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ECS and Toyota North America announce 2016-2017 Fellowship winners for projects in green energy technology

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The winners are Professor Elizabeth Biddinger, City College of New York; Professor Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Professor Joshua Snyder, Drexel University. 2016-2017 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellows: Professor Elizabeth Biddinger, City College of New York. That is the beauty of research.

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Green light for alliance between Volkswagen Truck & Bus and Navistar; Volkswagen acquires 16.6% for $256M

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Opportunities for cooperation in the fields of autonomous driving, alternative fuel technologies, and connectivity are also being explored. To this end, Volkswagen Truck & Bus and Navistar have founded joint venture Global Truck & Bus Procurement LLC which is headquartered in Lisle (Illinois) and will begin work immediately.

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Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

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For example, recent on-road emission measurements in California and other locations have shown that the 99 th percentile is responsible for more than a third of the carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions and more than 15% of the nitric oxide (NO) emissions on a fuel-specific basis, and these imbalances continue to grow each year.

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Study finds isopropanol-n-butanol-ethanol and gasoline blend viable as alternative fuel

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Researchers from the University of Illinois and colleagues in China investigating the performance, combustion and emission characteristics of a port fuel-injection SI engine fueled with isopropanol-n-butanol-ethanol (IBE)-gasoline blends have concluded that an IBE30 blend could be a good alternative to gasoline.

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US House members introduce Open Fuel Standard Act

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A bipartisan group of House members led by Congressmen John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19) and including Eliot Engel (D, New York-17), Steve Israel (D, New York-2) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-Maryland-6) introduced the technology-neutral Open Fuel Standard (OFS) Act (HR 1687).

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