Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The California Air Resources Board last week approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), a roadmap to reduce demand for petroleum by 94%, cut air pollution by 71%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85%, and reach carbon neutrality by 2045.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2018

Blue Bird is providing the cleanest propane engine available for school buses on the market, with this version being 90% cleaner than the current emissions standard and 10 times cleaner than any non-Blue Bird propane school bus option available today. g/bhp-hr—a new version of the Ford 6.8 HD-OBD LPG with Ultra Low NO x 0.02

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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MAY 17, 2012

Propel Fuels launched the company’s first Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton, California. The Clean Mobility Centers introduce renewable fuels (E85 Flex Fuel, biodiesel blends) alongside the conventional fuels (gasoline, diesel) that drivers use today. —Air Resources Board Chairman Mary D.

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AUGUST 13, 2015

Propel Fuels has expanded its sales of Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable) to locations across Southern California. Utilizing Neste’s NEXBTL renewable diesel, Propel’s Diesel HPR is a low-carbon, drop-in renewable fuel that meets petroleum diesel specifications and can be used in any diesel engine. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

The California Energy Commission has published the “2014?2015 2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program”. It details how the California Energy Commission, with input from stakeholders and the program Advisory Committee, determines the program’s goal?driven

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has approved specifications for dimethyl ether (DME) used as fuel in compression ignition engines. These include gasoline, diesel fuel, and other fuels such as biodiesel and hydrogen.). The approval of the quality specifications opens the way for public sale of the fuel.

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AUGUST 25, 2014

certification from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) for the compressed natural gas (CNG) Dedicated conversion system for the 2014 Ford 6.2L The dedicated version converts the vehicle to operate 100% on CNG, which allows users to take advantage of using CNG as a cleaner burning and more economical alternative fuel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The California Air Resources Board announced that a financial incentive program has helped put more than 650 hybrid trucks and buses on California roads. ARB created the financial incentive program in 2007 under AB 118, legislation that provided funding for a range of alternative fuels and vehicle technologies.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

The California Energy Commission approved funding of $4,963,000 to help bring natural gas-powered shuttle buses and large trucks to California’s highways. million to help public and private fleet operators as well as individual consumers afford new alternative-fueled passenger vehicles and medium- and heavy-duty buses and trucks.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

California inter-agency roadmap. Four California state agencies and the independent power grid operator have released a new plan and vision for California’s energy future in advance of the Air Resources Board consideration of a first-in-the-nation rule requiring that a third of California electricity come from renewable sources by 2020.

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Plug-in California 2020 Transportation 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Propel launched Diesel HPR across Southern California in August 2015, and consumer adoption of the fuel has risen 300% compared to its former biodiesel product (B20). Diesel HPR provides cleaner and more efficient combustion for more power and a smoother ride at a cost similar to or lower than petroleum diesel. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2016

Renewable diesel outperforms petroleum in emissions, engine performance and value, providing cleaner and more efficient combustion, as well as significant reduction in harmful nitrogen oxide (NO x ) and fine particulate (PM 2.5 ) emissions.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 17, 2024

Today, it is a cost-neutral way for fleet owners to achieve their goals by allowing them to convert an entire diesel-powered fleet to alternative fuel overnight. Renewable diesel, it is said, keeps engines cleaner longer, thus decreasing labor hours and material costs associated with vehicle and equipment wear.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In California, Big Blue Bus (BBB) will receive $870,000 from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee’s (MSRC) Near Zero Engine Incentive Program. Nationally recognized for its long-standing commitment to a cleaner environment, the entire fleet operates on alternative fuels, including renewable natural gas (RNG).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed a legal challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) with the US District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. By regulating the fuel pathway of transportation fuels—i.e., Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

The first phase required Oregon producers and importers of fuels to register with DEQ, keep records and submit reports about the fuels they currently supply. The full program does not mandate the use of a specific alternative fuel or set a cap on total emissions. LCFS Policy'

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Oregon Standards Carbon 2015 277

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JANUARY 28, 2014

The “Pathways to Near-Zero-Emission Natural Gas Heavy Duty Vehicles” report, authored by GNA on behalf of Southern California Gas Co. California policy makers face challenges in devising a pathway that can simultaneously help the state achieve NO x and GHG reduction targets. Click to enlarge. Background. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Gas Emissions California 257

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APRIL 23, 2009

The California Energy Commission has adopted the state’s first transportation Investment Plan. The Alternative and Renewable Fuels Vehicle Technology Program was established by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) and is an essential element of the California's climate change and energy policies.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

A separate CNG fuel tank is mounted in the trunk. Natural gas is a cleaner-burning transportation fuel compared to petroleum products, and costs significantly less than gasoline at current prices. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 2, 2016

The City of Santa Monica, California has awarded Clean Energy a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract to fuel its Big Blue Bus (BBB) fleet of vehicles. LNG derived from biomethane is a low carbon fuel, which, under some conditions, offers a carbon intensity (CI) equal to or lower than that of electricity. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. DME is safe, burns cleaner than conventional diesel, and most importantly is versatile. million (US$3.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2009

First introduced in 1998, the Civic GX is the cleanest internal combustion vehicle certified by the EPA—90% cleaner than the average gasoline-powered car on the road today. 1—to maximize performance from natural gas fuel. As a result, the GX is certified by the EPA as an Inherently Low Emissions Vehicle (ILEV).

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MAY 9, 2013

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. 20 million for hydrogen fueling infrastructure. . $15 15 million for medium- and heavy-duty electric truck and hybrid vehicle demonstration projects. $12

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

For one, the [California Air Resources Board] CARB-established limit of HC+NO x emissions in the 7.4 Other technical options they identified included replacing the 2-stroke engine with a 4-stroke gasoline engine—or by switching to cleaner alternative fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas, compressed natural gas, or electricity.

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JANUARY 27, 2012

The current California program constitutes a separate set of rules with minor variations due to separate legal structures but is designed to parallel the proposed federal joint rulemaking the Obama administration announced last summer. Click to enlarge. The goal is to accelerate a transition already in process and to make sure it succeeds.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2018

Alternative-fuel technology company ROUSH CleanTech has developed the first available propane autogas engine certified to California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) optional low oxides of nitrogen emissions standard for heavy-duty engines with 0.02 grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr). Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 20, 2024

The electric semi truck – one of 11 Peterbilt 579EV Class 8 trucks bought by San Diego-based Bali Express last year – made its first trip to Mexico carrying an unspecified load of goods through the Port of Entry at Otay Mesa, which connects Southern California to the city of Tijuana, Mexico.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

This catch-22 - you need the polluting engine running to keep the emissions mitigation running - has regulators including the California Air Resources Board (ARB) frowning upon PHEV conversions. Both California regulators and automakers make this claim.) It also spreads doubt about the enviro bona fides of plug-ins.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

The California Air Resources Board formally considered the first 28 proposals for new ways to make low carbon transportation fuels under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The development of lower-carbon-intensity fuels for use by regulated parties is. Earlier post.) Rulemaking.

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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. It is much more than that.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

The California Air Resources Board's (CARB) monthly meeting today included the adoption of the State Alternative Fuel Plan. The analysis by the California Energy Commission (CEC) and CARB of the smorgasbord of non-petroleum alternatives was mandated by AB 1007. And quite a buffet it is.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. Depending upon where you live, power plants are often burning natural resources. I wont be buying an electric car of any kind.

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center , “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ( Public Law 117-169 ) amends the Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit ( IRC 30D ), now known as the Clean Vehicle Credit, and adds a new requirement for final assembly in North America that takes effect on August 16, 2022 ” .

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