article thumbnail

Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Biodiesel, derived from renewable sources like vegetable oils and animal fats, serves as a cleaner-burning alternative to petroleum-based diesel fuel. Schematic of biomass to bio-oil conversion process. It’s both nontoxic and biodegradable, produced by combining alcohol with vegetable oil, animal fat, or recycled cooking grease.

Fuel 52
article thumbnail

Toyota’s greenwashing AI ‘eco-copilot’ is fake, but the prank makes a real point

Baua Electric

“Toyota” announced a new eco-conscious AI copilot at the DC Auto Show yesterday, which promises to reduce environmental impact by up to 10% – but it turns out the whole thing was a prank, and the prank makes a real point about Toyota’s tendency towards greenwashing. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

Toyota 98
article thumbnail

Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. Cash for Conversions” will start by fixing many of our 100 million trucks, vans, and buses. When they’re mass-produced, conversions will cost under $10-$15,000. We just had to do it.

Oil 252
article thumbnail

Polk County, Oregon Sheriff’s Office running 10 patrol cars on propane

Green Car Congress

Auto Additions of Salem performed the bi-fuel vehicle conversions while Blue Star Gas installed an on-site fuel station and delivers year-round fuel supply. Sergeant Garton says the new clean vehicles could operate up to 10,000 miles between regular services since autogas is a cleaner burning, higher octane fuel than gasoline.

Oregon 220
article thumbnail

Europe’s sightseeing buses are graduating from vegetable oil fuel to electric and solar power

Baua Electric

With such large vehicles in consistent operations, Tootbus has made efforts in recent years to decarbonize its business using cleaner alternatives. Together with VEV, Tootbus looks to enter the next phase of its fleet bus conversion plan and become a fully electric company by 2029. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

Solar 52
article thumbnail

M&M meets CAFÉ 2 norms for FY24, to comfortably meet CAFÉ 3 norms by 27-28 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The direction of the conversation right now is to move OEMs, and push them to have EVs because that’s the only way to meet the CAFE norms.” It is being designed in a way that literally discourage non-electric (cars). M&M believes that a higher share of diesel vehicles puts Mahindra in a more favourable position versus gasoline.

article thumbnail

This new Airbus air taxi has a 50-mile range and is quieter than a hairdryer

Baua Electric

Back when Airbus introduced the NextGen design in 2021, it promised that these features keep sound levels to below 65 A-weighted decibels (dBA) during fly-over and below 70 dBA during landing – so that’s about the sound of a hairdryer or vacuum cleaner at landing, even less in flight. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

Taxi 52