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Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2019

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Specifically, this study examines actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans) from 1966 through 2019. (My million cars and light trucks sold in the United States in 2019 accounted for only 6.7% of all registered cars and light trucks in 2019.). of all registered cars and light trucks in 2019.).

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EIA: EVs and hybrids make up 16% of US light-duty vehicle sales

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric vehicle sales in the United States have increased in recent years as sales have decreased for non-hybrid gasoline- or diesel-fueled vehicles. Most of the shift toward battery-electric models is in the luxury segment.

Light

Light Hybrid Sale Vehicles

US light-duty diesel sales climb in 2018 to 500,000 units; 3% of sales

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2019

Sales of diesel light-duty vehicles (Class 1-3) in the US in 2018 reached their highest annual level, coming in at more than 500,000 units—just over 3% of total vehicle sales—according to figures by Baum & Associates provided by the Diesel Technology Forum. Source: Diesel Technology Forum.

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2018 Light Diesel Sale

Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2017

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Specifically, this study examines actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans) from 1966 through 2017. million cars and light trucks sold in the United States in 2017 accounted for only 6.9% Concerning the latter: Even if all 755,000 plug-in cars and light trucks that were sold in the U.S.

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DOE: all-electric vehicles have the lowest estimated average annual fuel cost of all light-duty vehicles

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The estimated annual fuel costs for model year (MY) 2019 all-electric light-duty vehicles are the lowest of all the different vehicle technologies, ranging from a low of $500 to a high of $900 per year, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). regular gasoline; $3.00 premium gasoline; $2.85 diesel; and $0.13

All-Electric

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EIA: EVs and hybrids accounted for 11% of US light-duty vehicle sales in Q4 2021

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicle sales in the Unites States have increased in recent months as sales of non-hybrid internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles fueled by gasoline or diesel decreased. Within each electric or hybrid powertrain type, crossover vehicles now account for most sales.

Light

Light Hybrid Sale Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Have the Lowest Annual Fuel Cost of All Light-Duty Vehicles

Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 16, 2022

Estimates of annual fuel costs for model year 2022 light-duty vehicles show that electric vehicles can save consumers thousands of dollars over gasoline or diesel vehicles. According to the data released by the Department of Energy (DOE), All EV models had annual fuel costs less than $1,000.

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Light Cost Of All-Electric Electric Vehicles

EIA projects global conventional gasoline and diesel LDV fleet will peak in 2038

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

In the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) International Energy Outlook 2021 , released earlier this month, the EIA forecast that the global light-duty vehicle (LDV) fleet will grow from 1.31 EIA projected that electric vehicles (EVs)—any LDV with a charging plug—will grow from 0.7% billion vehicles in 2020 to 2.21

Fleet

Fleet Gasoline Global Diesel

EPA proposes stringent new emissions standards for light-, medium-, heavy-duty vehicles for MY 2027 and beyond

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new proposed federal emissions standards spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond. The light-duty vehicle category includes passenger cars and light trucks consistent with previous EPA criteria pollutant and GHG rules.

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EPA Light Standards Emissions

WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A team of biologists and engineers modified Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 (TIE-1) so that it can produce a biofuel using only three renewable and naturally abundant source ingredients: carbon dioxide, solar panel-generated electricity and light. The results are reported in an open-access paper in the journal Communications Biology.

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Solar Light St. Louis Power

Electric Vehicles Have Lowest Annual Fuel Cost of All Light-Duty Vehicles

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 16, 2022

Estimates of annual fuel costs for model year (MY) 2022 light-duty vehicles show that electric vehicles (EVs) can save consumers thousands of dollars over gasoline or diesel vehicles. The only vehicle types with cost estimates between $1,000 and $2,000 were plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) and […].

Light

Light All-Electric Electric Vehicles Cost Of

ICCT: decline in diesel sales will have negligible impact on attainment of European CO2 emission standards

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MARCH 19, 2018

The current decline is ales of diesel light duty vehicle in Europe does not put EU CO 2 targets out of reach of automakers, according to a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). In addition, vehicle manufacturers increasingly use electric motors to complement conventional combustion engines in cars.

