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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. Oh’s hydrogen engine matched the rated power of the original gasoline engine, with an achieved best-point gross indicated thermal efficiency is 42.4%. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. —Oh and Plante.

Engine

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

EPA projects advanced transmissions (6+ speeds and CVTs), gasoline direct injection (GDI) systems, and turbocharged engines will be installed on at least 15% of all MY 2013 vehicles. The majority of the emissions and fuel savings from current vehicles, EPA noted, is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies. Click to enlarge.

Fuel Economy

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JULY 11, 2009

The states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho cut back their per-capita gasoline consumption by 5% in 2008, according to a new analysis by the Sightline Institute. Total gasoline use fell by 180 million gallons in those Pacific Northwest states. Weekly gas sales in the Northwest states declined from 7.8 Easing Off the Gas”.

2008

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FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) announced that gasoline consumption in the state rose 2.4% during fiscal year (FY) 2014-15, the largest yearly increase since FY 2003-2004 (increase of 2.6%). The rise in fuel consumption signals a strengthening California economy, with cheaper gas prices encouraging more vehicle travel.

2014

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has built a demonstrator vehicle, based on a 2012 Buick Regal GS, incorporating the latest D-EGR (dedicated EGR) technology ( earlier post ), an outgrowth of SwRI’s HEDGE (High Efficiency Dilute Gasoline Engine) consortium projects ( earlier post ). In 2013, SwRI reported a 2.0-liter

Fuel Economy

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APRIL 15, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the national greenhouse gas inventory, which finds that overall emissions during 2007 increased by 1.4% Almost all of the energy consumed by the transportation sector is petroleum-based, including motor gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and residual oil. from the previous year.

2007

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MARCH 3, 2020

Since MY 2004, CO 2 emissions have decreased 23%, or 108 g/mi, and fuel economy has increased 30%, or 5.8 Tesla improved fuel economy (as measured in miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent, or mpge). Preliminary data suggest further improvements in model year 2019. Source: EPA. 0 g/mi—and highest fuel economy, at 113.7

Fuel Economy

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JANUARY 13, 2017

A new lifecycle analysis of corn ethanol released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds that GHG emissions associated with corn-based ethanol in the United States are about 43% lower than gasoline when measured on an energy-equivalent basis.

Gasoline

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Achates Power, the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has been selected by APRA-E under its OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ) for an award of more than $9 million to develop a multi-cylinder opposed piston engine operating with compression ignition that uses gasoline as the fuel.

Gasoline

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JANUARY 17, 2012

The recent uptick in distillate yield can partly be explained by the significantly higher price margins over the cost of crude oil for distillate relative to gasoline, EIA said. times as much gasoline as distillate from each barrel of oil refined, up from about 2 times from the 1990s to 2004.

2001

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JANUARY 19, 2011

liter, inline four-cylinder gasoline engine. The gas engine will remain off if the accumulator charge is sufficient to drive the motor. In 2004, EPA had combined a full series hydraulic hybrid system with a diesel engine in a 2003 Ford Expedition SUV. Fluid for the system will be stored in a 14.4-gallon Earlier post.)

Chrysler

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Further processing converts the hydrocarbon liquid into the desired fuel such as gasoline, natural gas, jet fuel, diesel, lubricating oil, solvents or diluents. Bressler made his initial discovery in 2004 with funding from an NSERC Discovery grant.

Commercial

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APRIL 15, 2019

Year-over-year, US greenhouse gas emissions were 0.5% lower in 2017 than the prior year (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector), and power sector emissions fell 4.2%, according to the 2019 edition of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

2017

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APRIL 16, 2014

US greenhouse gas emissions by gas. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 19 th annual report of overall US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, showing a 3.4% Annual US greenhouse gas emissions relative to 1990 (1990=0). in 2004, and since then have declined about 10%. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

2005

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JUNE 14, 2012

This will divert 100 tons per day of food waste from landfills and use that to produce enough renewable natural gas to replace 566,000 gallons of diesel fuel and generate 3.17 The ethanol will be mixed with conventional gasoline for a lower-carbon, less-polluting fuel. tmdgroup, Inc. tmdgroup is based in Sacramento. Aemetis, Inc.

California

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APRIL 3, 2019

Gasoline engine-powered models as well as the standard hybrid are available with all-wheel drive. This means: In Auto EV mode, the vehicle decides whether to run on gas or electric power. In EV Later mode, drivers can switch to full gas-powered driving to conserve electric miles for later. and Evasive Steering Assist.

Escape

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Plants built since 2004 reduce ethanol’s life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50-60% compared to gasoline. thermo-compressors for heat reuse, raw starch hydrolysis, collocating with animal feeding operations) dramatically improve the GHG emissions of these plants versus those built prior to 2004.

2004

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

The new plan reflects this significant progress, and updates and expands upon previous editions of the Hydrogen Posture Plan, issued in 2006 and 2004. Well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

Hydrogen

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Among the findings of the EIA analysis: CO 2 emissions form natural gas surpassed those from coal in 2016. Natural gas CO 2 emissions have increased every year since 2009. The natural gas share of electricity generation has grown as the coal share declined, partially offsetting the decline in energy-related CO 2 emissions from coal.

