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GM, Ford R&D execs stress importance of improved, advanced fuels for future engine efficiency gains, GHG goals

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Meeting regulatory targets while keeping vehicles affordable will require the synergistic integration of fuels and engine technologies, he noted. According to Brooks, among the technologies GM is looking to in the gasoline engine area are: Continued aggressive downsizing. Low variability across the marketplace. Near zero sulfur (.

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

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In August 2016, DOE announced funding of up to $7 million further to support the initiative. What fuel and engine combinations are sustainable, affordable, and scalable? With the 2016 start date, that gives the team three years to complete the R&D efforts in this area. Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI).

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. mpg in 2016, GM’s short term answer is to get greater mileage out of existing gasoline engine technologies. Build better products. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Ecotec VVT I-4 will have E85 versions, starting in 2010.

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California Air Resources Board releases proposed Advanced Clean Car package: LEV III, GHG and ZEV rules to transform the California fleet; ZEVs and TZEVs to be 15+% of new vehicle sales by 2025

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For historical reasons, current California certification gasoline contains methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as an oxygenate, and as such does not represent gasoline currently sold in California, which does not contain MTBE. The range of credits reflects the utility of the vehicle (i.e. Certification fuels. Click to enlarge.