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Pennsylvania awarding up to $5M to support alternative fuel transportation initiatives

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is accepting grant applications for innovative, advanced fuel, and vehicle technology projects that will result in cleaner advanced alternative transportation within the commonwealth. Grant applications will be accepted through 13 July 2018.

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DHL Express is piloting first hydrogen truck throughout Deutsche Post DHL Group

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Together with its customer Apple, DHL is piloting the heavy-duty vehicle, equipped with a fuel cell range extender from VDL, between Breda, the Netherlands, and Brussels, Belgium, as part of the Interreg NW Europe program H2-Share, coordinated by WaterstofNet.

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Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. —McCollum et al.

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AT&T to Deploy More Than 15,000 Alternative-Fuel Vehicles in Fleet Over Next 10 Years

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

AT&T plans to invest up to $565 million as part of a long-term strategy to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles over the next 10 years. AT&’s investment represents the largest US corporate commitment to CNG vehicles to date. Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T.

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Cal Energy Commission to award ~$1.2M for center for alt fuels and advanced vehicle technologies

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2015

The California Energy Commission Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) is making up to $1,194,659 in grant funds available to develop a new center or expand an existing center for alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies in Central California. ( PON-14-606 ).

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Ninety per cent of vehicles to use alternative fuels?

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

It may be an aggressive prediction – but a report by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute is suggesting that 90 per cent of vehicle fleets in the USA, China, Western Europe, Brazil and Japan could be running on alternative powertrain/fuels by 2050.

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US drivers want more fuel economy rather than alternative fuels

Green Cars News

MAY 29, 2010

It goes without saying that we all want our petrol engines to achieve better fuel economy at a lower cost – however, according to a new study, US vehicle owners would rather existing engine choices achieve this goal over opting for higher priced alternative fuel engines.

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Clean Cities Autogas Vehicle Conversion Program Rolls Out First of 1,189 LPG Cars in Virginia

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

The first vehicle converted to propane Autogas under the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program is on the road, with thirty more program vehicles slated to be running on Autogas by the end of August. based Red Top Cab provided the first vehicle for conversion under the program. Arlington, Va.-based

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 27, 2008

According to Wikipedia, without the need for a cooling, ignition or starter system these vehicles can be produced for approximately 20% cheaper than conventional car engines. Unlike battery electric vehicles a full tank of air will stay more or less full for a long time, they have very low discharge rates.

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Low Carbon Fuel Standard Proving More Successful Than Expected

Green Car Reports

JUNE 13, 2013

A report analyzing the uptake of low-carbon fuels says that fossil-fuel alternatives are actually growing faster than expected.

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California Energy Commission to award up to $3M to support development of bio-oil as intermediate for renewable jet fuel

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AUGUST 12, 2017

Meet biorefinery specifications in order to produce fungible low-carbon, drop-in biofuels compatible with pipeline and fuel dispensing infrastructure and vehicle technologies. The ARFVTP has focused fuel production efforts on the upgrading of intermediates for low-carbon fuel production (i.e.,

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West Virginia Univ. receives $1.15M grant for second hydrogen production-fueling station in state; focus on fossil-fuel-to-hydrogen

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium at West Virginia University (WVU) has received a $1.15-million million grant to develop the state’s second hydrogen production-fueling station. An anticipated second phase of the project will provide follow-on funding to complete the station and purchase hydrogen test vehicles.

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Toyota to start algae biofuel research project

Green Cars News

MAY 24, 2010

Toyota may be well established as the hybrid car leader but it hasn’t turned its attention away from other alternative fuels. Tags: Biofuels Green cars Latest news Toyota algae biofuels Alternative Fuels alternative vehicle fuels Toyota algae biofuel research project. One of [.].

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UC Davis report finds LCFS compliance costs may rise rapidly; recommends offsetting measures

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2013

As a result, the authors note, industry faces only technological and economic constraints in choosing the optimal fuel mix to comply with the program. In many respects, the LCFS is a first-of-its-kind regulation.

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DOE TEF project finds US can eliminate petroleum and reduce GHG by more than 80% in transportation by 2050; less use, more biofuels, expansion of electricity and hydrogen

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MARCH 15, 2013

TEF is organized into four research areas: light-duty vehicles; non-light-duty vehicles; fuels; and transportation demand. Achieving the reduction will require combined reductions across three factors: modes, demand and fuels. Using less fuel in vehicles. Using vehicles less. Source: DOE.

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Production begins at biogasoline plant

Green Cars News

MARCH 24, 2010

Ethanol isn’t the only alternative fuel for motor vehicles – as a new demonstration plant is keen to prove. Tags: Biofuels Green cars Latest news Alternative Fuels alternatives to ethanol alternatives to gasoline biogasoline biogasoline plant ethanol shell Virent Energy Systems.

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Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. Alternative, renewable fuels like methyl ethers will play a pivotal role in the future.

