline-propane) version. Based in Jasper, Ind., Headquartered outside of Detroit in New Hudson, Mich.,

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JANUARY 21, 2011

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), CNG is less expensive and burns cleaner than gasoline, resulting in 30 to 40% less greenhouse gas emissions. will deliver the taxi units to Taxi Medallion Management with an engine preparation package for conversion to CNG.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

It showed that while electric vehicles provide the greatest impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions for most of the country, especially on both coasts and in the south, significant parts of the Midwest had the opposite result, with lightweight gasoline-powered vehicles achieving a greater reduction.

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JUNE 4, 2009

a leading manufacturer of engine components that converts vehicles to operate on cleaner gaseous fuels, such as propane. Propane is a clean burning fuel that can yield 87% less hydrocarbons and 50% fewer toxins than gasoline, and is more economical compared to petroleum-based options, roughly $1.50 less than gasoline/diesel per gallon.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

to reach just over 3 million vehicles (including conversions) by 2015. between 2008 and 2015, which translates into 31,347 vehicles (including conversions) sold in 2015. The fuel has to be cheaper than gasoline/diesel to recover the additional cost of the vehicle within a reasonable amount of time. million in 2008. Availability.

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JULY 12, 2011

billion venture capital fund over the next 10 years, Chesapeake NG Ventures Corporation (CNGV), dedicated to identifying and investing in companies and technologies that will replace the use of gasoline and diesel with natural gas and natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels. per gallon cheaper than gasoline and diesel; and.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. LPI is a direct replacement of the OEM gasoline injection system. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), also known as propane or autogas, can be used to replace gasoline and diesel. medium-duty engine, as well as a 6.0L

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JULY 14, 2016

An FCC system circulates catalyst in a closed loop between two key vessels in order to convert vacuum gas oil to gasoline. The RTP conversion unit is being engineered and supplied by Envergent Technologies LLC, a joint venture between Ensyn and Honeywell UOP. The Government of Canada is providing $44.5 Lawrence Seaway.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

Butanol (C 4 H 10 O), a four-carbon alcohol in widespread use as an industrial solvent, has an energy content closer to gasoline than ethanol’s. Butanol’s low vapor pressure and its tolerance to water contamination in gasoline blends facilitate its use in existing gasoline supply and distribution channels.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

With the capabilities to produce a cleaner, non-petroleum-based fuel that exceeds JP-8 specs, Accelergy utilizes proprietary micro-catalytic conversion technologies licensed from Exxon Mobil Research and Engineering Company.

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Coal San Diego North Dakota Fuel 186

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APRIL 23, 2018

liter four-cylinder Dynamic Force Engine is more fuel efficient, runs cleaner, and is more powerful than previous iterations, and excels at dissipating thermal inefficiencies. The new TNGA 2.5-liter inches; bore remains at 3.44 Efficiencies on many levels are seen with the implementation of the new PCU.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

oxygen content, resulting in a significantly cleaner burning diesel fuel. DIBANET aims to: Optimize the yields of levulinic acid from the conversion of biomass. Select key biomass feedstocks for conversion to levulinic acid, analyse these, and develop rapid analytical methods that can be used in an online process.

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Diesel Production Greece Oil 218

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JANUARY 7, 2015

The lignin and C 5 sugars are removed via filtration while the C 6 sugars are routed downstream for conversion. xF Technologies Inc., In xF’s initial production step, biomass (cellulosic or starch) is broken down into sugars and lignin via acid hydrolysis. —Len Rand, Chairman and CEO of xF Technologies.

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MAY 28, 2015

It is cleaner, quieter, and friendlier to operate with a fuel cell power plant enabling mobility via renewable energy. ICE Ignition Using Transient Plasma Acceleration Lean-burn gasoline engines have trouble reliably igniting gasoline and air mixtures. 148,393.82. American Lithium Energy Corporation. 149,999.70. 149,999.70.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

These programs call for the retirement or conversion of old diesel trucks entering the ports in favor of new cleaner-burning and alternative-fueled trucks. Natural gas vehicle fuel provides lower emissions than gasoline and diesel, including up to a 23% reduction in greenhouse gases in medium-and heavy-duty trucking applications.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

liter four-cylinder Dynamic Force Engine is more fuel efficient, runs cleaner, and is more powerful than previous iterations, and features enhanced thermal management. Energy loss in the conversion efficiency of the transaxle and electric motor is reduced by approximately 20%, and its cooling system’s energy loss is cut by approximately 10%.

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JUNE 22, 2017

liter inline-four-cylinder D-4S gasoline engine and a new 3.5-liter With its long-stroke and high compression ratio, multi-hole direct fuel injectors, variable cooling system and VVT-iE, this high-output powerplant takes the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine to an increased level of thermal efficiency. Powertrains.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

BCG’s analysis finds that cellulosic ethanol is on the verge of becoming cost-competitive with gasoline at $3/gal US. Cleaner coal through carbon capture and sequestration. Click to enlarge. If these barriers can be overcome, advanced biofuels could significantly disrupt the status quo in fuel markets.

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JULY 13, 2011

This is an opportunity for the Commonwealth’s public and private sectors, industry leaders and innovators to work collaboratively to move state government away from vehicles fueled by gasoline and diesel fuel and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

Discovery of the zeolite catalyst ZSM-22 could have an impact on the production of cleaner transportation fuels from natural gas or biomass. The catalyst, which was previously believed to be inactive in the conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons, has been discovered by researchers at the University of Oslo in Norway.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Bionaphtha is used as a blending component in gasoline and also as a feedstock for the petrochemicals industry. The core of Solena’s solutions is its patented Solena Plasma Gasification (SPG) technology, which is capable of producing a synthetic fuel gas (BioSynGas) from the thermal conversion of bio-based hydrocarbons.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

No, this is a pickup for the homeowner who hauls big stuff on occasion but would prefer to do it without gasoline. Conversely, upon returning to Detroit, I encountered what appeared to be a massive delay according to the roadside “X Minutes to Whatever Street Via I-75” signs. I’m not quite there yet in my world.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Second, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a rule on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) that would provide financing to increase the conversion of biomass to bioenergy. Pilot-scale Conversion and Biorefinery facilities – DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), USDA (REE and FS). Earlier post.)

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

After an hour or so of breakfast and conversation, we unplugged our respective vehicles and went off to our appointments in the Capitol. At 20 lbs of carbon emissions per gallon of gasoline burned (US Energy Information Administration estimate), a Prius or Civic would have released about 80 lbs of carbon for this one round trip.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. So youll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? You dont have to plug it in.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

See also our EAA-PHEV:General disclaimer talk : Disclaimer edit Please visit the Conversion Interest page to help us gauge DIYers interest! Current Hybrids are natural donor platforms because they already have most of the needed electric propulsion components, so the conversion process deals primarily with integrating larger battery packs.A

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