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Ford researchers report detailed study of the effect of different ethanol blend levels on emissions from FFVs

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A team at Ford Motor Company’s Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn conducted a detailed study of the effect of ethanol blend level in emissions, using a 2006 model Mercury Grand Marquis flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) operating on E0, E10, E20, E30, E40, E55, and E80 on a chassis dynamometer. Credit: ACS, Hubbard et al. Click to enlarge.

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3 Reasons an Electric Vehicle is the Perfect Present

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Car and Driver ‘s comparison did factor in the $7,500 federal tax credit, but it didn’t consider state, utility, and local credits and incentives. Ford F-150. Ford F-150 Electric. Credit: Ford. for 2020, and Ford has long been a leader in truck sales. Here are some of the most talked about.

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Taking another look at methanol as an alternative transportation fuel for the US

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In comparison, they noted, the technology for bio-chemical ethanol production from cellulosic biomass is not sufficiently developed yet. The concept has been demonstrated and proven in systematic dynamometer tests at Ford. A full comparison between the different options has to be done, reflecting the present conditions.

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Comparative study finds that B20 increases emission rates of a number of pollutants in both light- and medium-duty diesel engines at idle

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They found that the level of emissions of regulated and unregulated pollutants in diesel exhaust depends on fuel, load, engine calibration, and exhaust aftertreatment technology. Unregulated pollutants also include ozone precursors and bioaccumulative and toxic compounds. The second engine was a Ford 2008 6.4 —Chin et al.

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Advanced Turbocharged, Direct Injected Gasoline Engines Poised to Take on Diesels in US and in Europe for Reduced Fuel Consumption and Emissions

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However, prior to the remarks on climate change and the regulatory response, he spent a few minutes discussing the efforts on urban pollution—e.g., What more is need to end urban pollution, something we’ve been spending over 30 years working on? Comparison of Emission Standards (g/mi). . smog and particulates. Tim Johnson.

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Resounding success or a piece of scrap? The Green Piece

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Ostensibly, the scrappage scheme has been presented as an incentive to buy less polluting cars and therefore reduce damage to the environment. By restricting the cars that can be scrapped to those that are at least 10 years old the Government hopes to get “old bangers” off the road, and newer, less polluting alternatives out there.

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Wall Street Report

Plug In Partners

FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It Some cities, environmental groups and state pollution regulators have joined this " Plug-in Partners " effort.