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Argonne releases new cradle-to-grave lifecycle analysis of US LDV vehicle-fuel pathways

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This analysis builds on a previous comprehensive life cycle analysis, updating that study’s 2016 assumptions and methods. By far the largest and the most consequential change in the input assumptions between the 2016 study and this current update is in battery costs for BEVs. the cost is less than that of the gasoline ICEV.

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Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

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Chevron Corporation announced a $32.7 Included in the 2012 program are $3 billion of planned expenditures by affiliates, which do not require cash outlays by Chevron. First production is expected in 2016. Additional investments are expected to be funded by Chevron affiliates. Spending of $28.5

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Disneyland will remake its Autopia around EVs in 2026

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Disneyland will replace gasoline vehicles at its Autopia ride with EVs in 2026, the Los Angeles Times confirmed this week. Disneyland will phase out the gasoline engines in its Autopia vehicles “within the next 30 months,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Since 2016, the attraction has been sponsored by Honda.

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Gevo joins SFO consortium to advance sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

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Gevo has signed on to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a group of eight airlines and certain fuel producers to work cooperatively on expanding the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Gevo’s ATJ has been used to power commercial flights since 2016. Earlier post.).

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US DRIVE releases comprehensive cradle-to-grave analysis of light-duty vehicle GHGs, cost of driving and cost of avoided GHGs

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Co-authors are from Argonne National Laboratory; the US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies, Fuel Cell Technologies, and Bioenergy Technologies Offices; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; the Electric Power Research Institute; Fiat Chrysler Automobiles; General Motors; Chevron; and Ford. Elgowainy et al. Click to enlarge.

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New correlation between fuel octane index and HCCI combustion provides basis for more robust control strategies

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The new octane index correlation can be used for designing robust HCCI control strategies, capable of handling the wide spectrum of fuel chemical compositions found in pump gasoline, the researchers said in their paper published in the International Journal of Engine Research. —Lacey et al.

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