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MARCH 6, 2012

Four new corporate partners—Best Buy, Johnson Controls, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Veolia—are joining the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Clean Fleets Partnership, a broad public-private partnership that assists the nation’s largest fleet operators in reducing the amount of gasoline and diesel they use nationwide.

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JULY 5, 2011

Six new corporate partners have joined the National Clean Fleets Partnership. Enterprise Holdings—which includes Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Alamo Car Rent A Car, National Car Rental, and WeCar—currently offers Chevrolet Volts and Nissan Leafs to consumers for rentals and expects to further expand its fleet. Earlier post.)

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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% Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2007 were equivalent to 7,150 Tg of carbon dioxide. percent from 1990 to 2007. in total between 2005 and 2007.

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MAY 1, 2009

Long Beach (California) Transit (LBT) has put 25 new gasoline-electric hybrid buses into service. The addition of these newly designed hybrid buses brings Long Beach Transit’s 40-foot hybrid fleet total to 87 buses, for a nearly 50% hybrid 40-foot fleet. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) The series hybrid drive uses a Ford ULEV 6.8-liter

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

By using renewable hydrogen, this vehicle has saved 5,260 gallons of gasoline. The specially equipped 2007 Chevrolet Equinox was part of GM’s 119-vehicle Project Driveway program, launched in 2007. To date, GM’s fuel cell test fleet has accumulated nearly 3 million miles (4.8 Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 3, 2009

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. Rolf Reitz, are investigating a blended dual-fuel (gasoline and diesel) concept to extend the operating range of partially premixed charge compression ignition combustion by using the varying fuel reactivity of the charge blend, which is determined in real time. SAE 2007-01-0191).

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Southland Transportation (Alberta, Canada) recently added 101 Blue Bird Propane Vision buses to its propane autogas school bus fleet. The buses, which are fully customizable, feature 60% less carbon monoxide, 12% less carbon dioxide, 20% less nitrogen oxide and up to 25% less greenhouse gases than gasoline.

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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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MAY 1, 2014

Thus, in 2013 the European Union fleet already collectively met its legal target for 2015. The average per-km CO 2 emissions for gasoline-fueled cars was 128.62 The main drivers of efficiency have been technological improvements and higher sales of diesel cars, which typically have lower CO 2 emissions levels than gasoline equivalents.

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APRIL 22, 2010

EPA has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft using leaded aviation gasoline (avgas). Aviation gasoline is utilized in general aviation aircraft with piston engines—which are generally used for instructional flying, air taxi activities, and personal transportation.

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APRIL 25, 2018

million new cars were registered, the highest number since 2007. For the first year since monitoring started, gasoline cars became the most sold vehicles in the EU, constituting almost 53% of sales. The difference between average fuel efficiency of gasoline cars (121.6 A total of 15.1 g CO 2 /km ) and diesel cars (117.9

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MARCH 11, 2009

The new deployments will bring AT&T’s alternative-fuel fleet to more than 15,000 vehicles by 2019. 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. The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, Mich.,

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Synthetic and renewable fuels should be factored into the CO2 fleet regulation for passenger cars and trucks. The supplier of technology and services is also gradually incorporating battery-powered electric vehicles into its fleet. In Germany, the CO 2 emissions of newly registered vehicles have fallen by one quarter since 2007.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

On Friday, the fleet of Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell electric vehicles involved in GM’s Project Driveway—the largest consumer fuel cell vehicle demonstration project to date ( earlier post )—passed the 1-million mile mark. The Equinox fuel cell vehicle. Click to enlarge. The Equinox fuel cell powertrain. Source: GM. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

Emissions from transportation sources were relatively constant from 2002 through 2007, declined through 2013, then increased by 9.0 Emissions from gasoline used in on-road vehicles are the main driver of that increase. MMTCO 2 e (6%) from 2013 to 2017.

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MAY 3, 2016

The updated trucks, which were originally purchased in September 2015, deliver up to four times the fuel economy of a gasoline-powered vehicle, UPS said. The small ICE could be outfitted for gasoline, propane, or CNG. AMP Electric Vehicles was established in 2007 as a developmental-stage vehicle electrification company.

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JULY 29, 2015

Neste, Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Solazyme will supply renewable diesel to UPS to help facilitate the company’s shift to move more than 12% of its purchased ground fuel from conventional diesel and gasoline fuel to alternative fuels by the end of 2017. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1%

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JULY 16, 2009

The third phase of a SDG&E multi-year in-use study on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles showed that plug-in hybrids offer significant improvements in gas mileage and reductions in emissions when compared with standard hybrid-electric and gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Featuring CleanFUEL’s new 8L liquid propane injection (LPI) system, the medium-duty engine will offer fleet managers a high-performance, propane-powered alternative. Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. LPI is a direct replacement of the OEM gasoline injection system.

