Alternative Fuels Conference Fuel Economy Pollution 
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Sreekanth Pannala, Senior Research Staff Member in the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a keynote talk at the recent Global Powertrain Conference. Achievable advances in engine technology can improve the fuel economy of automobiles by over 50% and trucks by over 30%.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 21, 2009
These efforts could include development of industry-wide vehicle specifications by weight class; industry-wide fuel economy requirements; fleet user education programs; and industry-wide best practices, all designed to help achieve a significant increase in fleet fuel efficiency and a commensurate decrease in GHG and other emissions.
Green Car Congress
JULY 14, 2014
In the case of the 2500HD bi-fuel, the two main trade-offs are a reduction in power and torque in CNG mode compared to gasoline mode, and the loss of a portion of the bed of the truck to the 3,600 psi CNG tank and its box-like enclosure. We’ll set aside the business challenges facing alternative fuel providers.).
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.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. Red Herring ).
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