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MARCH 26, 2012

Ford of Europe has begun production of the new Fiesta ECOnetic Technology, which offers fuel economy of 3.3l/100 liter 60PS and 82PS gasoline engines; and the latest 1.6-liter This is part of Ford’s commitment to reduce CO 2 emissions of its cars by 30% between 2006 and 2020. Fiesta ECOnetic Technology. Click to enlarge.

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MPG Ford Fuel Economy Production 301

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AUGUST 8, 2016

A growing number of studies on the effects of biofuel production on domestic and international fuel markets have concluded that biofuel production results in only a partial displacement of gasoline on an energy-equivalent basis—thereby increasing global energy use. for its analysis.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Cradle-to-Gate (farmer-to-product) pathways for soybeans. An updated life cycle assessment (LCA) of soybean production and products commissioned by the United Soybean Board found multiple energy and environmental benefits of current US soybean farming and processing. Source: USB. Click to enlarge. kg (for the 3.36

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MAY 17, 2019

New 2018 data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) indicates that the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) continues to drive production of a growing volume of cleaner transportation fuels for California consumers. To date almost 3.3 billion gallons of petroleum diesel have been displaced by clean, low-carbon alternatives.

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Cleaner California Standards Carbon 207

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

KS Kolbenschmidt has developed its LITEKS concept for particularly low-friction piston systems installed in highly loaded gasoline engines. In order to achieve the defined piston friction targets for the latest product generation, numerous elasto-hydrodynamic multi-body simulations were carried out from the beginning of the development phase.

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Fuel Concept Engine 2006 239

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

Example of mechanochemical production of a MOF. Chemists at Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have devised a novel environmentally friendly technique which allows the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). James (2006) Solvent-free synthesis of a microporous metal–organic framework. Pichon et al.

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Gas Commercial Ireland Production 218

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JULY 4, 2013

Summary of levelized production cost estimates of fuel (LCOF) for the examined plant designs. The horizontal red lines show the comparable price of gasoline (before tax, refining margin 0.3 $/gal, exchange rate: 1 € = 1.326 $) with crude oil prices 100 $/bbl and 150 $/bbl. —depending on the end-product and process conditions.

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Carbon Fuel Finland Gasoline 218

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MAY 25, 2010

Fuel-cycle SO 2 emissions of EVs compared to those of gasoline ICEVs and HEVs in China, current (left) and future (right). The study examined the fuel-cycle CO 2 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs in China in both current (2008) and future (2030) periods and compared them with those of conventional gasoline vehicles and gasoline hybrids.

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Coal Gasoline-Electric Gasoline China 291

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AUGUST 27, 2013

The world’s consumption of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, and other petroleum products reached a record high of 88.9 Petroleum use in Europe has declined in every year since 2006. Year-on-year changes in petroleum consumption by region.

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North America 2012 America Europe 261

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JULY 28, 2020

This new strategic direction will be anchored in all divisions—from administration and purchasing to development and production, all the way to sales. For the first time, these extend throughout the entire lifecycle: from the supply chain through production to the end of the use phase. —Oliver Zipse.

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BMW Fully Electric Emissions Climate Change 259

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

A new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) concludes that the emissions associated with the transport of ethanol could negate its potential economic and environmental benefits compared to gasoline. The rapid growth of ethanol production and use in the US has major infrastructure implications.

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Transportation Gasoline 2009 Emissions 191

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Since the first-generation Kia cee’d started production at Kia’s new Slovakian manufacturing facility in December 2006, more than 1.28 More than 640,000 of the second-generation model have been built since production began in 2012. In 2006, Kia’s share of the European market was around 1.5%. liter T-GDi power unit.

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Kia Europe Diesel 2006 170

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Under the Master Agreement, Aemetis has predominant exclusive rights to use the InEnTec Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) gasification equipment and technology for cellulosic ethanol production until 2024. The PEM system uses heating from electrically conducting gas (a plasma) to convert the feedstock (usually waste) to valuable products.

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India Renewable MIT Carbon 170

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, the biobutanol technology company formed as a joint venture between DuPont and BP, and Highwater Ethanol LLC, a producer of first-generation corn ethanol, have begun to retrofit Highwater’s ethanol plant in Lamberton, Minnesota for the production of bio-isobutanol. of the hydrocarbon gasoline.

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APRIL 2, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the first applications for registration of ethanol for use in making gasoline that contains up to 15% ethanol (E15). Registration of ethanol to make E15 is a significant step toward its production, sale, and use in model year 2001 and newer gasoline-fueled cars and light trucks.

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EPA 2001 Grant Gasoline 236

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JANUARY 7, 2012

Geographical distributions of global BC emissions from motor vehicles in 1976 (A) and 2006 (B). Country-based mean values are shown for 1976 and 1° × 1° resolution was used for 2006. Researchers at Peking University have developed a new methodology to model black carbon (BC) emissions from diesel and gasoline motor vehicles.

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Universal Emissions Carbon Global 218

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AUGUST 14, 2014

drop-in biohydrocarbons) could offer an option to achieve a high-bioenergy-content gasoline that is compatible with conventional gasoline-fueled cars (i.e., Neste Oil provided the renewable gasoline component. Fuels were match-blended using fossil gasoline refinery components and gasoline biocomponents.

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Emissions Renewable Gasoline Cars 231

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. below their 2006 levels. from 2014.

