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Engine products group files legal challenge to EPAs partial waiver for E15

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The newly formed Engine Products Group (EPG)—comprising the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance), The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. —Kris Kiser, Executive Vice President of The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, speaking on behalf of the Engine Products Group.

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BMW Group makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction

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In addition to sourcing 100% green power as of this year, the BMW Group will systematically invest in optimizing its energy efficiency and using the possibilities enabled by digitalization. The BMW Group already takes back all used BMW high-voltage batteries worldwide, even though there is no legal requirement to do so.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand.

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Zero-Carbon Drive to Sacto Anti-Carbon Rally and Back

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Rainforest Action Network (RAN) held a rally in Sacramento Thursday outside the lobbying offices of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers to protest their continuing lawsuit against California's greenhouse gas legislation. We chose the solar-powered Park n Ride just off 80. And I was there representing Plug In America.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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The company currently has a number of projects underway producing or developing—with its different technology partners—e-gas (methane) ( earlier post ); e-ethanol ( earlier post ); two versions of e-diesel from different pathways ( earlier post , earlier post ); and e-benzin (gasoline) ( earlier post ). Click to enlarge.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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On a full lifecycle basis, with an average European electricity mix, the i3 offers approximately a 30% lower carbon footprint over 150,000 km (93,200 miles) of use than the fuel-efficient diesel-powered BMW 118d, said Dr. Julian Weber, head of Innovation Projects e-Mobility at BMW. The motor’s average power consumption of around 0.13

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