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Wärtsilä to deliver first dedicated methanol fuel supply system for ships

Green Car Congress

The newbuild Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engine combines long-established methanol fuel injection technology—first developed for the converted Wärtsilä Z40 engines onboard ropax Stena Germanica in 2015—with the control and automation systems of the well-established Wärtsilä 32 platform.

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CaFCP HyPPO report describes next steps and actions in developing hydrogen fuel cell vehicle infrastructure for California

Green Car Congress

During a webinar on Monday, Alex Keros of GM highlighted the activities and actions described in the report that are important to continue the momentum of bringing FCEVs and hydrogen fuel to the commercial market. In June 2012, we [CaFCP] published our initial thinking for the next stage of commercialization of fuel cell vehicles.

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Electrification gaining momentum in fleet vehicle industry – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The electrification of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and fleet vehicles, is gaining significant momentum globally. According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions , there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in 2019.

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Update on DOE Co-Optima project to co-optimize fuels & engines; goal of 30% per vehicle reduction in petroleum

Green Car Congress

In October 2015, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) launched a broad, joint effort to co-optimize the development of efficient engines and low greenhouse-gas fuels for on-road vehicles with the goal of reducing petroleum consumption by 30% by 2030 beyond what is already targeted. Earlier post.)

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Why Li-Fi Might be Better than Wi-Fi

Cars That Think

In 2015 pureLiFi , the company that chaired the IEEE task group behind the new standard, conducted the first handover demonstration. These ITU chipsets were commercially available and marked a significant step toward commercialization and early product development by further vendors such as Signify and Oledcomm.

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And the EVA Board candidates are…

Electric Auto Association

We provide Energy Efficiency Service and Products for New Development and Retrofits for both Residential and Commercial business. Kate has been driving electric since 2015, and her experience with the early bumps in the road combined with her background in education led to pursuing her passion to promote the benefits of green technology.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

so-called “clean hydrogen,” including incentives for both its manufacture through less emissive processes (it has heretofore primarily been created using natural gas , which often comes from “fracking”) and for the purchase of vehicles – not only passenger cars such as the Toyota Mirai but commercial trucks and vans.