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Diesel CO2 Standards Emissions

Electric Vehicles & Hybrids Surpass 10% of U.S. Light-Duty Vehicle Sales

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicle sales in the Unites States have increased in recent months as sales of non-hybrid internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles fueled by gasoline or diesel decreased.

Light

Light Electric Vehicles Sale Hybrid

Cummins introduces 5L V8 diesel for North American light- and medium-duty commercial vehicles

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

a new 5-liter V8 diesel engine designed to power pickup-and-delivery vehicles, other light- and medium-duty trucks, school buses and motorhomes. extends Cummins range of on-road diesel engines for North American vehicles. V8 Turbo Diesel to be used in the Nissan Titan pick-up truck ( earlier post ), the ISV5.0

Diesel

Diesel Light Commercial Vehicles

Facelifted Mercedes-Benz B-Class with diesel, gasoline, natural gas and electric drives debuting at Paris show

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Buyers have a wide choice of powertrains: five diesel models with fuel ranging from 3.6 to 47 mpg US); four gasoline engines at between 5.4 mpg US); alternative drive systems (B 200 Natural Gas Drive and B-Class Electric Drive); as well as optional 4MATIC all-wheel drive. B-Class diesels. B-Class gasoline models.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric Gas-Electric Gasoline Gas

Every US EV costs less than $1,000 a year to fuel, according to federal estimates

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2022

Any light-duty electric vehicle available in the United States for the 2022 model year will save drivers thousands of dollars over gasoline or diesel vehicles, the Department of Energy said last week in a blog post.

Fuel

Fuel Gasoline-Electric United States Gasoline

IHS Markit: GM announcement latest sign that peak gasoline demand from light vehicles has already come and gone

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

IHS Markit places the global peak for oil demand (gasoline and diesel) from LVs in 2019 when the demand averaged 29.1 Demand peaking is due to the impact of rising vehicle fuel economy and emission standards, and as time goes by, from more sales of electric vehicles. million barrels per day (MMb/d). In 2020, there were about 9.2

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Light GM Gasoline Oil

Biden says he will convert Federal fleet to electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2021

In remarks made at the signing of his Executive Order on Strengthening American Manufacturing, President Biden said that he would replace the federal government’s fleet of vehicles with electric vehicles made in the US. Of the trucks, 271,652 are light-duty (66%); 101,999 are medium-duty (25%); and 38,837 are heavy-duty (9%).

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Fleet Electric Vehicles Convert Vehicles

EIA: Petroleum and natural gas will be the most-used fuels in the US through 2050

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

In the Reference case, petroleum and other liquids (mainly motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil) are the primary fuels consumed in the US transportation sector. Motor gasoline meets on-road passenger light-duty vehicle (LDV) travel demand, while diesel consumption meets our assumed increases in medium- and heavy-duty freight truck travel.

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Gas Fuel Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric

Sinopec Xinjiang Kuqa green hydrogen pilot project enters operation

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JULY 4, 2023

Tahe mainly processes heavy crude oil from Tahe oilfield with 12 refining units, as well as storage and transportation facilities, utilities such as water, electricity and steam, a distributed control system (DCS) for process control. million tons per year, gasoline and diesel hydro-fining capacity of 2.4

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Green Mongolia China

BMW previews future 7 Series, battery-electric i7

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

A few weeks before its world premiere and during the BMW Group Annual Conference, Frank Weber, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG for Development, presented a few details about the coming new BMW 7 Series, including the new all-electric BMW i7. The all-electric BMW i7 is also the most powerful BMW 7 Series. —Frank Weber.

BMW

BMW Future Battery Batteries

LiquidPiston awarded $9M contract from DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory for compact efficient heavy-fueled rotary engine program

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

LiquidPiston announced a $9-million award from the US Army to design, build and demonstrate an advanced, heavy-fueled combustion engine that uses up to 30% less fuel than comparable gasoline-powered engines in the same power class and reduces size and weight by up to 10x over diesel engines with comparable power output. Earlier post.).

