Alternative Fuels Brazil Hybrid Miles 
Green Car Congress
JULY 14, 2023
Brazil-based metals and mining multinational Vale announced a partnership with Wabtec Corporation to advance the decarbonization of Vale’s rail operations. The deal includes an order for three of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery locomotives and a collaboration to test ammonia as a potential clean, alternative fuel to replace diesel.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 6, 2016
While battery-electric vehicles, super-light carbon fiber composites, and hydrogen fuel cells will all be available, a new report from Lux Research has concluded that micro-hybrids will provide the most economical route—$1,700 additional average vehicle cost—to meet aggressive fuel efficiency targets in 2025: 54.5
Green Car Congress
JUNE 2, 2018
Company executives also laid out broad as well as brand-specific electrification plans—running the gamut from 48V mild-hybrids (mHEVs) and high voltage hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric vehicles—as well as alternative fuels. L3 autonomy will be available by 2021.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 5, 2012
Increased sales for hybrids and PHEVs. Despite the projected increase in LDV miles traveled, energy consumption for LDVs further decreases after 2025, to 13.0 Despite the projected increase in LDV miles traveled, energy consumption for LDVs further decreases after 2025, to 13.0 quadrillion Btu in 2011 to 14.0 Overall findings.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 22, 2011
The Westport technology uses natural gas as the main fuel with a small amount of diesel delivered at high pressure to the combustion chamber. The trucks have a 600-mile (966 km) range. UPS currently bases its 11 LNG tractors in Ontario, from which they can make the round trip to Las Vegas on one tank of fuel.
Green Car Congress
JULY 8, 2009
UPS Airlines CO 2 emissions per Available Ton Mile, historical and targeted. CO 2 lbs/ATM (Available Ton Mile), for a cumulative reduction of 42% since 1990. UPS Airlines aviation gallons burned per 100 Available Ton Miles, historical and targeted. UPS also purchased and deployed a hydraulic hybrid vehicle (HHV).
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. About Dr. Frank.
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