Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a waiver for fuel containing up to 15% ethanol (E15) for model year 2007 and newer cars and light trucks. Tags: Ethanol Fuels Policy. Currently, there is an overall 10 volume percent (vol%) ethanol blend limit (the “blend wall”) in gasoline. Earlier post.).

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2007 Grant EPA Light 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2009

Kalghatgi and his group explored both the use of low-cetane fuels and exhaust gas recirculation (SAE 2007-01-0006). SAE 2001-01-0655), and optimizing fuel reactivity (Bessonette et al., SAE 2007-01-0191). Here, the potential for fuel economy improvement would even be larger than in diesel truck engines. Bessonette et al.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The waiver applies to new cars and light trucks built from the model year 2007 onwards – with a decision on the use of E15 in model year 2001-2006 vehicles to be made [.]. Tags: Biofuels Green cars Latest news E10 E15 Environmental Protection Agency EPA ethanol blends ethanol in gasoline ethanol in petrol.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Most of the new vehicles have received special praise for their interiors, which has been a priority for GM since Bob Lutz assumed product design responsibilities in 2001. These 4 th Generation vehicles are modified Chevy Equinoxes and have been on the street since the fall of 2007 as part of Project Driveway. Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies www.hevt.com Chicago, IL converts Ford F-150 pickup trucks. CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. Tags: evdriven. Go to Hymotion.com.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. Tags: evdriven. The GREET 1.6

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