Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2010

Researchers from North Carolina A and T State University have converted swine manure to bio-oils by using ethanol as a solvent in an autoclave in the reaction temperature range of 240-360 °C without any catalyst. Bio-oils can be upgraded to transportation fuels. annual consumption of petroleum oil in the US. American J.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2010

Reflecting the ongoing sluggish economic recovery, US gasoline deliveries for the first half of 2010 averaged 8.88 June gasoline deliveries of 9.18 million barrel per day were the lowest level for any June since 2004 and were 0.5% June gasoline deliveries of 9.18 Total US crude oil production averaged 5.47

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2010 Gasoline Alaska 2004 186

Green Car Congress

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.

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Fuel Economy 2012 Economy EPA 247

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Sandero and Logan will also be available with a new gasoline engine, the 1.2 LPG (90 hp / 67 kW) engines reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 12% compared with gasoline power, and offer lower emissions of criteria pollutants. LPG has a range of up to 1,200 km (746 miles) with a full tank of gasoline and a full tank of LPG. Dacia 1.6L

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. This is due to raw, externally premixed fresh charge comprising air, fuel and lube oil being short-circuited into the exhaust during the scavenging process. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. g/kWh with a 3.3%

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Engine Emissions Fleet Market 329

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2012

In October 2011, the refinery yield of distillate fuels (a category that includes diesel fuel and heating oil) reached 29.7%, matching the previous record set in December 2008, according to figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). However, calculating gasoline yields is slightly more complicated, EIA notes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. The majority of the carbon and oil savings from current vehicles is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies, the report observed. Among the top-level findings was that Model year 2013 vehicles achieved an average of 24.1 l/100 km)—a 0.5

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Fuel Economy MPG Economy EPA 230

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The process takes agricultural feedstocks such as animal fat, crop seed oil and restaurant grease, and converts them into drop-in liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Further processing converts the hydrocarbon liquid into the desired fuel such as gasoline, natural gas, jet fuel, diesel, lubricating oil, solvents or diluents.

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Commercial Universal Canada 2004 230

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2009

In addition to high oil prices and the financial crisis, the increased use of new renewable energy sources, such as biofuels for road transport and wind energy for electricity generation, had a noticeable and mitigating impact on CO 2 emissions. Fossil oil consumption decreased by one per cent, due to high prices and more biofuels.

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2008 Oil Renewable Emissions 170

Green Car Congress

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. This investment closes the Series-D offering through which Achates Power has raised $29.8

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Companies are physically unable to blend more corn ethanol into gasoline without causing problems for many gas stations and older automobiles. As the World Bank recently concluded, ‘most of the contribution to food price changes from 1997-2004 and 2005-2012 comes from the price of oil.’. …

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2004 Renewable 2005 Price 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2010

The Blade Supercharger is a novel variable flow compressor with the ability to meet the boosting requirements of heavily downsized engines, both gasoline and diesel. It is oil free, and other features include small size, low vibration and quiet operation.

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Downsizing 2004 Water Engine 239

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil.

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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

Green Car Congress

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 kilograms per 1,000 kilograms of oil produced to 2.96 kilograms per 1,000 kilograms of oil produced to 2.96 kg (for the 3.36

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

liter gasoline car and is suited for everyday driving, Mercedes says. Advanced diesel and gasoline engines will remain important for automotive applications for a long time to come—not only for individual mobility in passenger cars, especially over long distances—but, more importantly, for freight transport in trucks. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2009

Almost all of the energy consumed by the transportation sector is petroleum-based, including motor gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and residual oil. Tg in 2004, and since then have declined about 3%. Carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars and light-duty trucks totaled 1,147.0 Tg in 2007, an increase of 21% percent (197.5

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2007 Emissions EPA Gas 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Energix Research says its tests indicate that the technology enables the entire gas-to-liquids (GTL) process to consume a lower percentage of the energy in the gas source and, due to the lower capital costs, the overall cost of production can be very competitive with conventional, large-scale refineries which produce these fuels from crude oil.