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SwRI wins $20M EPA contract for emissions and fuel consumption testing, analytical services

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

million contract by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide testing and analytical services related to vehicle emissions and fuel consumption. —Patrick Merritt, principal scientist in the Engine, Emissions, and Vehicle Research Division. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been awarded a five-year, $20.16-million

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Study finds renewable fuel mandates alone not likely to lower carbon intensity of biofuels; the importance of localized LCAs and optimized low carbon fuel standards

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Policies designed to reduce the average fuel carbon intensity (AFCI) can achieve significant GHG emissions reductions in the transportation sector when combined with strategies to increase vehicle efficiency and lower the rate of growth of vehicle activity. renewable fuel standards—and LCFSs. —Boies et al.

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Junkyard Find: 2017 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

That said, I never expected to find a four-year-old hydrogen fuel-cell car, more than a thousand miles from the only state in […]. The post Junkyard Find: 2017 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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CEC report sets out North American plan for change and investment to achieve sustainable freight transportation

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2011

The report, which focuses on road and rail transport, finds that while emissions from light-duty vehicles are expected to drop by 12% by 2030, freight truck emissions are projected to increase by 20%. Shifting to lower-carbon fuels. Greening supply chains and implementing best practices.

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Researchers Propose New Method for Life Cycle Impact Assessment; Transportation Fuels as a Case Study

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

To demonstrate the technique, Kristin Rogers and Thomas Seager applied it to a set of conventional and alternative transportation fuels (carefully noting that their purpose was purpose to illustrate the method, not to provide definitive conclusions about alternative fuels). Central weights box and whisker plots.

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EPA to study cutting amount of ethanol in U.S. gasoline

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Since 2007, the Renewable Fuel Standard has required increasing levels of ethanol in gasoline blends sold in the U.S. Most fuel stations across the United States no longer offer pure gasoline, with E10—a blend of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline—prevailing.

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Is ethanol-free gasoline heading for the end of the road?

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 5, 2016

fuel supply. The Renewable Fuel Standard in place since 2007 calls for specific volumes of ethanol, but critics have tried to cap that amount while the EPA has tried to maintain or.

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EPA boosts required 2017 ethanol volume above expected level

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

fuel supply, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has boosted its proposed ethanol volume for 2017. Under the Renewable Fuel Standard enacted in 2007, specific quantities of ethanol must be blended the national fuel supply. Despite pressure to lower the amount of ethanol blended into the U.S.

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Fuel from emissions? Catalyst converts carbon dioxide to ethanol

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 18, 2016

At least in North America, ethanol is a contentious fuel. fuel supplies. Much debate followed over using "food for fuel," its supposed carbon neutrality and the footprint of the.

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UK University makes biofuel breakthrough

Green Cars News

MAY 17, 2010

Tags: Biofuels Green cars Latest news Alternative Fuels alternative vehicle fuels biofuel dimethylfuran DMF Innospec University of Birmingham.

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Pennsylvania awarding up to $5M to support alternative fuel transportation initiatives

DHL Express is piloting first hydrogen truck throughout Deutsche Post DHL Group

Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

AT&T to Deploy More Than 15,000 Alternative-Fuel Vehicles in Fleet Over Next 10 Years

Cal Energy Commission to award ~$1.2M for center for alt fuels and advanced vehicle technologies

Ninety per cent of vehicles to use alternative fuels?

US drivers want more fuel economy rather than alternative fuels

Clean Cities Autogas Vehicle Conversion Program Rolls Out First of 1,189 LPG Cars in Virginia

Green Cars Part 4- Compressed Air

Low Carbon Fuel Standard Proving More Successful Than Expected

California Energy Commission to award up to $3M to support development of bio-oil as intermediate for renewable jet fuel

West Virginia Univ. receives $1.15M grant for second hydrogen production-fueling station in state; focus on fossil-fuel-to-hydrogen

Toyota to start algae biofuel research project

UC Davis report finds LCFS compliance costs may rise rapidly; recommends offsetting measures

DOE TEF project finds US can eliminate petroleum and reduce GHG by more than 80% in transportation by 2050; less use, more biofuels, expansion of electricity and hydrogen

Production begins at biogasoline plant

Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

SwRI wins $20M EPA contract for emissions and fuel consumption testing, analytical services

Study finds renewable fuel mandates alone not likely to lower carbon intensity of biofuels; the importance of localized LCAs and optimized low carbon fuel standards

Junkyard Find: 2017 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell

CEC report sets out North American plan for change and investment to achieve sustainable freight transportation

Researchers Propose New Method for Life Cycle Impact Assessment; Transportation Fuels as a Case Study

EPA to study cutting amount of ethanol in U.S. gasoline

Is ethanol-free gasoline heading for the end of the road?

EPA boosts required 2017 ethanol volume above expected level

Fuel from emissions? Catalyst converts carbon dioxide to ethanol

UK University makes biofuel breakthrough

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