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California Air Resources Board readopts Low Carbon Fuel Standard, adopts regulation on alternative diesel fuels

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The program requires that transportation fuels used in California meet a baseline target for carbon intensity which is reduced each year. The Board also adopted a regulation governing alternative diesel fuels ( ADF ). The LCFS applies to liquid and non-liquid fuels. Diesel and Diesel Substitutes.

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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AFV are alternative fuel vehicles: electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles. Thus, in 2013 the European Union fleet already collectively met its legal target for 2015. The average per-km CO 2 emissions for gasoline-fueled cars was 128.62 grams; for diesel, 127.16 Source: EEA.

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EPA and California ARB charge Volkswagen with using software defeat device to circumvent NOx testing in 4-cylinder 2.0L diesels

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liter, four-cylinder diesels include software (a “defeat device”) that circumvents EPA emissions standards for NO x. The allegations cover roughly 482,000 diesel passenger cars sold in the United States since 2008. Affected diesel models include: Jetta (Model Years 2009 – 2015). collectively referred to here as Volkswagen).

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DTM trialing lower-carbon high-performance racing fuel with Audi and Aston Martin

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This new formulation mirrors the high-quality performance levels of Aral Ultimate 102, the fuel used in the DTM. It not only maintains the same high-octane rating required by the DTM, but also meets the requirements of the legal fuel norm, DIN EN 228. earlier post ). TFSI DTM 2019.

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General Motors And Tengzhong Sign Definitive Agreement For Sale Of HUMMER

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Once the transaction is complete, HUMMER will become the first automaker to offer an alternative fuel powertrain in every model, with the addition of E85 FlexFuel capability in the 2010 H3 and H3T. Citi is acting as financial advisor to GM.

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DOT announces $22.5M in latest round of low or no emissions bus deployment (LoNo) funding

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Hydrogen fuel-cell and battery-electric buses qualify as zero-emission. A low emission bus is defined as any transit bus that is powered by an engine that produces lower non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC) and NO x than are legally permitted under EPA’s engine standards.

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Corsa Ginetta-Zytek to Race as Hybrid at Lime Rock

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The car is homologated—fully legal to race as a hybrid—and is no longer running as a conventional race car come Lime Rock. All Series entries compete on street-legal alternative fuels: low-sulfur diesel; E10; cellulosic E85; and hybrid power. This has been a long time coming.

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