Connecticut, Diesel and Future

3 East Coast states and DC first to participate in TCI-P cap-and-invest program for transportation

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the mayor of the District of Columbia announced that theirs will be the first jurisdictions to launch a new multi-state program that the principals expect will invest some $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices.

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USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

The electric buses will replace CTA’s oldest diesel buses and reduce greenhouse gases in communities that have experienced air pollution and other environmental health hazards, improving public health and quality of life. Connecticut Department of Transportation. Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET).

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BMW bringing 4-cylinder gasoline engines back to the US; more diesels to come

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2011

So we continue to concentrate our innovation on making every new generation of BMW gas and diesel engines more efficient, cleaner, and better performing than the one that preceded it. O’Donnell said that BMW sees technologies such as stop/start playing a much greater role in the future. —Jim O’Donnell.

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Argonne VERIFI researchers applying GSA to investigate combustion engine parameters; seeking cleaner and more efficient engines

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2014

By gaining a better understanding of how these parameter uncertainties affect outcomes, the VERIFI researchers, along with colleagues at the University of Connecticut, are seeking to create cleaner and more efficient engines. Diesel Emissions Engines Fuel Efficiency Simulation'

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Engine Cleaner Connecticut Diesel

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Transitioning the fleet to all electric will eliminate emissions from diesel buses and emissions from shipping diesel fuel by barge 900 miles from Seattle. All of the replacements are diesel powered heavy-duty buses that are past their twelve-year life span. The buses will replace diesel buses that have exceeded useful life.

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DOE Announces Up to $13M in Funding for Six Advanced Combustion and Emissions Controls RD Projects

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

The University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut) has been selected for negotiation of an award for a project to develop three-dimensional composite nanostructures for lean NO x emission control. Cummins Engine Company, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Consortium, General Motors Corporation, and Woodward.

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DARPA awards additional $2.5M to LiquidPiston for development of 30kW X4 rotary diesel engine prototype

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2018

to LiquidPiston for development of 30kW X4 rotary diesel engine prototype. million to continue development of its 30kW X4 rotary diesel engine prototype, bringing DARPA’s total funding of the engine technology to $6M. Development will be executed at LiquidPiston’s dynamometer & engineering test facility in Connecticut.

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Diesel Engine 2018 Connecticut

Massachusetts Governor Proposes $0.19 Increase in State Fuel Tax to Support Transportation Projects

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

With Federal fuel taxes included, the tax on gasoline in the state would be $0.609 per gallon, and the tax on diesel would be $0.669 per gallon. Future increases in the state fuel tax would follow the Consumer Price Index.

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FTA Report on Worldwide H2 Bus Demonstrations Finds Better Than Expected Performance and Strong Customer Acceptance; Challenges Remain

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2009

However, because each site developed its own solutions, future research could capture lessons learned and develop best practices and guidelines. Diesel buses typically operate for 18 to 20 hours per day, over a range of about 186-217 miles (300-350 km), using one tank of fuel. The most significant challenge was range. Energy Storage.

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Nickel Metal Hydride Hydrogen 2002 Fuel

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

s Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project. The project will replace 190 older diesel school buses with hybrid electric school buses to be used in school districts throughout Kentucky. Hunt’s initial LNG truck operations, and will allow the fleet to add additional LNG vehicles in the future.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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APRIL 21, 2009

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Gas-Electric Standards Plug Gas

Researchers Demonstrate Liquid-Tin Anode SOFC Operating on Biodiesel

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

Researchers from CellTech Power and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated a liquid-tin anode solid-oxide fuel cell (LTA-SOFC) operating on pure biodiesel (B100) prepared via base-catalyzed transesterification of virgin and waste cooking oils. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. Cells were operated for short times (4.5

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Bentley Fuel Connecticut Conversion

Sometimes bipartisanship can work

Electric Auto Association

MAY 20, 2021

Putting the brake on regional pollution Also in December, Massachusetts, along with Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Washington D.C., Both of these programs are funded by the Volkswagen Diesel Settlement Mitigation Trust. Funding for Level 2 charging was also expanded and continues on a rolling basis.

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Massachusetts Rhode Island Pollution Cleaner

Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With the issue of what people will be allowed to drive in the future becoming yet another hot-button political issue, there’s little chance of the bill making it through Congress. House of Representatives that would prevent California from receiving federal waivers to set standards limiting the sale of gasoline-driven automobiles.

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3 East Coast states and DC first to participate in TCI-P cap-and-invest program for transportation

USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

BMW bringing 4-cylinder gasoline engines back to the US; more diesels to come

Argonne VERIFI researchers applying GSA to investigate combustion engine parameters; seeking cleaner and more efficient engines

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

DOE Announces Up to $13M in Funding for Six Advanced Combustion and Emissions Controls RD Projects

DARPA awards additional $2.5M to LiquidPiston for development of 30kW X4 rotary diesel engine prototype

Massachusetts Governor Proposes $0.19 Increase in State Fuel Tax to Support Transportation Projects

FTA Report on Worldwide H2 Bus Demonstrations Finds Better Than Expected Performance and Strong Customer Acceptance; Challenges Remain

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Researchers Demonstrate Liquid-Tin Anode SOFC Operating on Biodiesel

Sometimes bipartisanship can work

Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

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