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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

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In February 2022, a team from Argonne National Lab published a report “Carbon Intensities of Refining Products in Petroleum Refineries with Co-Processed Biofeedstocks”. Chevron believes the future of transportation is lower carbon and is growing its offering of biofuels solutions for customers. United States. doi: 10.2172/1846005

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Raven SR waste-to-hydrogen plant in California to be powered by INNIO Jenbacher’s Ready-for-H2 engines

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The energy system will power and heat Raven SR’s S-Series hydrogen production facility at a sanitary landfill in Richmond, California. The hydrogen product will be resold to power fuel cells in heavy-duty trucks. The type 4 engines are already available today to run on 100% hydrogen. Earlier post.).

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Plus.ai, FAW Jiefang form JV to develop self-driving trucks for China; first production-class L2 semi-autonomous truck

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The exclusive partnership is also launching its first product, the first production-class L2 semi-autonomous truck, which is built on Plus.ai’s L4 autonomous technology stack. The FAW J7 L2 truck is the joint venture’s first commercial product, while the product roadmap includes a full L4 heavy truck in the next three to five years.

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Opel to offer battery-electric variant of every model in 2024

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This means that every model in the product portfolio of the brand will be available as a battery-electric variant as early as next year. These vehicles have just been joined by the new Astra Electric, which is available to order now, and will be followed next year by the all-electric successor to the Grandland compact SUV.

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Qualcomm unveils next-gen powerline communication device to support vehicle-to-EVSE smart-grid communications

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The PLC device is based on Qualcomm Technologies’ market-proven QCA700X family of products, which have been widely adopted in EV on-board charging units and charging stations across the globe. Director Product Marketing, Automotive at Qualcomm Technologies. —Lars Boeryd, Sr.

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McLaren Applied selects STMicroelectronics to supply SiC power modules for next-gen inverter

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In choosing ST’s SiC, McLaren Applied aims to secure a solid and regular power electronics supply chain for McLaren Applied as it ramps up production and commercialisation of its IPG5 inverter for OEMs and Tier 1 partners. At just 3.79L in size and weighing 5.5kg, IPG5 can extend an EV’s range by more than 7%.

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Bi-fuel evolutions of the LEVC TX taxi and VN5 van; range extender engines run on LPG/biopropane and CNG/biomethane

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Biomethane and biopropane can both be made from waste feedstocks such as food waste, farm waste and sewage and both are in volume production already. All of these fuels are available today and also offer 30-50% operating cost savings. LPG/biopropane fuel tank or CNG/biomethane fuel tank. Gaseous fuel injectors.

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