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Ford increases soy content in foam, adds head restraint as newest component for sustainable material

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Seventy-five percent of Ford’s North American vehicles feature bio-foam in the head restraints, including the Ford F-150, Taurus, Explorer and Fusion. The extended use of soy foam results from the continued research collaboration between Ford and Lear; Ford first used sustainable soybean oil-derived seating foam on the 2008 Mustang.

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First Three Conditional Loan Commitments Under DOEs ATVM Program go to Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motors and Tesla Motors

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The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, first appropriated in the fall of 2008, will provide about $25 billion in loans to companies making cars and components in US factories that increase fuel economy at least 25% above 2005 fuel economy levels. Ford Motor Company will receive $5.9

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Ford Mustang Mach-E (& F-150 Lightning & E-Transit). Finally, take the company and the country’s best-selling vehicle–the Ford F-150–and recast it as an affordable, capable all-electric work vehicle with higher-end consumer versions also available. since the Tesla roadster was introduced in 2008.

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BG Group sanctions US$15B coal seam gas to LNG project; first such

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BG Group has approved implementation of the first phase of a US$15-billion project to convert coal seam gas (CSG) to LNG—the first major commercial project to do so. In early 2008, we announced our first investment in Australia. More than half the emissions come from the LNG facility. Source: QCLNG EIS. Click to enlarge.

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Background on the 2.0L diesel engines at the core of the Volkswagen emissions testing debacle

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liter unit introduced in the US in 2008 in the Jetta as Volkswagen’s first Tier 2 Bin 5/CA LEV II-compliant (i.e., It is then converted to ammonia which interacts with NO x on the SCR catalyst to form water and nitrogen. The oxidation catalyst converts a large portion of the HC and CO into water vapor and carbon dioxide.

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NextFuels introduces hydrothermal process to produce biofuels from wet, unprocessed waste; solution for palm plantation residue

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Over the past ten years, Enagra has conducted more than $1 billion in biofuel transactions and will achieve revenues of approximately $150 million in 2013. The remaining 75% can be converted into a liquid-fuel equivalent to petroleum that is compatible with existing pipelines and vehicles. Resources. Goudriaan and J.E. Goudriaan, J.E.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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