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Engine Fuel Gasoline-Electric Gasoline

Methanol Institute releases two reports on methanol as safe, efficient and clean fuel

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

The report provides a summary of an analysis of physical properties of 19 samples of gasoline and methanol, as well as co-solvents ethanol, methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and tertbutyl alcohol (TBA) in different blending ratios. Gasoline-methanol blends evaporate faster at a lower temperature when methanol and ethanol are added to gasoline.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Fuel Gasoline-Electric

Cambridge team successfully tests hybrid light aircraft; 30% fuel savings

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Researchers from the University of Cambridge, in association with Boeing, have successfully tested a light aircraft powered by a parallel hybrid-electric propulsion system, in which an electric motor and gasoline engine work together to drive the propeller. Bio-Electric-Hybrid-Aircraft.

Light

Light Hybrid Fuel Gasoline-Electric

New Mercedes C-Class Estate offers new 1.6L diesel, diesel hybrid options; gasoline plug-in hybrid model coming

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2014

The powertrain range for the Estate, which includes diesel, gasoline and hybrid options, features a new 1.6-liter liter 4-cylinder diesel (OM 626) produced by Renault. The new Estate’s gasoline and diesel engines with ECO start/stop function comply with the Euro 6 emissions standards. The BlueTEC diesel engines.

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Diesel Gasoline Plug-in Mercedes

Study suggests GTL blending could increase overall US refinery efficiency by improving diesel efficiency

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JUNE 20, 2014

Impact of GTL diesel blending (5% penetration relative to refinery crude input) on US average overall refinery efficiency. Additional processing of domestically sourced tight light oil could marginally increase refinery efficiency, but these benefits could be offset by crude rebalancing, they found. Credit: ACS, Forman et al.

Diesel

Diesel Gasoline-Electric Oil Gasoline

New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Average new LDV fuel economy (liters gasoline equivalent per 100 km (L ge /100 km) by country or region (2005-17) and new registrations (2017). A key driver of the recent developments of the average fuel consumption include the rapid decline of diesel sales in several major vehicle markets, most notably in Europe. Source: GFEI.

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Global Fuel Economy Diesel SUV

Kia upgraded 2018 Sportage features new 1.6L diesel, 2.0L diesel 48V mild-hybrid technology

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2018

liter diesel engine now available with Kia’s new eight-speed automatic transmission, and—in certain markets—48-volt mild-hybrid power ( earlier post ). liter diesel engine, employing the company’s new SmartStream efficiency technologies. liter diesel engine. liter, four-cylinder diesel engine. km/l (6.13

Diesel

Diesel 2018 Kia Hybrid

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

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APRIL 17, 2021

This decrease was driven largely by a decrease in emissions from fossil fuel combustion resulting from a decrease in total energy use in 2019 compared to 2018 and a continued shift from coal to natural gas and renewables in the electric power sector. The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty vehicles (i.e., Source; EPA.

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2005 2019 EPA Climate Change

New powertrains for updated BMW X5 and BMW X6; PHEV and 48V MHEV

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The new BMW X5 and new BMW X6 can both be ordered with the choice of an eight-cylinder gasoline engine, a six-cylinder in-line gasoline and a six-cylinder in-line diesel engine—each from the latest generation of power units. The BMW X5 xDrive50e accelerates from rest to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.8 seconds.

BMW

BMW PHEV Gasoline-Electric Gasoline

UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The UK automotive industry warned that the current anti-diesel agenda combined with the ongoing slow take-up of electric vehicles could mean industry misses its next round of CO 2 targets in 2021, with negative consequences for the UK’s own climate change goals. decline in new diesel registrations. to a new low of 165.4

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2017 Auto Industry Diesel CO2

Phillips 66 files LCFS pathway applications for renewable gasoline, CIs from 30.9 to 63.4 gCO2e/MJ

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Phillips 66 Company has applied for three California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Tier 2 fuel pathways for renewable gasoline derived from soybean oil and canola oil. Phillips 66 also filed a separate application for renewable gasoline derived from distiller’s corn oil which is processed along with soybean oil and canola oil.

