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OCTOBER 26, 2011

million in Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants to 12 projects across the state. The grants, funded by a portion of the state’s annual utilities gross receipts tax, are intended to encourage new markets for alternative fuels, fleets and technologies across Pennsylvania. liter 400 HP engine.

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Alternative Fuels Pennsylvania Gas Grant 199

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

CleanFUEL USA , a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems has introduced its latest Liquid Propane Injection (LPI) system for the General Motors (GM) 6.0-liter liter engine. When the 6.0L Systems are available through CleanFUEL USA Master Dealers and Preferred Installers.

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USA GM Engine Stimulus 199

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. Such an engine could provide a cost-effective solution for small recreational vehicle- and motorcycle applications. fuel consumption penalty. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge.

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Engine Emissions Fleet Market 329

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

to convert 300 gasoline-powered Ford E-250 cargo vans to CNG, a move that will reduce vehicle carbon emissions by 480 tons per year. On average, CNG engines emit 23% less carbon dioxide than comparable gasoline-powered vans. Verizon has contracted with Steelweld Equipment Co.

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JANUARY 18, 2014

The additional content which includes the motor, inverter, converter, and on?board Advanced Combustion Engine R&D. Temperature Combustion (LTC), (2) Dilute Gasoline Combustion, and (3) Clean Diesel Combustion. diluted gasoline combustion technologies and controls, especially relevant to the growing trend of boosting and down?sizing

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Carbon Fiber Engine Battery Powered Fuel 252

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JULY 1, 2011

The new EcoLPi in-line six-cylinder engine is an advanced liquid phase injection, dedicated LPG powerplant that produces 27% more power and 10% more torque than previous E-Gas LPG system, while at the same time reducing fuel consumption by 12-15%. Engine performance is equivalent to that of the existing gasoline-fueled I6.

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Australia Ford Engine Fuel 270

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JUNE 30, 2009

Dallas-based BAF Technologies has begun converting 600 AT&T Ford E-Series vans to dedicated CNG technology in 2009. This is part of AT&T’s plan to invest up to $565 million to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles over the next 10 years. V8 Triton engine. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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2009 Convert Alternative Fuels Vehicles 150

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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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Oregon Tahoe Tax Credit Alternative Fuels 220

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Both Lanzanol and cellulosic ethanol will then be converted to jet fuel via the Alcohol-to-Jet" (ATJ) process developed by LanzaTech and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). The fuel meets all the specifications required for use in commercial aviation. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Carbon Diesel Audi Fuel 186

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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. The first of the hydraulic hybrid systems were commissioned last week. UPS anticipates an ROI of one to two years on these vehicles.

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Fleet Hybrid Chicago Store 150

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

ROUSH CleanTech unveiled a propane autogas fueled shuttle bus converted by new industry partner, Green Alternative Systems (GAS), at the 2012 BusCon Expo this week in Chicago, Ill. The propane shuttle bus. Click to enlarge. Built on a Ford E-450 chassis with a 6.8-liter,

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Conversion Commercial Chicago Alternative Fuels 220

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

Platinum group metals content reduction to enable cost-effective aftertreatment for gasoline and diesel engines. Improved efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty natural gas and propane (LPG) engines. Technology integration. Transportation and energy analysis.

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2020 Vehicles Polymer Gasoline-Electric 186

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JULY 17, 2020

Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. 1,549,915. .

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Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

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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. less than gasoline/diesel per gallon. CleanFUEL North America, Inc. 2008 and 2009 3.5L Chevrolet Impala.

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USA Engine GMC Sierra 150

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MAY 7, 2010

Conversion systems allow vehicles to run on alternative fuels; most conversions involve switching gasoline or diesel vehicles to operate instead on a gaseous fuel such as natural gas or propane; an alcohol fuel; or electricity. EPA expects the streamlined approach to result in a cost savings for many converters.

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Conversion EPA Fuel Clean Alternative 230

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MARCH 7, 2014

Vertimass LLC, a California-based start-up company, has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) technology that directly converts ethanol under moderate conditions at one atmosphere without the use of hydrogen into a hydrocarbon blend-stock for use in transportation fuels. the limitation on ethanol content in gasoline].

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Conversion Fuel Gasoline Sustainable Transportation 220

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

City officials in Houston estimate that the city’s 27 Nissan LEAF electric vehicles will save the city $110,000 annually compared to internal combustion engine vehicles. found that the city’s LEAFs will cost 41% less to own and operate than gasoline-powered vehicles. A similar study examining Loveland, Colo.

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Houston Fleet Tax Credit Plug-in 312

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

The cellulosic diesel process can be modified to produce a gasoline-range blending component and various green chemicals. According to Mercurius, the process chemically fractionates the biomass feedstock and converts it to an intermediate chemical that is further processed to a diesel blending component. cellulosic diesel.

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North Dakota Fuel Commercial Energy 210

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

A Look at the Lightest Alternative Fuel. Research on hydrogen vehicles dipped until the 1990s when European countries announced plans for more hydrogen-centered car power, such as the 2005-07 bi-fuel BMW 7-Series with a V12 engine that ran on either compressed hydrogen or gasoline. Hydrogen Vehicles in 2022.