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Gas-Electric Gas Affordable Oil 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

Put another way, even when driving the conventional T6 model and accelerating briskly up a winding road, the driver has no idea that only a 2.0L (1,969 cm 3 ), 4-cylinder gasoline engine is doing the work. 2 Audi is also developing a gasoline-engine version of the Q7 e-tron specifically for the Asian markets China, Singapore and Japan.

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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. The first is oil. We're increasingly dependent on imported oil from dangerous regions of the world.

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Gasoline-Electric Oil Gasoline Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2015

TFSI turbocharged gasoline direct injection engine introduced at the Vienna Motor Symposium last week is the first of the company’s EA888 Gen.3B Audi initially deployed its turbocharged, direct injection TFSI technology in 2004; the second generation followed in 2007, followed by the third generation, currently on the market, in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

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

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Fuel Economy Detroit Economy Michigan 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

liter gasoline engine designed for the North American market that features direct injection (DI) and Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) for enhanced performance and fuel efficiency. US small car sales—combined B- and C-segments—grew from about 14% of the market in 2004 to more than 21% now. Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Scientist have confirmed that unlike gasoline cars, plug-ins will get cleaner as they get older -- because our power grid is getting cleaner. For people looking for the most effective way to end our addiction to oil, PHEVs have made sense because carmakers can build them now, with todays technology and using todays infrastructure.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Starting the engine cold is a critical phase in fuel consumption, with the engine consuming the largest amount of fuel at this point due to greater internal friction and the high viscosity of the engine oil as long as it is still cold.

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BMW Fuel Exhaust CO2 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. The oil industry may be one of the sources of capital. One year ago. Eight months ago.

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Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. Deffeyes, 2005 "The Coming Oil Crisis", by Colin Campbell "Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael C.

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Green Car Congress

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.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

can be charged with “American homegrown electrons, not OPEC-related molecules of oil, on regular household electricity,” Asher said.If a hybrid is converted to a PHEV, it can reach a top speed of about 52 mph in electric mode before the gasoline engine takes over.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

The ethanol will be mixed with conventional gasoline for a lower-carbon, less-polluting fuel. The biodiesel, to be blended with conventional diesel, is derived from waste oils, including used cooking oil. The quantity of fuel dispensed at the station has increased 19-fold since it opened in 2004. Aemetis, Inc.

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California Los Angeles Transportation Sacramento 240

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

Motor gasoline accounts for 58.7% Factors that influenced the overall emissions decrease included record-high oil prices and a decline in economic activity in the second half of the year. Oil-related emissions declined by 6%, accounting for the bulk of overall reduction in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. since 1990.

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2008 Emissions Carbon Transportation 150

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

Going faster than that triggers the car’s gasoline-powered engine, transforming the vehicle back into a traditional hybrid. In fact, plug-ins can produce virtually no emissions at all while driving around town, as long as you don’t exceed 34 mph or press the gas pedal past halfway and engage the gasoline-powered engine.

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Prius Plug-in Plug Gasoline-Electric 100

Green Car Congress

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

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. USA Today ) 10/25/06 DaimlerChrysler is downright reluctant, even though it has built four test models, commercial-size vans that run on gasoline and electricity.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

As part of an aggressive deployment strategy for improving fuel efficiency across its product line-up in the near-to medium-term, Ford will offer its first-generation turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) in 90% of its product lineup by 2013. Gains in new vehicle fleet economy by OEM, 2004-2009.

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Fuel Economy Economy Ford Downsizing 186

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JANUARY 27, 2009

Any 2004 or newer Toyota Prius can hook up to the battery, which costs about $5,000. Asher said that the electricity it takes to run his car is about a quarter to a sixth of the cost of gasoline. Biodiesel can be made from ethanol or used cooking oil. We don’t have to wait.” You could just say, ‘take me to Los Angeles.’

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