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Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen partner on renewable isooctane for specialty fuel applications

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Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen, world market leader in alkylate gasoline for two- and four-stroke small engines, have entered into a partnership on renewable isooctane ( earlier post ) for specialty fuel applications. billion (US$3.8

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GM CEO shares insights on Elon Musk and Tesla NACS partnership

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During an interview with CNBC ‘s Andrew Ross Sorkin at the Aspen Ideas Festival , Barra was asked about how she views Tesla and Elon Musk following their NACS agreement. In a rather fun part of her interview, the GM CEO revealed that she and Musk text each other. We have a partnership on many things right now with Honda.

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Mayors of 12 major cities pledge to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025; major areas to be zero-emission by 2030

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Together4Climate was part of CityLab, an annual summit organized by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Atlantic and the Aspen Institute. Less than 500 cities will be responsible for 60% of global economic growth and 50% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission growth between now and 2030.

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Jim Wangers, the Godfather of the GTO, useless at 96

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In reality, because of Chevrolet’s good fortune and Basic Motors proudly owning part {the marketplace}, GM doubled indisposed at the 1957 Car Producers Affiliation racing cancel in 1963 and were given out of racing with the intention to accumulation the Feds at bay with imaginable monopolistic accusations.

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CALSTART Small Hybrid Bus Working Group Selects StarTrans-Azure Dynamics for National Hybrid Bus Deployment

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The 23-foot gasoline-electric hybrid buses—a size smaller than heavy urban transit buses—are part of a national pilot program to speed commercialization of these vehicles, which are expected to yield 30% to 40% reductions in fuel use with an accompanying 30% reduction in emissions. StarTrans Bus, a Supreme Indiana Operations Inc.

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GM, Honda to collaborate on next-generation fuel cell technologies; targeting commercial feasibility in 2020 time frame

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Toyota’s Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle – Advanced (FCHV-adv), part of a fleet of 100 in a nationwide demonstration program, was recently on-site at the Aspen Ideas Festival. The company has committed to introducing a hydrogen fuel cell sedan in the US by 2015. Fuel Cells Hydrogen'

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Two Genomic Research Projects in British Columbia Tackle Issues in Emerging Forestry Biofuels Industry

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Although lodgepole pine and the mountain pine beetle have always co-existed as a natural part of the ecosystem in British Columbia’s interior forests, the beetle thrives under warm weather conditions. million (US$7.2-million) Carl Douglas.