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California Light Emissions Climate 150

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

If a product is above the annual carbon intensity target, the fuel incurs deficits. If a product is below that target, the fuel generates credits which may be used later for compliance, or sold to other producers who have deficits. Gasoline and Gasoline Substitutes. The LCFS applies to liquid and non-liquid fuels.

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Carbon California Fuel Diesel 150

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

Developed for the latest 1-liter downsized gasoline engines. Continental will be supplying Ford with turbochargers for the carmaker’s new three-cylinder direct injection gasoline engine platform. —Udo Schwerdel, head of Continental’s turbocharger product line. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Engine Ford Supplies Downsizing 225

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Vehicles of Mercedes-Benz’ new generation of compact cars are slated to roll off the production line as of 2014. Our new compacts are so popular with customers that we will add BBAC as the third pillar of our compact car production network besides the Rastatt and Kecskemét plants in the context of our Mercedes-Benz 2020 growth strategy.

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Mercedes China Chinese Cars 218

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JULY 26, 2010

The production would suffice for the blending requirements of Bihar and neighbouring states. “We We will begin ethanol production from these sugar mills by year-end. In November 2006, the government of India had mandated that ethanol-blended gasoline be sold through India, except in the northeastern states and Jammu and Kashmir.

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India 2006 Petrol 2008 186

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. CSI says this is the world’s first production of a liquid renewable transport fuel from non-biological sources of energy. Click to enlarge.

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel 150

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

liter gasoline engine from the EA 211 series, representing Volkswagen’s most modern engine technology. The start of production is scheduled for the beginning of 2015. From 2015, the Group will supply its vehicle assembly plant at Kaluga and contract production at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod with the locally produced engines.

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Russia Engine Parts 2015 225

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MARCH 15, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report summarizing key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy, and CO 2 - and fuel economy-related technology for gasoline- and diesel-fueled personal vehicles sold in the United States, from model years (MY) 1975 through 2012. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy 2012 EPA Economy 284

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AUGUST 24, 2015

The first scenario applied the annual required RFS Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) percentages, as established by EPA rulemakings, to the volumes of fossil-based, non-renewable gasoline and diesel used in the United States. RFS1 and RFS2.

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Carbon Emissions 2005 Renewable 150

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

Brown macroalgae exhibit several features of an ideal feedstock that can complement the increased global demand on energy and food production. Large-scale cultivation of brown macroalgae is already being practiced in several countries, yielding over 70 million metric tons per year in 2006. While the engineering of the E.

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Engine Renewable EPA 2006 344

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JUNE 1, 2016

The kraft process converts wood into wood pulp for paper production. This makes black liquor the fifth most important fuel in the world, next to coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline. Researchers in Sweden and Spain have devised a three-step process for the conversion of precipitated kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel.

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Conversion Diesel Green Finland 150

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MARCH 8, 2010

OpenECU provides a bridge between the advanced technologies that the EPA is developing for greener vehicles and the vehicle companies, along with their suppliers, that ultimately need a production ECU to bring that technology to the market. The G850 is particularly suited to multi-cylinder (up to 8) gasoline engine management applications.

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EPA Engine Aston Martin Hybrid 199

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FEBRUARY 15, 2009

The computerized control puts the motorcycle on pure-electric drive at low speed, and switches to the gasoline engine at high speed while recharging the batteries. ABAT and Angell expect to go into full-scale production in April. Wuxi Angell sold 50,000 and 70,000 electric bikes in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

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Motorcycles Lithium Ion Hybrid Indianapolis 150

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The Axon gasoline-powered city car uses existing engine technology and carbon fibre material advances to offer 100 mpg UK (83.3

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Plug-in Plug Manufacturer Hybrid 218

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JANUARY 7, 2011

The research also indicates that consumers have relatively low product knowledge of electric-only and electric-hybrid vehicles and see electric technology vehicles as useful for those who do limited driving. Gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles rose from 15 to 22%. 13% said they were very familiar with clean diesel and 6% with hydrogen.

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Alternative Fuels Fuel Gasoline-Electric Volt 218

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Staff proposes several amendments to various reporting requirements to simplify the provisions, including elimination of reporting energy volumes in “gasoline gallon equivalent” units and the reporting of renewable identification numbers (RINs). Reporting Requirements. no differentiation between the carbon intensities of crude oils).

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Carbon Oil California Standards 231

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Currently, there is an overall 10 volume percent (vol%) ethanol blend limit (the “blend wall”) in gasoline. A decision on the use of E15 in model year 2001 to 2006 vehicles will be made after EPA receives the results of additional DOE testing, which is expected to be completed in November. Earlier post.).

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2007 Grant EPA Light 186

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MAY 22, 2012

WWFC specifications for gasoline and diesel are based on extensive R&D work and experience gathered from fuels used worldwide, and comprise four categories for each fuel type, with increasing stringency. Select Properties of WWFC Category 4 Diesel Fuel (2006). Properties. Cetane Number. –. Cetane Index. –. Density @ 15 °C.

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Diesel Oil Fuel Emissions 199

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The majority of previous studies aiming to assess GHG emissions from OP production systems on tropical peatlands have at best based their analyses on values below or towards the lower end of this range, and in all likelihood have significantly underestimated CO 2 emissions from drained peats. For instance, Al-Riffai et al.

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Oil Carbon Emissions Europe 239

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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. Tags: Fuel Cells Hydrogen Hydrogen Production Hydrogen Storage Policy. Well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Program Activities.

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Hydrogen 2010 Fuel 2015 271