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MAY 6, 2011

The road-going supercar will use a downsized, highly-boosted gasoline engine with one electric motor at each axle. Newsome was at Jaguar Land Rover as Group Chief Engineer for Advanced Product Creation and Research between 2001 and 2007.

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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. L of E16, are an order of magnitude greater than equivalent transport costs for gasoline, at $0.003/L. Credit: ACS.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

The project would convert wood biomass into drop in biofuels such as gasoline and diesel fuel. This project is designed to complement an earlier Mississippi agreement, which requires KiOR to build three plants in Mississippi before 2015. Khosla Ventures incubated the company in 2007 and is the lead investor. KiOR, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2012

Opel’s first new engine for a revamped portfolio is a turbocharged 1598 cc, four-cylinder gasoline unit with direct injection and Start/Stop. Opel is fundamentally renewing its engine range over the next 12 months with the launch of three completely new gasoline and diesel families intended to replace the core of the current portfolio.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

If PlantBottle interior fabrics were migrated across the majority of US Ford models, it would displace nearly 4 million pounds of petroleum-derived materials, as well as save the equivalent of 295,000 gallons of gasoline and 6,000 barrels of oil. Today, Ford uses soy foam in every vehicle built in North America.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. medium-duty engine, as well as a 6.0L

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APRIL 21, 2011

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will recruit 500 people from Wright and Hennepin counties to take part in research to test technology that could someday be used to collect a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) in lieu of a gasoline tax. —Cory Johnson, project manager.

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APRIL 7, 2010

EIA forecasts that regular-grade motor gasoline retail prices will average $2.92 The forecast has the annual average regular grade retail gasoline price increasing from $2.35 The forecast has the annual average regular grade retail gasoline price increasing from $2.35 per-gallon decline in gasoline prices from the previous year.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The three winning companies are: Umpqua Energy , a startup company based in Medford, Oregon, is using an Argonne National Laboratory technology to develop a system that allows a gasoline engine to operate in an extreme lean burn mode in order to increase gasoline mileage.

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

liter gasoline engine from the EA 211 series, representing Volkswagen’s most modern engine technology. Volkswagen has been producing vehicles for the Russian market at the Kaluga plant since November 2007. The Group also plans to build a logistics center near Moscow. The plant is designed for an annual capacity of 150,000 units.

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JULY 5, 2013

compound annual growth rate (CAGR) almost from more than 81 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) in 2013 to just fewer than 70 million GGEs in 2020 due in part to increased use of alternative fuel vehicles. A majority of the growth will be made through spending on HEVs and PEVs, Navigant projects.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Renewable and conventional fuels must also exist together for the foreseeable future and limiting renewable fuels only to gasoline blending will eventually surpass the ability of existing refineries to adjust their product slate to compensate. Earlier post.)

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JULY 2, 2013

This collaboration builds upon Honda and GM’s strengths as leaders in hydrogen fuel cell technology. Among all zero CO 2 emission technologies, fuel cell electric vehicles have a definitive advantage with range and refueling time that is as good as conventional gasoline cars. —Dan Akerson, GM chairman and CEO. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand. These were arguably the first flex-fuel vehicles.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

Rather, it is uncertain whether existing biofuels production provides any beneficial improvement over traditional gasoline, after taking into account land use changes and emissions of nitrous oxide. The average cost to taxpayers for these “substituted” traditional gasoline barrels was roughly $82 per barrel, or $1.95

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APRIL 9, 2015

Many people may assume that oil, greases and fuels are simply added at the end of a concept-car build project such as this, but the Shell car aims to show what can be achieved when its products are integrated into the design from the start. Shell will design the motor oil that complements and enhances the overall efficiency of the vehicle.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

This LCA project is based on US agricultural data for the 2001-2007 period. 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 kg (for the 3.36 kg (for the 3.36

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) authorized the Energy Commission to provide approximately $100 million annually over seven years to encourage new fuels and technologies. 24 million to help develop and produce biofuels such as gasoline and diesel substitutes and renewable natural gas.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Nearly all gasoline sold in the US is now E10 (10% ethanol). Production of renewable fuels has been growing rapidly in recent years, while at the same time, advances in vehicle fuel economy and other economic factors have pushed gasoline consumption far lower than what was expected when Congress passed the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2007.

