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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

Chevron USA kicked off a road trip across the US Gulf Coast to showcase an innovative new gasoline blend with more than 50% renewable content. During the tour, Chevron representatives will talk with members of the public about the benefits of lower carbon fuels such as biofuels and renewable gasoline blend.

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California “gasoline superuser” bill advances; focusing ZEV incentives on reducing gasoline use

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

By shifting the biggest gasoline users into ZEVs first, AB 2816 also reduces the total number of ZEVs that would be needed to reach the state’s near-term target of cutting light-duty vehicle emissions in half by 2030. California’s biggest gasoline users currently are on track to be the last people to switch to ZEVs.

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

Green Car Congress

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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Argonne report on characteristics of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles in US

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A new report from a team at Argonne National Laboratory examines the changing characteristics for light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) from 2010-2021, evaluating range, energy efficiency, costs, and performance. billion miles, offsetting 700 million gallons of gasoline. More than 2.1 Annual sales of PEVs in the US by year.

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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

Advocacy group Coltura has published a report that finds converting the biggest users of gasoline to EVs in the next ten years is critical to reaching climate goals and that present EV policies are poorly suited to accomplishing that conversion. Among the findings of the report: Drivers are highly unequal in their gasoline consumption.

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Study estimates fuel economy improvements to US light-duty vehicles from 1975–2018 saved 2T gallons of fuel, 17B tons of CO2

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2020

A team from the University of Tennessee and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has the fuel savings due to fuel economy improvements over the past 43 years amount to approximately two trillion gallons of gasoline. Estimated attribution of fuel savings due to fuel economy improvements to light-duty vehicles since 1975.

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This analysis examines the effect of this downturn in driving on gasoline consumption (both total and per capita), and places the consumption in 2020 in a historical context. The results show that gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that 55 years ago. Total consumption. Total consumption (millions of gallons).

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DICP team demonstrates direct synthesis of isoparaffin-rich gasoline from syngas

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2022

Bao Xinhe from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has achieved the direct synthesis of isoparaffin-rich gasoline from syngas using ZnAlO x -SAPO-11 oxide-zeolite (OXZEO) catalysts. Direct syngas conversion to isoparaffin-rich gasoline over OXZEO catalyst. Credit: Feng Jingyao.

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DOE: Average annual gasoline taxes paid per vehicle, by state, 2019

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2019

According to the Federal Highway Administration, the average fuel economy for all light vehicles on the road today is 22.3 The Federal tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon, and each state has a gasoline tax, ranging from 8.95 miles per gallon (mpg) and the average annual miles driven is 11,484 miles. cents in Alaska to 58.7

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Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

A new study by a team from Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) has found that greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 46% lower than those from gasoline—a decrease in emissions from the estimated 39% done by previous modeling. gCO 2 e/MJ) which is 46% lower than the average carbon intensity for neat gasoline.

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Nissan introduces new Townstar LCV in gasoline and electric versions

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In Europe, Nissan revealed the next-generation compact Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV), the Townstar. With a fully electric powertrain in addition to a gasoline-powered option in van and combi (passenger) versions, the new Townstar brings a suite of 20+ technologies to the compact van offering.

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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: US Light-duty electric vehicle miles traveled reached 13.7 billion miles in 2020

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Total US Light-Duty Annual eMVT, 2012-2020. million PEVs have been sold, driving 52 billion miles on electricity since 2010, thereby reducing national gasoline consumption by 0.42% in 2020 and 1.9 billion miles, offsetting 500 million gallons of gasoline. Note: eVMT for 2011 was too small to appear on graph. Source: DOE.

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

Green Car Congress

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

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

Green Car Congress

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 When it comes to oil demand from light vehicles, it’s the latest sign that the 2019 peak is permanent. million light plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the global light vehicle fleet.

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Why aren't EVs staying in the US fleet as long as gasoline models?

Green Car Reports

MAY 21, 2023

vehicle fleet as long as gasoline cars and trucks, which could be a problem for reducing real-world fleet emissions. The average age of light-duty vehicles in the U.S. A new study suggests EVs aren't staying in the U.S. has hit a record high 12.5

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DOE: Life cycle GHG emissions for 2020 electric small SUV were half those of a conventional gasoline small SUV

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Using current technologies, all evaluated biofuel, battery electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicle pathways offer significant C2G GHG emissions reduction compared to the current gasoline internal combustion engine vehicle. C2G emissions are a sum of WTW emissions and emissions associated with vehicle manufacturing.

