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European project working to establish basis for standardization of methanol fuels in Europe

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A further important aspect is the optimization of gasoline-engine combustion concepts for the use of methanol. Among other things, the focus is on questions of cold-start behavior, knock resistance, efficiency, exhaust emissions, and material compatibility.

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Pi Innovo introducing new M670 rapid prototyping ECU

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The M670 is a 154-pin high feature engine controller designed to support gasoline PFI, GDI, diesel solenoid, and alternative fuel applications. The ECU supports a broad range of engine control features such as dual ETC, quad VVT, VGT, dual knock, UEGO (Universal Exhaust Gas Oxygen), HEGO (Heated Exhaust Gas Oxygen), and more.

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Westport acquires Clean Energy’s BAF natural gas vehicle business for $25M

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BAF supports clients with vehicle conversions through the Ford QVM program and aftermarket conversion products, alternative fuel systems, application engineering, service and warranty support. Clean Energy will provide 750,000 GGEs (gasoline gallons equivalents) of CNG, to be used by Westport as marketing and “bundling” incentives.

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Researchers propose evaluating alt fuel efficiency based on energy rather than volume; impact of ethanol on vehicle efficiency and GHGs

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Relative changes in vehicle energy efficiency (VEE) (km/MJ) on ethanol/gasoline blends over those on gasoline for different blending levels. Several recent highly cited LCAs that have incorporated vehicle efficiency differences between gasoline and ethanol/gasoline blends could potentially be misleading. Click to enlarge.

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DOE awards nearly $55M to advance fuel efficient vehicle technologies in support of EV Everywhere and SuperTruck

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding nearly $55 million for 24 projects to develop and deploy advanced vehicle technologies, supporting the Energy Department’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge to make plug-in electric vehicles as affordable to own and operate as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. 750,000 (jointly funded).

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Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

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The report concluded that benefits in the medium- and long-term can be anticipated since the obtaining of an alternative fuel using a residual greenhouse gas would allow European dependence on conventional fossil fuels to be cut, and that way the risks in supply security to be minimized. —Methanol report.

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European Automotive Industry Outlines RD Priorities for EU Green Car Initiative

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Energy and Environment (exploring primary energy sources which are renewable, secure, sufficient and environmentally compatible; the electrification of vehicles and the road transport system as a whole; lightweight structures and new vehicle concepts for high energy-efficiency).