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Ford F-150 Lightning receives value trim, now prices $51,990

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All figures come with a $1,995 vacation spot fee, and maximum Lightning fashions are eligible for $7,500 in doable Inflation Relief Business tax credit, in line with Ford. The variability-topping Platinum now begins at $93,990, which is unwell $6,079 from sooner than.

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Eaton Assisting Truck Fleet Owners in Applying For Government Diesel Hybrid Grants

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Under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) related Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), funding is available through ARRA for up to 25% of the cost of a new hybrid truck. Fleets and equipment eligible for the DERA funding include buses, medium or heavy duty trucks, marine engines and locomotives.

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Report finds road transportation sector in Canada likely to fall far short of 2050 GHG emissions reduction target

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However, the report also notes that the abatement costs for some of these technologies are much higher than the current cost of carbon. The mix of incentives, the required investments, consumer preferences, the potential for GHG reductions, and the cost of abatement are all part of the optimization. —“A Long Hard Road”.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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Environmental costs are often not shown on financial statements because the bearers of such costs can be either particular individuals or society at large, are often both non-monetary and problematic to quantify for comparison with monetary values. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge. billion in 2005.

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Accenture Reports Identifies 12 Disruptive Technologies Most Likely to Transform Supply and Demand of Transport Fuels and Cut Emissions Within Next 10 Years

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If the technology can be brought to scale, then waste feedstock processing could solve two problems at once—a source of low-cost, low-carbon renewable fuel, and a solution to the ever more critical issue to landfill reduction. Marine scrubbers. Biojet (renewable hydrocarbon fuels for aviation).

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CleanFUEL USA partners with Freightliner on new 8.0L propane LPI medium-duty engine

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This partnership expands use of GM’s 8L long-block engine, originally intended for industrial and marine markets, to new on-highway applications of up to 33,000 lb GVW (gross vehicle weight). Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane.

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Royal Academy of Engineering study examines future lower-carbon ship powering options

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This integrated approach must embrace all of the elements of naval architecture, marine and control engineering alongside operation practices. Gas turbines have been successfully used in niche areas of the marine market and represent a proven high power density propulsion technology.

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