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DOE: plug-in vehicles in US displaced 323M gallons of gasoline in 2018; ~0.25%

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2019

In 2018, plug-in light-duty vehicles on the road displaced 323 million gallons of gasoline—about one quarter of a percent of all gasoline used in the United States, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). Gasoline displacement from plug-in vehicles is about 42% more than it was in. Source: DOE.

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

Green Car Congress

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 billion vehicles in 2020 to 2.21 billion vehicles by 2050. of the global LDV fleet in 2020 to 31% in 2050, reaching 672 million vehicles.

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Calling All Gasoline Super Users: Switch To EVs & Save $$

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 20, 2024

Could it be to prioritize the light. continued] The post Calling All Gasoline Super Users: Switch To EVs & Save $$ appeared first on CleanTechnica. What will it take to cut vehicle emissions more quickly, efficiently, and equitably?

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

Green Car Congress

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.

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ANL estimates US energy savings due to light-duty PEV use at 44.8T Btu in 2019, up 47% from 2018

Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

In a recent report assessing multiple properties of plug-ion electric vehicles (PEVs) solid in the US, a team from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) estimates that the energy savings in the United States due to light-duty PEVs in 2019 was 44.8 Gasoline conversion to Btu using gross heating value 125,000 Btu/gallon. More than 1.4

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Report: 1 in 10 drivers burn nearly a third of US gasoline

Green Car Reports

JULY 21, 2021

A small group of drivers are responsible for a disproportionately high amount of gasoline consumption in the United States, according to a new report from advocacy group Coltura. These so-called gasoline "superusers" constitute just one in 10 U.S. drivers, but burn 32% of gasoline used in U.S.

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NREL study probes emissions impact of butanol-gasoline blends in light-duty vehicles

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Results of a study led by a team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on the impact of butanol-gasoline blends on light-duty vehicle emissions suggest that widespread deployment of n-butanol or i-butanol in the gasoline pool could result in changes to the estimated emissions of alcohols and carbonyls in the emissions inventory.

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NREL, INL team assesses levelized cost of light-duty EV charging in US in 2019

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2020

A team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Idaho National Laboratory has produced a detailed assessment of the current levelized cost of light-duty electric-vehicle charging (LCOC) in the United States, considering when, where, and how EVs are charged. kWh for light-duty BEVs and $0.14/kWh Borlaugh et al.

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Gasoline direct injection was the most widely adopted emerging fuel saving technology in 2018: 51%

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2019

Manufacturers have been adopting technologies that improve the efficiency of light-duty vehicles and allow them to achieve greater fuel economy. Gasoline hybrid vehicles accounted for 4%, while plug-in hybrid, all-electric, and fuel cell vehicles had a combined total of 3%.

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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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IHS Markit: US gasoline demand could be cut almost in half due to COVID-19

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2020

A sudden drop in miles traveled by car in the US triggered by wide-spread social isolation measures will have immediate ramifications for gasoline demand. IHS Markit analysis finds that US gasoline demand could fall by as much as 4.1 The four-week average US gasoline demand for the week ending 6 March 2020 was 9.1

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Study: 1 in 5 EV owners go back to gasoline, and home charging is a big issue

Green Car Reports

MAY 3, 2021

As we’ve heard in so many different ways from those who’ve seen the light, there’s no turning back. About 1 out of 5 drivers who go electric do shift back to gasoline. Fortunately, most Americans who make the shift to an electric vehicle are converts for life. But it’s not always that way. And that rate of.

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Eni and FCA develop A20: 15% methanol, 5% ethanol high-octane gasoline blend

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2019

By harnessing its low carbon content, bio component and high octane number (RON 100), the new alternative fuel emits up to 3% less in CO 2 exhaust emissions quantified using the new Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedures (WLTP).

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

Green Car Congress

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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Achates showcases 2.7L, 3-cylinder opposed piston gasoline compression ignition engine in F-150; estimated 37 mpg combined

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2018

liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. We chose to demonstrate our ultra-clean, ultra-efficient OP Engine in a full-size light-duty pickup truck because of the significant need and opportunity for improvement in this segment. Earlier post.). —David Johnson, president and CEO, Achates Power.

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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. Sales of these light-duty diesels represent approximately 0.8%

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IHS Markit: average age of cars and light trucks in US rises to 12.1 years

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

New research from IHS Markit shows that the average age of light vehicles in operation (VIO) in the US has risen to 12.1 The ongoing microchip shortage is expected to continue to challenge new vehicle production volumes through the fourth quarter 2021, but rounding out the year, IHS Markit expects US light vehicle sales to reach 16.8

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Aramco researchers co-optimize piston bowl and injector for light-duty GCI engine using CFD and ML

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2022

Researchers in the Transport Technologies Division of Saudi Aramco have used using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and advanced machine learning (ML) techniques to co-optimize the piston bowl and the injector design of a gasoline compression ignition (GCI) engine. At high-load, larger and fewer number nozzles are recommended.

