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Co-Optima report highlights most significant R&D achievements in FY2019

Green Car Congress

Co-Optima research has helped reveal limitations in conventional fuel metrics, such as research octane number and motor octane number, in predicting performance under certain ACI combustion conditions. To date, few biomass-based diesel fuel alternatives are viable for widespread commercial use and able to be produced at scale.

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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

Cars That Think

federal government has mandated that the country’s government-operated planes, trains, and automobiles run on a fuel blend partly made from corn- and soybean-based biofuels. Nunes says it’s currently unclear whether federal government action via a fuel standard would be more effective than direct investment. says Nunes.

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