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MAY 30, 2012

In 2011, Nissan launched a version of the Micra city car equipped with a new supercharged gasoline direct-injection engine (HR12DDR). Partly to address that issue, Nissan adopted the direct injection system and additional cooling items such as a piston oil jet and high thermal conductivity piston ring. Earlier post.).

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JULY 19, 2012

The National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Project has released two major reports that synthesize its findings from the past several years of work: a Technical Analysis Report (TAR) and Policy Design Recommendations. We did not shy away from controversy. We are not advocates.

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JUNE 5, 2013

MCW Energy Group, a Canadian holding company involved in fuel distribution and the creation of oil sands extraction technology, announced successful results of processing random Alberta oil sands tailings ponds samples in a series of preliminary laboratory tests. Clean up and remedial fees from oil companies and/or governments.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

The new Peugeot 208 B-segment supermini, which launches this spring in Europe, will be available in 3- and 5-door bodystyles with a range of gasoline and diesel engines including a new 3-cylinder gasoline engine range and the latest generation of Stop & Start System (e-HDi) diesel engines. 208 gasoline range. 208 gasoline range.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

Block flow diagram for the production of gasoline from lignocellulosic biomass by aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation of a solution produced by the hydrolysis of biomass. The highest gasoline yield from this two-stage process was obtained from the stream produced by acid hydrolysis of maple wood with 0.5 Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 12, 2010

The 2011 Ford Super Duty. Ford’s all-new 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks are equipped with new diesel and gasoline engine powertrains that deliver improvements in torque, horsepower and fuel economy. This solution ensures robustness and makes the architecture compatible with both the diesel and gasoline engines.

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Fuel Economy Economy Diesel Gasoline 220

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MAY 22, 2012

Neste Oil will launch a completely new grade of diesel fuel in Finland this fall: Neste Pro Diesel. 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. Espoo 2011.

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Diesel Oil Fuel Emissions 199

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JANUARY 17, 2010

BMW N55 inline six-cylinder gasoline engine with TwinPower Turbo and High Precision Injection and Valvetronic. BMW has announced substantial enhancements to the 2011 3 Series Coupe and Convertible, including style updates for 328i and 335i models and an all-new direct gasoline injection turbocharged engine with Valvetronic for 335i models.

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2011 BMW Exhaust Convert 199

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Toyota anticipates a 1/3 full hybrid, 1/3 gasoline, 1/3 diesel engine mix. Average emissions for Auris—which is designed for the European market—have fallen steadily over the last years. This fell to 142 g/km in 2009, and then down to 125 g/km in 2011 after the pioneering full hybrid version was introduced.

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Gasoline Toyota Diesel Emissions 252

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MARCH 17, 2012

An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% to 9.3%) from a 2010 baseline, depending upon the supply scenario.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions CO2 247

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JULY 11, 2011

New M270 gasoline direct injection engine. Gasoline engines. The new four-cylinder gasoline engines (internal designation M270) mark the launch of a completely new engine series. The new four-cylinder engines have been designed for both transverse and longitudinal installation. Click to enlarge. ” —Dr.

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Mercedes Gasoline Engine Standards 218

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APRIL 27, 2010

Neste Oil has begun trials of Neste Green 100 diesel—a renewable drop-in hydrocarbon replacement for diesel, not biodiesel (fatty acid methyl esters)—in cars in Finland. The trial will include private individuals and Neste Oil employees. Drivers will fill up at selected Neste Oil service stations in Greater Helsinki.

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JULY 14, 2014

Cummins has developed an E-85-specific engine and powertrain that reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 80% compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck. is designed specifically to use E-85 (85% ethanol and 15% gasoline). The Cummins ETHOS 2.8L liter displacement. Earlier post.)

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Engine Emissions CO2 Gasoline 319

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will consider at its December 2011 meeting amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. In short, the LCFS is working as designed and intended.With that said, most complex regulations like the LCFS can generally benefit from further refinements. Earlier post.).

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Carbon Oil California Standards 231

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Value of life-cycle emissions externality damages and oil premium costs from vehicles in 2010 $. A paper presenting the results of the group’s latest year-long study on the lifecycle air emissions and oil displacement benefits of plug-in vehicles was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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PHEV Oil Emissions Battery 186

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MARCH 3, 2010

In addition to the hybrid model, the Auris 2010 powertrain line-up also offers three gasoline and three diesel engines offering the performance and economy-enhancing benefits of Toyota Optimal Drive. Toyota plans to sell 101,000 Auris models in 2010 and, in 2011—the first full year of sales with all engine variants available— 130,000 units.

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2010 Gasoline Toyota Diesel 199

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This will, among other things, enable the oil industry to continue producing qualitatively good fuels from the dwindling reserves of crude oil that are often of a poor quality, NWO said. Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is the major conversion process used in oil refineries to produce valuable hydrocarbons from crude oil fractions.

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Design Oil Netherlands Universal 186

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Super E10 (10% ethanol-gasoline blend) will become available at the more than 14,000 service stations in Germany as of 1 January 2011. According to the BMU, the higher ethanol gasoline will have a decreased impact on the environment in terms of carbon emissions and will reduce consumer reliance on diminishing oil reserves.

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Germany Gasoline Environment 2018 210

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MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.