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Gasoline Renewable Gasoline-Electric Oil

ExxonMobil: diesel will surpass gasoline as the number one global transportation fuel by 2020

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2013

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. Diesel demand accounts for 70% of the growth in demand for all transportation fuels through the forecast period to 2040.

Gasoline

Gasoline Transportation 2020 Diesel

Mazda unveils CX-60 crossover in Europe; e-Skyactiv PHEV, 48V MHEVs

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

liter in-line four-cylinder Skyactiv-G gasoline engine with a 100 kW electric motor and a 355V, 17.8 liter e-Skyactiv D diesel unit and a 3.0 liter e-Skyactiv X gasoline engine, both featuring Mazda’s 48V mild hybrid system. liter e-Skyactiv D diesel unit and a 3.0 kWh battery pack.

Mazda

Mazda PHEV Europe Gasoline-Electric

Audi banking on Gen 2 3.0L TDI diesel for US sales; calls for a “fair shot” for diesel

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

Audi of America introduced four new TDI clean diesel models for the US market this year—the Audi A8, A7, A6, Q5—along with an updated Q7 TDI, all equipped with a second-generation 3.0L V6 TDI diesel engine. Not only is it more powerful and contains up to 30% better efficiency than traditional gasoline, etc.

Diesel

Diesel Audi Sale Fuel Economy

UMTRI study finds total cost of ownership of diesels in US often much less than gasoline counterparts

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JULY 9, 2015

Though there are some exceptions to these positive results for some of the diesel versions of vehicles from a total-cost-of-ownership perspective, the overall direction of the results supports the idea that diesel vehicles are competitive within the U.S. —Bruce Belzowski. Alternative powertrain sales.

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Cost Of Gasoline Diesel Fuel Economy

Ricardo to display functional integration prototype of ADEPT 48V “intelligent electrification” diesel

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Ricardo will display the first functional integration prototype of the Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) collaborative research project ( earlier post ) in public for the first time this week at the Low Carbon Vehicle Event (LCV 2014) in the UK. 48V Diesel Fuel Efficiency' ADEPT schematic. Click to enlarge.

Diesel

Diesel Downsizing Lead Acid Gasoline-Electric

ABB and Eviny install first Terra 360 360kW fast chargers in Norway

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

With a maximum output of 360 kW, the Terra 360 is capable of fully charging an electric car in 15 minutes or less. Norway is seeking to become the first nation to end the sale of gasoline and diesel cars by 2025. We know how important a reliable fast charging experience is when choosing an electric car over a fossil-fueled car.

Norway

Norway Installation Sustainable Transportation Sweden

Tech: New Technology Reduces Diesel Emissions

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 22, 2021

According to dozens of automotive story headlines, the internal combustion engine, running on gasoline or diesel, is dead or dying as customers, auto companies and investors flock to electric powertrains. A workhorse diesel gets cleaner and more efficient. Cummins and Tula Announce Tests Validating Reductions.

Diesel

Diesel Emissions Fuel Economy Yukon

Kia launching new diesel 48V mild-hybrid powertrain in 2018 on Sportage; more models to come

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MAY 15, 2018

Kia Motors will introduce its first 48V diesel mild-hybrid powertrain in the second half of 2018. The new “EcoDynamics+” powertrain supplements acceleration with electric power from an additional 48-volt battery and extends combustion engine ‘off time’ using a new Mild-Hybrid Starter-Generator unit.

Kia

Kia 2018 Diesel Hybrid

DOT and EPA release revised fuel economy and GHG emission standards for MY 2021-2026 light-duty vehicles

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APRIL 1, 2020

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule setting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO 2 emissions standards for model years 2021-2026 passenger cars and light trucks.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Standards EPA Economy

Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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JUNE 15, 2021

The study considers five different powertrains (internal combustion engine, hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid-electric, fuel-cell-electric, and battery-electric) and 12 cost components (purchase cost, depreciation, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repair, taxes, registration fees, tolls and parking, payload capacity and labor).

