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EPA updates rules to ease commercialization of alternative fuel conversion systems

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated rules making it easier for manufacturers to sell fuel conversion systems—i.e., The updated final rule covers alternative fuel conversion of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing. Overview of Program Elements.

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EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make it easier for manufacturers to gain approval to sell fuel conversion systems. The proposed rule would cover conversions of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines, and would apply to all clean alternative fuels. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing 2.

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Infiniti introducing production-ready variable compression ratio engine at Paris Motor Show

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Conversely, moving the center of the eccentric journal downward raises the compression ratio. Nissan, in a 2003 paper, said that its multi-link geometry resolved those previous issues. In 2008, a team from Renault and Nissan published a study on the application of the use of this VCR technology for HCCI combustion in a diesel engine.).

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. Consumption of anhydrous ethanol has grown steadily since the 1990s, peaking in 2003. Already the world’s biggest producer and exporter of sugar, farmers reaped the benefits of this new demand.