Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2020
In 2014 and 2015, Anheuser-Busch converted 160 diesel-fueled trucks in Houston and St. Louis to fleets powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines. Anheuser-Busch is transitioning more than 180 trucks—representing approximately 30% of its dedicated fleet—to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make n -butanol. The resulting biofuel, n -butanol, is a carbon-neutral fuel alternative that can be used in blends with diesel or gasoline. The results are reported in an open-access paper in the journal Communications Biology.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
This will have a measurable impact as RNG yields up to a 90% reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions when compared to conventional diesel. The RNG will be used to fuel UPS’s LNG-powered trucks in Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Toledo. The Kinetrex Energy contract will supply UPS with up to 52.5
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2015
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $8 million to communities in 21 states and Puerto Rico to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines through the agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act ( DERA ) program. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses. New Jersey and New York.
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.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2020
AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. Stoichiometric Spark Ignition Propane Engine with Diesel Efficiency Parity. General Motors LLC. 689,659.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2009
The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area. The project will replace 190 older diesel school buses with hybrid electric school buses to be used in school districts throughout Kentucky.
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