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MARCH 9, 2018

Audi remains convinced of the potential of the fuels e-gas, “e-benzin” (e-gasoline) and e-diesel and is continuing to pursue its e-fuels strategy. galons US), the largest batch yet produced—of synthetic Audi e-gasoline for initial engine tests. Audi “e-benzin” (e-gasoline) is essentially a liquid isooctane.

Audi

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MARCH 7, 2018

The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. This program will demonstrate the first diesel engine to comply with the state standard.

Engine

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

LanzaTech has been selected by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to receive a $4-million award to design and plan a demonstration-scale facility using industrial off gases to produce 3 million gallons/year of low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. The LanzaTech award was one of six totaling $12.9 Earlier post.).

Diesel

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JULY 14, 2014

demo truck. Cummins has developed an E-85-specific engine and powertrain that reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 80% compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck. is designed specifically to use E-85 (85% ethanol and 15% gasoline). The ETHOS 2.8L Click to enlarge. The Cummins ETHOS 2.8L Earlier post.)

Engine

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

Although tested on a gasoline application V-Charge could, according to Dunne, achieve similar gains on a downsized diesel engine and bring additional emissions benefits. The CVT can change from minimum to maximum ratio in less than 400ms, and the actuation power during this rapid ratio change is less than 20W.

Downsizing

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The Chemrec technology has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 95% compared to gasoline and diesel, replace imported fossil fuels with renewable fuels and to create improved profitability and employment in forest-based industries, says Chemrec’s COO Jonas Rudberg. billion liters) of diesel oil annually, Chemrec says.

Energy

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Virent’s patented technology features catalytic chemistry to convert plant-based materials into a full range of products identical to those made from petroleum, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemicals for plastics and fibers.

Convert

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

In addition, n-butanol and derivatives are promising candidates as diesel blendstocks. Dehydrating n-butanol can produce 1-Butene derivatives, which can then be relatively easily processed to hydrocarbon fuels: via alkylation to gasoline, or via oligomerization to jet fuel and diesel. Earlier post.).

Renewable

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JULY 21, 2012

Green Diesel. The hydroprocessing technology used in the Green Diesel process—and also used for Green Jet—is relatively mature, Rekoske noted. UOP is moving faster commercially on the Green Diesel side, with the Diamond Green project with Darling International and Valero Energy nearly complete. —Jim Rekoske.

Renewable

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JANUARY 13, 2017

Stemming from a major project partially funded with a $9-million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop an opposed-piston two-stroke gasoline compression ignition engine (OPGCI) ( earlier post ), Achates Power announced it is developing a 2.7-liter, liter, 3-cylinder (i.e., The new Achates Power 2.7-liter

Light

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

The RadMax engine also has multitude capabilities allowing it to operate on fuels including gasoline, natural gas, hydrogen, propane and diesel. This design makes it possible to produce up to 24 continuous power impulses per one rotation that is vibration-free and extremely quiet.

Engine

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

miles per diesel gallon equivalent (DGE). miles per gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE), which equates to 4.51 The NREL team found, inter alia , that the battery-electric buses (BEBs)had an overall average efficiency of 2.15 kWh per mile on the service route, which equated to 17.48 The baseline CNG buses had an average fuel economy of 4.04

Fuel Economy

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MAY 25, 2017

Early results include a direct comparison between Euro 5 and Euro 6 engines under real-world driving conditions, and the impact that cold-starts have on gasoline and diesel engine emissions in urban environments.

Emissions

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

The cellulosic feedstock grown in the Central Valley can produce a variety of renewable fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, renewable diesel, renewable gasoline and renewable jet fuel. As of 2015, announced US cellulosic fuels producers’ nameplate capacity is about 85 million gallons.

California

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

The fast pyrolysis and HTC processes of demo-size (0.5-1 Research under BioBoost will complement KIT’s bioliq biosyncrude gasification process ( earlier post ), which is designed for the production of designer fuels for diesel and Otto engines from biogenous residues, e.g., straw.

Conversion

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Chrysler’s new powertrain strategy is relying on the rapid transfer of Fiat Group technology for Multiair; Gasoline Direct Injection; turbocharging and alternative fuels to support rapid downsizing and improvement of fuel economy, along with the simplification of the company’s engine line-up, according to Paolo E. Earlier post.)

Chrysler

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Should the lab and pilot work prove successful and scalable, they will place a demo plant in Malaysia, Burton said. Lipids, in turn, are a proven pathway to jet, diesel and gasoline. Part of the challenge is locating sufficient quantities of hydrogen to enable large scale use of the CO 2 in waste gases.

Parts

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JUNE 29, 2011

Noting that “ the bugs are coming along really nicely ” Gruber said the Gevo is planning a 1-million gallon demo plant in the first half of next year. Our kerosene is the same as that produced from butylenes; it’s the same old kind of kerosene, made from C 4 building blocks. —Patrick Gruber. Benjamin G.

Renewable

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

A demo flight with the new fuel is planned in 12-18 months, with commercialization targeted for 2014. These hydrocarbons are subsequently separated into biological gasoline, kerosene and diesel by rectification. Virgin Atlantic will be the first airline to use this fuel and will work with LanzaTech, Boeing and Swedish.

Waste

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MARCH 10, 2016

Heavy-duty diesel vehicles were required to implement OBD for model year 2013 vehicles while implementation in alternative fueled heavy duty vehicles was delayed till 2018 due to the development burden of this new level of diagnostics and the comparatively small volume of heavy-duty alternative fueled vehicles being manufactured.

Grant

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

In testing on a BMW demo 3-Series vehicle, a 1.6-liter Downsizing a gasoline engine (e.g., The demo Turbohybrid powertrain. In cooperation with BMW and LUK, AVL applied the Turbohybrid powertrain in the BMW 3-series demo vehicle. naturally aspirated baseline; a 1.6L The Turbohybrid system. Fischer et al. Click to enlarge.

Hybrid

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MAY 12, 2015

In 2014, Global Bioenergies signed a collaboration agreement with Audi on the development of bio-isooctane—a high-performance drop-in biofuel for gasoline engines—derived from bio-isobutene. These compounds are associated with large markets: Isooctane is the gold standard for gasoline engines, and corresponds to unleaded 100 when used neat.

Fuel

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Three HDGas engine concepts/technology routes are being developed: A low-pressure direct-injection spark ignited engine with a highly efficient EGR system (the IVECO engine with GD Tech injectors); A low-pressure port-injected dual fuel engine; A high-pressure gas direct-injection diesel pilot ignition gas engine.

Engine

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will optimize fuel-based control of novel combustion strategies in light- and heavy-duty vehicles to enable diesel-like efficiencies with ultra-low engine-out emissions. Demo Project for Multi-material light-weight prototype vehicle. . $1,500,000. Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants LLC. valve train vs. bearings).

Carbon Fiber

The Truth About Cars

JUNE 21, 2023

liter gasoline engine (405 horsepower and 455 lb-ft of torque) has been tuned to deliver more low-end pulling power and supplants the 6.2-liter Even more attention was given to the diesel engines. liter diesel engine, that makes for a maximum towing capacity of 40,000 pounds. liter diesel V8. Meanwhile, the 7.3-liter

Ford

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 9, 2021

A BMW owner, he is a possible future Polestar buyer, which made this a demo ride and reinforced my positive impressions. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels. A rocket ready to hit the road. kilowatt-hours).

Volvo

Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

Fleet operators are used to a scenario with diesel or gasoline, that pricing goes up or down by, let’s say, 20% in a given year. In California, electricity costs for charging fleets could be up or down 400% in a single day. The first is the cost of electricity.

Fleet