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MARCH 11, 2009

estimates that the new vehicles will save 49 million gallons of gasoline and reduce carbon emissions by 211,000 metric tons over the 10-year deployment period. Over the next five years, AT&T will replace about 8,000 gasoline-powered service vehicles with vehicles powered by domestically available CNG.

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JULY 25, 2009

informal public consultation in 2006, and began working in January 2007 in. The new refinery was to be designed to produce a variety of petroleum products including diesel fuel, gasoline, petroleum coke and other products for the transportation fuel, home heating and industrial energy markets. barrel per day refinery.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Instead of the 950 million liters required initially under the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, the final target will be a much smaller 25 million liters. Brazil plans to build 103 new sugarcane mills by 2019, increasing production capacity by 66%. —Sam Shrank. Virtually all of the 1.5

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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. Because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requires the use of life cycle methods to determine the GHG performance of renewable fuels. 3247 Engineering Building. Why all this emphasis on LCA?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

With Federal fuel taxes included, the tax on gasoline in the state would be $0.609 per gallon, and the tax on diesel would be $0.669 per gallon. A 2007 report issued by the Transportation Finance Commission stated: “ The cost of this neglect will be felt in our regional economy and in our way of life. billion over 20 years.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In this case, the battery makes it possible to integrate electricity from solar or wind power, on the scale of an individual house, a building, a recharging station or an industrial site, for example. The service will include real-time monitoring of the renovation stages for the sales managers of the sales network.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

The extracted rock can be used directly as a power plant resource or it can be processed to produce shale oil, which in turn can be refined into gasoline, diesel or jet fuels. million tonnes emitted in 2007. Different that shale oil—i.e., Estonia has more than 4 billion tonnes of estimated reserves—just over 1.1%

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MAY 5, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency released its expected Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) detailing the implementation of changes to the existing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1) as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). Earlier post.). Biomass-based diesel. Advanced Biofuel. Renewable fuels.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

The investment will allow Ford significantly to build up its research and development capabilities in the country—especially at its Nanjing Research and Engineering Center (REC)—and will help Ford create more world-class vehicles in China, for China. Ford Motor plans to invest RMB 11.4 billion (US$1.8 Greening manufacturing.

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MAY 20, 2009

Ford invested $55 million to retool and reopen the plant, which had been idled in 2007. Approximately 250 employees are returning to the plant to build the new engines. The EcoBoost begins production. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. Continued fuel economy improvement in vehicles using other alternative fuels, gasoline, and diesel, combined with growth in the use of hybrid technologies (including micro, mild, full, and plug-in hybrid vehicles), limit the use of electric vehicles over the projection. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

The highly flammable short-chain hydrocarbons (typically 5-14 carbon atoms) that constitute gasoline, kerosene, and other liquid transportation fuels readily form a cloud of fuel droplets during impact; these droplets can ignite, producing a fireball. When Wei joined the project in 2007, he set out to create these theoretical molecules.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

Additional investment also is expected at Ford’s Bridgend Engine Plant in South Wales to support ongoing high volumes of gasoline engine manufacture. The engine will be developed at Ford’s Technical Centre in Dunton, Essex, one of the largest automotive R&D centers in the UK.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts. City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000. Minneapolis-St.

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MAY 2, 2012

litres of gasoline equivalent per 100km. This is a major update of the ICCT’s widely-cited global fuel economy chart based on the 2007 report. To consider the role of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and electric vehicles and build them into the targets. To add to the GFEI’s Working Paper Series.

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APRIL 23, 2007

By improving batteries for plug-in hybrids, we can help achieve the President’s goal of reducing gasoline usage by 20 percent within the decade. This research builds on President Bush’s Advanced Energy Initiative , which aims to change the way we power our homes, offices, and automobiles. Bodman said. “ Join Plug In Partners today.

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JUNE 25, 2009

liter gasoline unit combining turbocharging, direct fuel injection and VALVETRONIC fully-variable valve management; a new 3.0-liter Liter Straight-Six Gasoline Engine with TwinPower Turbo. VALVETRONIC is fully integrated in the cylinder head for the first time in BMW’s new straight-six gasoline engine. Aerodynamic Test Center.

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JULY 31, 2009

Estimates of potential for gasoline consumption reduction in the US light duty fleet in 2020 and 2035 relative to 2007. million barrels per day of gasoline-equivalent) with near-zero lifecycle CO 2. million barrels gasoline equivalent per day, while CBTL could deliver 2.5 million barrels gasoline equivalent per day.

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