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Maintenance Cost Of Chad Plug-in

Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Ford announced that it intends to invest up to £230 million (US$316 million) at its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles sold in Europe. Production capacity is planned to be around 250,000 units a year.

Ford

Ford Building Turkey Power

Volvo reveals new XC90; limited diesel, gasoline First Edition on sale only online

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2014

The new XC90, with “Thor’s hammer” DRL lights. The two launch engines are the D5 twin turbo diesel and the T6 supercharged and turbocharged gasoline unit. Power and torque charts for the T6 gasoline unit (left) and the D5 diesel (right). Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. l/100 km (40.6

Volvo

Volvo Gasoline Diesel Sale

Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2019

EIA: EVs and hybrids make up 16% of US light-duty vehicle sales

US light-duty diesel sales climb in 2018 to 500,000 units; 3% of sales

Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2017

DOE: all-electric vehicles have the lowest estimated average annual fuel cost of all light-duty vehicles

EIA: EVs and hybrids accounted for 11% of US light-duty vehicle sales in Q4 2021

Electric Vehicles Have the Lowest Annual Fuel Cost of All Light-Duty Vehicles

EIA projects global conventional gasoline and diesel LDV fleet will peak in 2038

EPA proposes stringent new emissions standards for light-, medium-, heavy-duty vehicles for MY 2027 and beyond

WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

Electric Vehicles Have Lowest Annual Fuel Cost of All Light-Duty Vehicles

ICCT: decline in diesel sales will have negligible impact on attainment of European CO2 emission standards

Electric Vehicles & Hybrids Surpass 10% of U.S. Light-Duty Vehicle Sales

Cummins introduces 5L V8 diesel for North American light- and medium-duty commercial vehicles

Facelifted Mercedes-Benz B-Class with diesel, gasoline, natural gas and electric drives debuting at Paris show

Every US EV costs less than $1,000 a year to fuel, according to federal estimates

IHS Markit: GM announcement latest sign that peak gasoline demand from light vehicles has already come and gone

Biden says he will convert Federal fleet to electric vehicles

EIA: Petroleum and natural gas will be the most-used fuels in the US through 2050

Sinopec Xinjiang Kuqa green hydrogen pilot project enters operation

BMW previews future 7 Series, battery-electric i7

LiquidPiston awarded $9M contract from DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory for compact efficient heavy-fueled rotary engine program

Methanol Institute releases two reports on methanol as safe, efficient and clean fuel

Cambridge team successfully tests hybrid light aircraft; 30% fuel savings

New Mercedes C-Class Estate offers new 1.6L diesel, diesel hybrid options; gasoline plug-in hybrid model coming

Study suggests GTL blending could increase overall US refinery efficiency by improving diesel efficiency

New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

Kia upgraded 2018 Sportage features new 1.6L diesel, 2.0L diesel 48V mild-hybrid technology

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

New powertrains for updated BMW X5 and BMW X6; PHEV and 48V MHEV

UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

Phillips 66 files LCFS pathway applications for renewable gasoline, CIs from 30.9 to 63.4 gCO2e/MJ

ExxonMobil: diesel will surpass gasoline as the number one global transportation fuel by 2020

Mazda unveils CX-60 crossover in Europe; e-Skyactiv PHEV, 48V MHEVs

Audi banking on Gen 2 3.0L TDI diesel for US sales; calls for a “fair shot” for diesel

UMTRI study finds total cost of ownership of diesels in US often much less than gasoline counterparts

Ricardo to display functional integration prototype of ADEPT 48V “intelligent electrification” diesel

ABB and Eviny install first Terra 360 360kW fast chargers in Norway

Tech: New Technology Reduces Diesel Emissions

Kia launching new diesel 48V mild-hybrid powertrain in 2018 on Sportage; more models to come

DOT and EPA release revised fuel economy and GHG emission standards for MY 2021-2026 light-duty vehicles

Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

Volvo reveals new XC90; limited diesel, gasoline First Edition on sale only online

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