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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate 250

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MARCH 15, 2013

Adjusted CO 2 emissions and adjusted fuel economy, MY 1975-2011. Data for MY 2011 are final; data for MY 2012 are preliminary and based on projected vehicle production values provided to EPA by manufacturers. The fleet-wide average real world MY 2011 personal vehicle CO 2 emissions value is 398 g/mi and average fuel economy is 22.4

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Fuel Economy 2012 EPA Economy 284

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JUNE 14, 2010

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Oil is holding us all hostage, economically and physically. Finally, it’s time to begin.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Incremental well-to-wheels GHG emissions from WCSB Oil Sands Crudes Compared to Well-to-Wheels GHG Emissions from Displacing Reference Crudes Click to enlarge. Domestic production of crude oil has increased significantly, from approximately 5.5 million bpd in 2010 to 6.5 million bpd in 2012 and 7.5 million bpd by mid-2013.

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JULY 25, 2012

air emissions and oil displacement benefits) in the near term per dollar spent than PHEVs and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) with large battery packs providing longer electric range. They found thousands of dollars of damages per vehicle (gasoline or electric) paid by the overall population rather than only by the emitters.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

L/100km) over the gasoline V8 it could replace. Michael Ruth, Principal Investigator for the project at Cummins, provided an update on progress at the recent 2011 DEER conference. The mule engine is currently serving as a platform for evaluating low viscosity engine oil and testing the variable swirl system. mpg US vs. 18.6

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Light Diesel MPG Nissan 199

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JANUARY 21, 2015

The Algenol fuel production process is designed to convert 1 tonne of CO 2 into 144 gallons of fuel while recycling CO 2 from industrial processes and converting 85% of the CO 2 used into ethanol, gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. and Algenol is not new, as Reliance has been a strategic investor in Algenol’s technology since June 2011.

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India Fuel Climate Change Oil 150

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. Those people who purchase electric vehicles because of the tax credit use less gasoline and produce fewer emissions of greenhouse gases than would otherwise be the case. Source: CBO.

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MAY 4, 2012

A team from Syracuse University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is exploring the use of supercritical (SC) dieseline (a diesel-gasoline blend) as an optimized fuel for advanced diesel engine designs. George Anitescu of Syracuse University, who is leading the SC dieseline work. (Dr.

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Fuel Diesel Gasoline Eaton 225

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

liter EcoBoost leverages the best attributes of the first-generation design—power, reliability and efficiency—improving in almost every aspect. F-150 remains the only truck in its segment to offer a twin-turbocharged gasoline engine. Ford has sold more than 1 million EcoBoost F-150 trucks in the United States since 2011.

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F-150 Fuel Economy Economy Ford 186

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MARCH 28, 2013

STG+ technology converts syngas into drop-in high-octane gasoline and jet fuel with a conversion efficiency of ~35% by mass of syngas into liquid transportation fuels (the highest documented conversion efficiency in the industry) or greater than 70% by mass of natural gas. He was elected in 2011 to the National Academy of Engineering.

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Universal Gas Green Energy 239

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

liter engine will be one of the first on the market to combine gasoline direct injection (DI) with twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) and E85 flex fuel capability. liter DOHC I-4 engine with twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT), direct gasoline injection and E85 flex fuel capability. Click to enlarge.

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Engine 2012 Ford Fuel 220

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The EV Project, designed to increase the adoption of electric vehicles by creating a solid charging infrastructure across the country, is managed by ECOtality. Plans are to start installation of the electric vehicle chargers in the spring of 2011 and to be completed within a few months.

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Tennessee Installation Charging Nashville 247

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Waste feedstock shall include, but not be limited to: waste vegetable oils, waste animal fats, substances derived from wastewater and the treatment of wastewater or grease trap waste. The Act includes three major provisions: Exempts cellulosic biofuels from the state gasoline excise tax. The Clean Energy Biofuels Act. Biofuels mandate.

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Massachusetts Waste Oil Diesel 225

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The joint venture agreement follows a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Saudi Aramco and Sinopec in March 2011. Saudi Aramco’s integrated hydrocarbon facilities in Yanbu will be utilized to supply crude oil feedstock to YASREF and to export transportation fuels. Earlier post.). Sinopec will hold equity interest of 37.5%

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Saudi Arabia Oil Asia Gas 255

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

Ford has officially announced the 2011 Ford Mustang with an all-new advanced naturally-aspirated 5.0-liter The gasoline (91 octane recommended, 87 octane minimum) engine offers a specific output of 82.4 The 2011 Mustang GT. liter V-8 application is that Ti-VCT is actuated by camshaft torque, with assistance from pressurized oil.

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Ford Fuel Economy Exhaust MPG 255

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APRIL 9, 2015

Initiated by Shell, the collaboration, which is called Project M, brings together Shell’s Lubricant’s Technology Team, The Gordon Murray Design Group and Goto’s engine specialist company Geo Technology. The Shell car will be a ground-up, total re-think of the Gordon Murray Design T.25 Gordon Murray Design’s first milestone was the T.25.

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Cars South Africa Personal MPG 150

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

3M and Chesapeake Energy Corporation will collaborate in designing, manufacturing and marketing a broad portfolio of compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks for use in all sectors of the United States transportation market. of Utah for the design and certification of tanks. and privately-held Sundrop Fuels, Inc.

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Corporation Gas Market Energy 240

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Designed to be lighter and more efficient, the new EA888 Gen 3 turbocharged and direct-injection four-cylinder powerplant features a number of refinements, including a novel cylinder-head-integrated exhaust manifold with exhaust gas cooling. Design of the integrated exhaust manifold. The A4 of model year 2000 with a 1.8 liter engine.

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2014 Engine Exhaust Fuel Economy 331