2016

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MARCH 4, 2011

MPa enable the system to operate with very high thermal efficiency, exceeding even those of a large coal-generated power plant and nearly twice as efficient as that of a gasoline engine (about 25%). This configuration uses gas-foil bearings and includes a small turbine (red). Turbo-alternator-shaft design for the SNL S-CO 2 test loop.

Conversion

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Key findings of the study include: Average soybean yield for the 2004-2007 time period was 42.35 Key findings of the study include: Average soybean yield for the 2004-2007 time period was 42.35 Reviewers included Dr. Martin Patel of Utrecht University and Michael Levy of the American Chemistry Council. kg (for the 3.36 kg (for the 3.36

Production

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Companies are physically unable to blend more corn ethanol into gasoline without causing problems for many gas stations and older automobiles. Once the mandate for corn ethanol is gone, the RFS program will be able to focus on those fuels that best reduce greenhouse gas emissions and don’t compete with our food supply.

2004

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MARCH 7, 2018

In addition, the engine will emit 10% less CO 2 than the 2027 federal greenhouse gas requirement. Achates Power, founded in 2004, currently has a number of development projects underway spanning a variety of applications of its opposed-piston engine architecture, from light-to-heavy duty. grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp/hr).

Engine

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Best vehicle choice for minimum fuel consumption, cost, or greenhouse gas emissions as a function of distance driven between charges across sensitivity scenarios. Shiau et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. When charged frequently (every 20 miles or less), using average US electricity, small capacity (i.e., But batteries are heavy and expensive.

PHEV

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MAY 7, 2010

Conversion systems allow vehicles to run on alternative fuels; most conversions involve switching gasoline or diesel vehicles to operate instead on a gaseous fuel such as natural gas or propane; an alcohol fuel; or electricity. MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage. Intermediate age.

Conversion

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

While a small share of the thermal energy available is already used today (for example when warming up the engine or through exhaust gas turbocharging), further, specific improvements will serve to reduce fuel consumption and, accordingly, CO 2 emissions once again by several percentage points. Click to enlarge. Thermoelectric generator.

BMW

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), is a CEO-led initiative of 10 oil and gas companies that collaborate on action to lead the industry response to climate change. OGCI Climate Investments aims to catalyze the deployment of technology that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a significant scale.

Climate

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Energix Research , a developer of gas-phase catalysis processes, technologies and systems, says it has successfully produced gas-to-liquids (GTL) products using its electrically activated nanocatalyst process. Natural gas, specifically methane, is flared off in large volumes at landfills (studies estimate 3.5

Gas-Electric

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. US gal) of gasoline. The first technology demonstrator was the compact A2H2 in 2004, which was already equipped with a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM). liters (1.0

Audi

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JUNE 26, 2009

In particular in the US, where gasoline prices almost doubled in the summer of 2008 compared to 2007 levels, oil consumption dropped 7% decrease. The trend in global CO 2 emissions from the use of natural gas, which increased by almost 3% in 2008, did not show large differences compared to previous years. Emissions increased by 1.7%

2008

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MAY 20, 2009

This is the largest annual decline in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since EIA began annual reporting on greenhouse gas emissions. Motor gasoline accounts for 58.7% Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions account for more than 80% of US greenhouse gas emissions. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge. —an average of 1.1%

2008

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AUGUST 17, 2012

Nanostellar was founded in California in 2004 by scientists from Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center. Diesel engines are attractive because of their higher fuel efficiency than gasoline engines. The new material is active at temperatures as low as 120 °C with conversion maxima of ~45% higher than that achieved with Pt.

Exhaust

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Biogas, including anaerobic digester gas, can be reformed to produce hydrogen and used in a fuel cell to produce significant amounts of electricity and heat. Approximately 90% of hydrogen in the United States is currently produced from natural gas via steam methane reforming. transit buses or other heavy duty vehicles).

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MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. gallon gas in order to recoup its cost over the pure-gazzoline version.

VUE

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Achates Power will work with Delphi Automotive and Argonne National Laboratory on its ARPA-E-funded project to develop an innovative opposed-piston, gasoline compression ignition (OPGCI) engine. liter opposed-piston, gasoline compression ignition engine applicable to large passenger vehicles, pick-up trucks, SUVs and minivans.

Downsizing

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JUNE 23, 2009

Three of the factors had extreme values capable of generating a drop in Detroit 3 profits: a gasoline price of $1.50 By the time gasoline prices spiked to more than $4 a gallon in July of last year, Ford and GM had already reported combined losses on their automotive operations of more than $57.2 In addition, they have lost 14.2

Fuel Economy

Plug In Partners

MARCH 16, 2006

H ere is an interview with Joe Romm that recently appeared on the the popular radio show Earth and Sky Joseph Romm is author of " The Car and Fuel of the Future ," a 2004 report to the National Commission on Energy Policy. And just to be clear, the plug-in hybrid would still have a gasoline engine in it. The first is oil.

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