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Amogy presents retrofitted 2018 Freightliner Cascadia powered by ammonia-to-power system

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This latest successful presentation further shows ammonia to be a viable, sustainable solution for the otherwise hard-to -bate heavy-duty trucking industries, which account for 23% of the total greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. —Seonghoon Woo, CEO at Amogy.

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Government of Canada to develop a national Zero-Emissions Vehicle strategy by 2018

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The Government of Canada is moving forward with provincial and territorial partners, industry and stakeholders, to develop a national strategy to increase the number of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVS)—battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles—on Canadian roads by 2018.

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Ethanol production in Germany fell 12.88% last year from 2018; market share of E10 up 1 percentage point

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The German Bioethanol Industry Association (BDBe) has published the 2019 market data for the production and consumption of certified sustainable bioethanol. German bioethanol production, standardized for use as fuel, fell last year to 542,699 tonnes—12.8% million tonnes, about 1% more than in the previous year (2018: 17.8

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GSA proposes assessing package delivery vendors on environmental and alternative fuel benchmarks

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billion government-wide contract for package delivery services beginning in 2014 (Domestic Delivery Services Generation 3, DDS3), be assessed on their ability to meet annual targets for fuel efficiency, greenhouse gas intensity and alternative fuel use as well as delivery prices. —Gregory C. Staple, ACSF CEO.

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Landi Renzo USA to offer MY 2018 F-150 with CNG; 50,000-mile warranty

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Landi Renzo USA , a division of Landi Renzo Group, a global leader in alternative fuel systems, will offer the Ford F-150 with compressed natural gas (CNG) for model year 2018 with Ford Ship-Thru strategically located adjacent to the Ford assembly plant in Kansas City, Mo. gaseous prep engine via Ford dealers as a Ship-Thru.

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UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

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The UK automotive industry warned that the current anti-diesel agenda combined with the ongoing slow take-up of electric vehicles could mean industry misses its next round of CO 2 targets in 2021, with negative consequences for the UK’s own climate change goals. Alternatively fueled vehicles (AFV) registrations rose by 34.8%

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UPS/Greenbiz study identifies motivators and barriers to electric fleets

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In the “Curve Ahead: The Future of Fleet Electrification” report, industry leaders identify the main motivations and barriers to electrification, as well as strategies to move the commercial electric vehicle market from niche to mainstream. —Scott Phillippi, UPS senior director of automotive maintenance and engineering.

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