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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

Cars That Think

Petroleum refiners have to put a certain amount of renewable fuel—such as ethanol derived from corn or cellulose—into the U.S. From 2006, the RFS set a schedule of yearly obligations through 2022, with annually rising RIN targets. If a refiner couldn’t manage it, it could buy credits, called RINs, from a supplier who did.

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Lotus Omnivore Engine Shows Up To 10% Better Fuel Economy Than Spray-Guided GDI Engines; Achieves HCCI At Extremely Light Loads

Green Car Congress

Technologies combined in this package are all synergistic and provide a route to the efficient use of alternative fuels, accelerating the displacement of fossil fuels. The automotive industry, including Lotus Engineering, has quite rightly advocated engine downsizing for four-stroke engines. Luckert, A. Waltner, E.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford at 2006 Shareholders Meeting ) GM top 12/31/07 [GM Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz, 75, is undergoing a green conversion in the twilight of his career. "I ibid , May 17, 2006) "Honda and Ford did not return calls for comment We hope Ford will, and then move ahead! I got beaten down a number of times."

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