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Shell Starship 3.0 to use Cummins X15N natural gas engine running on RNG

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will make a demonstration run on the West Coast in preparation for a cross-country demonstration run from San Diego, California, to Jacksonville, Florida in August. The truck will showcase how fleets today can reduce their energy usage and carbon emissions, without losing focus on the cost of their operations. Shell Starship 3.0

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DOE VTO awarding $3.6M to 6 projects to commercialize lab-developed clean transportation technologies

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VTO’s six selected TCF projects are: Argonne National Laboratory 5 MT/year Supercritical Hydrothermal Continuous One-Step Manufacturing Processing, $900,000 – ACTion Battery Technologies, Carrollton, Georgia Automotive Magnesium from Domestic Aluminum-Magnesium Scrap, $250,000 – Galvotec Alloys, McAllen, Texas National Renewable Energy Laboratory Energy (..)

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Volkswagen Group of America opens new Tradepoint Atlantic vehicle terminal at Port of Baltimore; formerly site of Bethlehem steel

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Tradepoint Atlantic Terminal is VWGoA’s eighth port in the US, which includes locations in Benicia, CA, Davisville, RI, Houston, TX, Jacksonville, FL, Midlothian, TX, San Diego, CA and the Volkswagen Assembly Plant in Chattanooga, TN.

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DOE to provide ~$1B in cost-shared funding to FutureGen; oxy-combustion of coal with carbon capture and storage

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Project is a public-private partnership formed for the purpose of developing the world’s first commercial-scale, coal-fueled oxy-combustion electric generation project integrated with carbon capture and geologic storage. The FutureGen 2.0 Project (DOE/EIS-0460). Click to enlarge. EIS-0460: Final Environmental Impact Statement.

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Shell Airflow Starship semi truck leaves San Diego on record fuel-economy run

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Truck driver Bob Sliwa hit the road on Thursday night in his carbon-fiber-bodied, diesel-powered semi truck, as he attempts to set a fuel economy record for big rigs by the time he pulls into Jacksonville, Fla., next Wednesday.

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Shell/AirFlow Starship hyper-fuel efficient Class 8 truck to make cross-country run

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and ending in Jacksonville, Fla. Special Starship features include: Bespoke 100% hyper-aerodynamic carbon fiber cab. Starship will undertake a cross-country run, carrying a full cargo of clean reef material, 18-25 May starting in San Diego, Calif. Active grill shutters (active based on temperature to maximize.

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Successful run across the US on 37.6 gallons of 100% NEXBTL renewable diesel; 66.7 mpg w/ average speed 67.7 mph

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The 2,507-mile (4,035 km) journey, which began in Jacksonville, Florida, and finished successfully in Santa Monica, California, took a total driving time of 37 hours 2 minutes (thus average speed = 67.7 mph/109 km/h). The trip was made with CLP-engineered and developed Superlite Coupe (SLC) racecar powered by a custom Volkswagen 1.9-liter

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