Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

2015 Chevrolet CNG-Capable, Bi-Fuel Impala. General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today. A separate CNG fuel tank is mounted in the trunk. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The hybrid systems were partially funded by Drive Clean Chicago, a program that aims to accelerate the adoption of alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure in Chicago. In doing so fuel is saved and harmful emissions are cut. The first of the hydraulic hybrid systems were commissioned last week.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

Program fleets significantly save on fuel costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by running vehicles on American-made propane autogas. Propane autogas, also referred to as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), is the most widely used alternative fuel in the world, with more than 17 million autogas vehicles on the road globally.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2009

In the report, The Economic and Environmental Impacts of a Corporate Fleet Vehicle Purchase Program, the group examines the economic and environmental contributions of converting corporate fleets from gasoline to compressed natural gas (CNG) and hybrid vehicles. million vehicles. million vehicles.

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Purchase Fleet Emissions Carbon 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2013

The Polk County, Oregon, Sheriff’s Office is running 10 patrol cars converted to propane autogas, including seven Ford Crown Vics, two Chevy Tahoes and one Ford F-350 pickup truck; the office expects to save more than $20,000 every year by using the alternative fuel. —Sergeant Mark Garton, Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. This is due to raw, externally premixed fresh charge comprising air, fuel and lube oil being short-circuited into the exhaust during the scavenging process. fuel consumption penalty.

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Engine Emissions Fleet Market 329

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2013

We estimate our fuel savings in the first year alone to be more than $82,000. Transitioning our fleet to propane autogas was an extremely easy decision to make because we are saving taxpayer dollars, improving the environment through cleaner auto emissions and supporting a domestically produced fuel source.

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Convert Illinois USA Vehicles 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. Artificial Intelligence-Engine for Optimizing Integrated Service in Mixed Fleet Transit Operations. AOI 13: Alternative Fuel Proof-of-Concept in New Communities and Fleets. 1,750,000. .

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Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America.

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USA Engine Alternative Fuels Gasoline 239

Green Car Congress

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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Clean Cleaning California Carbon 231

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2013

Alternative Energy Systems Consulting, Inc., The funded projects will expand the campus charging network, and reduce the campus fleet's petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. E85 fuel is a mix of 15 percent conventional gasoline and 85 percent ethanol, an alcohol derived from plant material.

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San Diego California Transportation Clean 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leader in alternative fuel dispensing equipment and engine technology, is working with one of the largest distributors of propane, Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., to increase the availability of propane engine fuel at retail refueling stations across the US. The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded CleanFUEL USA $12.9

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

24 million to help develop and produce biofuels such as gasoline and diesel substitutes and renewable natural gas. California possesses a significant volume of waste suitable for creating low-carbon fuels—from ethanol and biodiesel to biomethane made from anaerobically digested biomass. $5

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California Transportation Energy Clean 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

a subsidiary of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of engine components that converts vehicles to operate on cleaner gaseous fuels, such as propane. less than gasoline/diesel per gallon. CleanFUEL North America, Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with IMPCO Technologies, Inc.

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USA Engine GMC Sierra 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

The awards, funded from the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, help to pay the difference between a conventional gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicle and one powered by a cleaner alternative fuel. The Energy Commission already has awarded nearly $15.5

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Not only do they eliminate tailpipe emissions, but they also boast greater energy efficiency compared to their gasoline counterparts. Additionally, switching to cleaner energy sources further reduces the environmental impact of generating electricity. EVs are game changers in the reduction of vehicle emissions.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA , rates fuel economy at 40 highway when running in gasoline mode only. That number jumps to 105 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent, when combining electricity and gasoline. Clean Fleet Report ran a few test loops to get a feel for real world fuel economy and electric range.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Hempstead Town’s new fueling station is a major research and demonstration project that will help to assess the viability of hydrogen and HCNG as alternative fuels, with the goal of identifying cleaner alternatives to gasoline that will reduce fossil fuel dependency.

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Grid Hydrogen Fuel New York 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

(The Department of Food and Agriculture Division of Measurement Standards has the responsibility for establishing and enforcing the quality standards for spark- and compression-ignition engine fuels sold in California. These include gasoline, diesel fuel, and other fuels such as biodiesel and hydrogen.). Earlier post.).

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California Fuel Engine Sale 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

The state is aggressively working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, decrease petroleum fuel use to 15% below 2003 levels by 2020, and increase alternative fuel use to 20% by 2020. Vehicles are the major contributor to global warming pollution. 2 million for propane vehicles.

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California Transportation Energy Green 150

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 1, 2021

While Volvo offers a T5 turbocharged model and T6 turbocharged and supercharged model of the gasoline-only XC90, it’s the T8 that’s the focus here. Fuel economy for the Recharge is 55 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) when you use electricity and gasoline and drops to 27 mpg when you don’t charge up the battery.

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Recharge Volvo PHEV MPG 79

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 12, 2022

MPGe is a measurement of how far a car can travel, electrically, on the same amount of electric energy as is contained in 1 gallon of gasoline (33.7 Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. kilowatt-hours/kWh).

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PHEV Plug-in Plug MPG 104

Green Car Congress

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. These incentives help to pay the difference between the cost of alternative-fuel vehicles and conventional vehicles. 4 million to emerging opportunities.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The passenger vehicle fleet doubles to almost 1.7 Alternative technologies, such as hybrid and electric vehicles that use oil more efficiently or not at all, continue to advance but they take time to penetrate markets. To compete today, the majority of alternative fuels need government support of one form or another.

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Oil Transportation Cheap Fleet 247

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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is building fleet charging stations in Portland and Phoenix. It is reminiscent of the early 1900’s, when steam, electric, diesel, biomass, and gasoline power options competed on a level playing field for consumers’ attention. We have those…they are readily available in our own domestic fleet.

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