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Achates Power and Aramco Services Company partner on opposed-piston engine projects; Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI)

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2018

The first result of this agreement is the demonstration vehicle that will be shown at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS): a light-duty truck with an Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) Engine. At that time, Achates said it would demonstrate the engine in 2018 in a driveable light-duty truck.

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UK steps up plan for EV transition, new gasoline cars banned from 2035

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The United Kingdom government has provided additional details of a plan to end sales of new gasoline and diesel cars and light-duty commercial vehicles by 2035. A movement to eliminate these vehicles, which according to the U.K.

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Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

They are adjusted for both population and 2020 being a leap year (all but price of gasoline) and for inflation (price of gasoline). Sales of cars and light trucks. Price of gasoline. Sources of the underlying data: Bureau of Economic Analysis (sales of cars and light trucks). Month-year. Vehicle miles traveled.

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NRC Canada team investigates effect of gasoline particulate filter on PM from light-duty GDI engine

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

A team led by researchers from the National Research Council Canada has investigated the effect of the use of a gasoline particulate filter on the size and morphology of PM emitted from a light-duty gasoline-direct-injection (GDI) vehicle over the FTP-75 and US06 transient drive cycles. Earlier post.) Meghdad Saffaripour, Tak W.

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New process produces high-octane synthetic fuel from low-octane Fischer-Tropsch gasoline

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2019

A team in Russia has developed a novel and simple strategy to produce high-octane synthetic fuel based on low-octane gasoline Fischer-Tropsch product via new two-stage processes in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis involving isomerization of alkenes and a methoxylation process. A paper on their work is published in the journal Fuel. Ershov et al.

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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. All EV models had annual fuel costs less than $1,000.

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New York to Ban Sale of Gasoline Vehicles After 2035

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill that effectively makes the sale of new gasoline-powered automobiles illegal within the state after 2035. The post New York to Ban Sale of Gasoline Vehicles After 2035 appeared first on The Truth About Cars. Though she […].

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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

California “gasoline superuser” bill advances; focusing ZEV incentives on reducing gasoline use

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

Argonne report on characteristics of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles in US

Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

Study estimates fuel economy improvements to US light-duty vehicles from 1975–2018 saved 2T gallons of fuel, 17B tons of CO2

Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

DICP team demonstrates direct synthesis of isoparaffin-rich gasoline from syngas

DOE: Average annual gasoline taxes paid per vehicle, by state, 2019

Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline

Nissan introduces new Townstar LCV in gasoline and electric versions

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

DOE: US Light-duty electric vehicle miles traveled reached 13.7 billion miles in 2020

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

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

Why aren't EVs staying in the US fleet as long as gasoline models?

DOE: Life cycle GHG emissions for 2020 electric small SUV were half those of a conventional gasoline small SUV

DOE: plug-in vehicles in US displaced 323M gallons of gasoline in 2018; ~0.25%

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

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

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

Calling All Gasoline Super Users: Switch To EVs & Save $$

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

ANL estimates US energy savings due to light-duty PEV use at 44.8T Btu in 2019, up 47% from 2018

Report: 1 in 10 drivers burn nearly a third of US gasoline

NREL study probes emissions impact of butanol-gasoline blends in light-duty vehicles

NREL, INL team assesses levelized cost of light-duty EV charging in US in 2019

Gasoline direct injection was the most widely adopted emerging fuel saving technology in 2018: 51%

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

IHS Markit: US gasoline demand could be cut almost in half due to COVID-19

Study: 1 in 5 EV owners go back to gasoline, and home charging is a big issue

Eni and FCA develop A20: 15% methanol, 5% ethanol high-octane gasoline blend

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

Achates showcases 2.7L, 3-cylinder opposed piston gasoline compression ignition engine in F-150; estimated 37 mpg combined

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

IHS Markit: average age of cars and light trucks in US rises to 12.1 years

Aramco researchers co-optimize piston bowl and injector for light-duty GCI engine using CFD and ML

Achates Power and Aramco Services Company partner on opposed-piston engine projects; Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI)

UK steps up plan for EV transition, new gasoline cars banned from 2035

Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

NRC Canada team investigates effect of gasoline particulate filter on PM from light-duty GDI engine

New process produces high-octane synthetic fuel from low-octane Fischer-Tropsch gasoline

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

New York to Ban Sale of Gasoline Vehicles After 2035

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