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Hydrogen Vehicles Alternative Fuels Toyota 85

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JULY 29, 2015

Neste, Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Solazyme will supply renewable diesel to UPS to help facilitate the company’s shift to move more than 12% of its purchased ground fuel from conventional diesel and gasoline fuel to alternative fuels by the end of 2017.

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Renewable Diesel Alternative Fuels Louisiana 150

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MAY 17, 2013

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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Fuel Energy Gasoline-Electric Gasoline 210

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Cobalt Technologies has signed an agreement with Fluor Corporation for engineering consulting services as Cobalt gears up to commercialize its cellulosic biobutanol production technology. The dehydration pathway can be used in: alkylation of n-butanol to gasoline. oligimerization to jet fuel and diesel. oxidation to butadiene.

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Corporation Companies Colorado Conversion 186

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

will purchase 51 additional gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corporation. Most of the new FedEx gasoline-electric vehicles will be put into service at a Bronx, NY, station, making it the first FedEx all-hybrid facility with about 100 trucks. FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp.,

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All-Electric Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Alternative Fuels 210

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., an order to convert 463 Ford E-250 vans to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) to be fulfilled during the second quarter of 2010. The conversions are part of AT&T’s plan to invest up to $565 million to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles over the next 10 years.

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Conversion 2010 Clean Cleaning 210

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APRIL 23, 2014

in a 2013 paper in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , can be converted into hydrocarbons using a range of processes and a range of products depending upon the feed alcohol and the process selected. How ATJ fuels are incorporated into ASTM D7566 will depend upon the outcome of the extensive testing program with these blend components.

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Renewable Commercial Fuel 2013 218

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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. The report was prepared for AT&T.

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Purchase Fleet Emissions Carbon 210

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The UW team is the first to try converting the entire young tree—leaves, bark and stems—into bio oil and ethanol using two separate processes. —Chang Dou, a doctoral student in the UW’s Bioresource Science and Engineering program and lead author on both papers. Chang Dou/University of Washington. Click to enlarge.

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Washington Cheap Oil Universal 150

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DECEMBER 14, 2015

Joule’s Helioculture platform applies engineered catalysts to convert waste CO 2 directly into renewable fuels such as ethanol or hydrocarbons for diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline. The increased use of alternative fuels including biomass (20.6% Earlier post.). of its entire energy consumption in 2012).

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Carbon Manufacturer Fuel Waste 150

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APRIL 8, 2023

liter, 16-valve 4-cylinder engine with two electric motors for a total system 196 horsepower and 139 pound-feet of torque. The gas power Toyota’s hybrid automatically switches between the electric drive mode, combined electric motor and gasoline engine, and gasoline-only engine power. It combines a 2.0-liter,

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Toyota Hybrid San Diego MPG 83

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

announced that the US Army has successfully flown the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on a 50:50 blend of Gevo’s ATJ-8 (Alcohol-to-Jet)—a renewable, drop-in alternative fuel for JP8 derived from isobutanol. The US Air Force flew its first test flight using ATJ fuel in 2012. Bio-isobutanol company Gevo, Inc.

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Fuel Oil Hydrogen Alternative Fuels 319

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

liter gasoline powered, 4-cylinder engine combined with the twin electric motors. Gas plus two electric motors The hybrid system automatically switches between the pure electric drive mode, combined electric motor and gasoline engine, and gasoline-only engine power. Your numbers may differ.

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Lexus Nickel Metal Hydride MPG Clean 75

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

liter turbocharged gasoline engine. The system, with a total of 375 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, is EPA city and highway combined rated at 23 mpg with the gasoline engine only. If you don’t plug-in whenever possible, the fuel economy will be in the low 20s mpg. miles of using the hybrid engine.

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Jeep PHEV Gasoline-Electric Plug-in 80

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APRIL 5, 2022

Escaping High Fuel Prices; a Natural Bridge to an EV. liter non-turbocharged, 4-cylinder engine that produces 165 horsepower by itself, but when adding-in the motor generator that number increases to 200 hp. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA , rates fuel economy at 40 highway when running in gasoline mode only.

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Escape PHEV Ford Plug-in 89

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

and advanced power electronics initiatives in support of the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge; improvements in lightweight materials performance; more efficient combustion engine technologies; a new SuperTruck II initiative to achieve improved freight hauling efficiency goals; and. per gallon gasoline equivalent (gge).

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Sustainable Transportation 2015 2016 Transportation 150

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

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. Description. Federal funding.

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Fuel Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Vehicles 150

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Or how about 32 miles on no gasoline at all as you chauffeur around the kids and do in-town errands? The 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has a gasoline-powered 3.6-liter The EPA rates fuel economy, when using the hybrid gasoline-only engine at 30 miles per gallon. An engine for the long haul. How It Works.

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Chrysler Plug-in Plug Hybrid 78

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MAY 2, 2022

Clean Fleet Report will have detailed reviews of the Sportage gasoline, hybrid and eventually the plug-in hybrid in the coming months. Liter Inline 4-cylinder, Gasoline. Liter Inline 4-cylinder, Gasoline. EPA Fuel Economy: 23 mpg city/28 highway/25 combined. EPA Fuel Economy: Up to 42 mpg city/44 hwy/43 combined (FWD).

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Kia Fuel Economy MPG Hybrid 82