Remove Cleaner Remove Future Remove Petrol
article thumbnail

London study suggests PHEV vans a practical, accessible solution for cleaner air in European cities

Green Car Congress

Emissions-free mobility is essential for the future of our cities and their citizens, but we know there are still barriers we face in the move to electrification. liter EcoBoost petrol engine as a range extender for total range exceeding 500 kilometers (310 miles).

London 246
article thumbnail

British Airways invests in LanzaJet; SAF offtake agreement

Green Car Congress

British Airways will power future flights with sustainable aviation fuel produced from sustainably-sourced ethanol, as part of a new partnership with sustainable jet fuel company LanzaJet.

Georgia 415
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Jaguar Land Rover investing $1.6M in two new Centers of Excellence for Engine Combustion Research at Oxford and University College London; gasoline and diesel

Green Car Congress

The primary area of research will be to understand and develop advanced combustion concepts compatible with future fuel advances by investigating new combustion geometries, valvetrain, fuel injection, air management and ignition technologies. Earlier post.).

article thumbnail

Researchers successfully engineer E. coli to produce renewable propane; proof-of-concept

Green Car Congress

Previous attempts to use the ADO enzyme have proved disappointing as scientists have been unable to harness the natural power of the enzyme to create cleaner fuel. The new metabolic pathway comprises three key enzymes: a thioesterase to produce butyric acid; a carboxylic acid reductase (CAR) to convert butyric acid into butyraldehyde;and.

Renewable 236
article thumbnail

Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

DIY Electric Car

The electric pedicabs would actually make the urban transport better and cleaner. All of them runs on diesel engines making even more pollution than the ordinary petrol engines. The big question arises now is it possible to create the electric pedicab that will actually fall in to the category of less than 60kg.

London 124
article thumbnail

New Zealand Strategic Assessment of Biofuels Calls for Emphasis on Synthetic Diesel from Wood

Green Car Congress

The report concludes, and Commissioner Wright emphasizes in an overview of the report, that if biofuels are to play a significant role in New Zealand’s energy future, then drop-in synthetic diesel made from wood is the pathway on which the country should concentrate. Some biofuels are good, some are bad, and some are probably downright ugly.

article thumbnail

Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launch new fuels lab

Green Car Congress

In our new laboratory we will be able to test different combinations of petrol and diesel as well as alternative fuels such as ethanol, tallow, various oil and tallow esters, DMF (2,5 dimethyl furan) and synthetic diesel, and gain a full picture of what is happening in an engine.

Universal 199