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NREL report finds electrified heavy-duty vehicle powertrains could provide lower total cost of ownership than diesel under certain conditions

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A new total cost of ownership (TCO) study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that battery-electric and fuel-cell electric commercial trucks could be economically competitive with conventional diesel trucks by 2025 in some operating scenarios. —Chad Hunter, lead author of the report and former NREL researcher.

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Limitations on diesel-ignited propane duel fuel combustion in heavy-duty diesel engine

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A team at Mississippi State University performed a detailed experimental analysis of diesel–ignited propane dual fuel combustion on a 12.9-liter, liter, six-cylinder, production heavy-duty diesel engine. The gaseous propane was fumigated upstream of the turbocharger air inlet and ignited using direct injection of diesel sprays.

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J&M Sanitation deploys two BYD, Amrep electric refuse trucks

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The trucks are replacing two current diesel vehicles. —Chad Gordon, operations manager of J&M Sanitation. J&M Sanitation, a family-owned business serving Kuna, Idaho, has deployed two all-electric Class 8 refuse trucks, the first such battery-electric, zero-emission vehicles in Idaho.

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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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The fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), the diesel-fueled compression-ignition internal combustion engine (ICE-CI) vehicle, and the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) have similar costs, while the BEV is the most expensive. LCOD across powertrains for light-duty SUV, MY2025. Burnham et al.

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REGI secures up to $20M for biodiesel plant capacity expansion

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Chad Stone, Chief Financial Officer. REG has grown from its beginnings in Ralston 21 years ago into North America’s largest biomass-based diesel producer. This would match the capacity at the company’s other Iowa biorefineries in Mason City and Newton. Iowa Senate File 2309, which was signed into law last year by Gov.

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US indicts 7 individuals and 3 companies in alleged $100M biodiesel RINs fraud in Indiana

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A dollar-per-gallon tax credit was available only to the first person to blend the pure biodiesel (known as B100) with petroleum diesel. After the biodiesel was blended and the tax credit claimed, the resulting product was generally known in the industry as B99, meaning that it was approximately 99% biodiesel and one percent petroleum diesel.

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Ioxus introduces new iCAP ultracapacitor series with a 3,000F cell

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Ioxus is targeting a number of markets for the iCAP: transportation drives or systems (comprising several specific sub-groups, notes Chad Hall, Founder and VP Sales); grid power storage; large regenerative energy capture (e.g., They feature a cycle life of more than 1,000,000 cycles, rated to half rated voltage, 25 °C.

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