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JULY 5, 2013

In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that US military spending on alternative drive vehicles (ADVs—including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), and ethanol-powered vehicles—for the non-tactical fleet will increase from more than $435 million in 2013 to $926 million by 2020, a CAGR of 11.4%.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

The study found that the highest-emitting 10% of gasoline vehicles are now responsible for the overwhelming majority of running CO, NMHC, and NO x. 4 between 1990 and 2007 due to changes in the relative emission rates of passenger cars versus diesel trucks, and slight uptick thereafter, consistent across all urban areas considered.

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JULY 22, 2009

From October 2007 to April 2009, the average fuel economy of purchased new light-duty vehicles improved from 20.2 L/100km) in October 2007 to 21.3 The study examined the relationship between two economic indicators—the unemployment rate and the price of gasoline—and purchase decisions of new vehicle buyers. mpg US (11.6

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

NRC projections of number of PHEVs in the US light-duty fleet. In the PHEV-40, the electric motor provides all the propulsion; the gasoline engine drives a generator that powers the motor and keeps the batteries charged above some minimum level. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The non-profit BPC was founded in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell to be an organization focused on driving principled solutions through analysis, negotiation and dialogue. the optimal air/fuel ratio for ethanol blends is lower than for pure gasoline. The ICCT ethanol paper.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

grams per brake horsepower hour (g/bhp-hr), and constitute a 90% reduction of emissions compared to the previous standard (CARB 2007) of 2.0 The engine will offer fleets an option for larger vehicles, such as drayage trucks equipped with natural gas near zero technology.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

With additional fleet turnover, EPA expects these reductions to grow to 80% by the year 2030. For mobile sources, the EPA issued a rule in 2007 to reduce air toxics from gasoline-fueled passenger vehicles, gasoline fuel and portable fuel containers. Among the results highlighted is the removal of an estimated 1.5

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OCTOBER 30, 2010

Earlier in October, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted a waiver for fuel containing up to 15% ethanol (E15) for model year 2007 and newer cars and light trucks. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

From 1990 to 2007, the total number of registered civil-use vehicles in China grew from 5.5 Characteristics of the Tianjin fleet found by the team’s vehicle activity study included: The total distance traveled by all vehicles in Tianjin was about 38 million kilometers (23.6 million to 57 million (not including motorcycles).

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

mpg US) or better (measured according to the technical requirements and specifications of the European Regulation (EC) 715/2007 as last amended). liter Duratec gasoline units. All diesel engines in the new Fiesta Van achieve sub-100 g/km CO 2 emissions and 3.7 l/100 km (63.6 l/100 km (71 mpg US), equivalent to 87 gCO 2 /km.

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

Earlier Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis showed that, with gasoline at $2.09 per gallon, EV penetration in the US could reach 6% of the light-duty vehicle fleet by 2020, whereas with gasoline at $3.34, the EV share could be 9%. since 2007, while demand for finished petroleum products has dropped by 10.5%.

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JUNE 4, 2009

Under the agreement, CleanFUEL will distribute IMPCO’s bi-fuel Sequent system, a dual-propane and gasoline fuel system certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for conversions of light duty General Motors and Ford vehicles to run on propane. less than gasoline/diesel per gallon. CleanFUEL North America, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The performance of the ReFactory will also relate to the ability to generate closed-loop supply flows with controlled costs (reuse, recycling for repair), and to develop new value-added skills (retrofitting, dismantling, fleet maintenance, preparation of batteries for the second life, etc.) Renault ZOE is thus made up of 22.5

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JULY 2, 2013

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. Toyota’s Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle – Advanced (FCHV-adv), part of a fleet of 100 in a nationwide demonstration program, was recently on-site at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

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MARCH 12, 2009

less than the 2007 figure and 16.8% mpg US for gasoline and 39.9 mpg US for gasoline and 39.9 Although the UK new car fleet has made above-EU15 gains in six of past seven years to 2007, the UK average new car CO 2 emissions remains 3.7% g/km figure average estimated for the 1997-2007 parc. in 2007 and 7.8%

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JUNE 30, 2009

CNG vehicles are expected to emit approximately 25% less greenhouse gas emissions than those traditionally powered by gasoline. The entire gasoline system is removed and replaced with CNG storage tank(s), HP plumbing, a CNG regulator, and new CNG injectors. Tags: Conversions Fleets Natural Gas.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

A study by Ricardo for the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) concludes that the adoption of E15 as the blend limit for standard US pump grades of gasoline rather than the current E10 should not adversely affect vehicles manufactured between 1994 and 2000 in terms of their performance and durability based on normal specifications and usage profile.

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JULY 28, 2012

Ethanol is emitted to the atmosphere by both natural and anthropogenic processes; examples of the latter include industrial processes, biomass combustion and use as a biofuel mixed with gasoline. Terrestrial plants are thought to be the dominant global source of atmospheric ethanol.)

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