Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2016

Fulcrum BioEnergy, the parent company of Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels, has applied for a new fuel pathway under the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCSF) for its process of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into Fischer-Tropsch (“FT”) diesel fuel. For 2016, the target for diesel and diesel substitutes is 99.97

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

BP and JM have developed a simple-to-operate and cost-advantaged FT technology that can operate both at large and small scale economically to convert synthesis gas, generated from sources such as municipal solid waste and other renewable biomass, into long-chain hydrocarbons suitable for the production of diesel and jet fuels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Fulcrum has developed and demonstrated a proprietary thermochemical process that converts MSW feedstock into low-carbon renewable transportation fuels including jet fuel and diesel. This syngas is purified and processed through the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process to produce a syncrude product which is then upgraded to jet fuel or diesel.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 22, 2021

According to dozens of automotive story headlines, the internal combustion engine, running on gasoline or diesel, is dead or dying as customers, auto companies and investors flock to electric powertrains. A workhorse diesel gets cleaner and more efficient. Its diesel engines remain mainstays at all of the major North American OEMs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

These kilometers have predominantly been driven by gasoline and diesel cars, exacerbating the air pollution crisis in European cities. French government data from 2017 show that 90% of the registered private hire vehicles, which includes Uber, were diesel cars. Uber’s CEO tells us they ‘do the right thing, period.’

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

liter V-8 compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-capable engines starting in the first quarter of 2017. liter B20-capable Duramax diesel for the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans; and all-new available 6.6-liter liter B20-capable Duramax diesel engines for the Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2013

has successfully demonstrated the conversion of municipal solid waste (MSW)—household garbage—into jet and diesel fuels. The two-stage MSW-to-jet or diesel process also starts with the syngas generated by gasification, but uses a Fischer-Tropsch process to produce jet fuel and/or diesel fuel. Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2015

Fulcrum BioEnergy has awarded a $200-million fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Abengoa for the construction of Fulcrum’s first municipal solid waste (MSW) to transportation fuels facility, the Sierra BioFuels Plant. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

Among the projects: Replacing three old, dirty diesel school buses at the Ukiah United School District with three electric school buses through the Rural School Bus Pilot Project. Projects funded to date are achieving the overall goal of California Climate Investments by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 36.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

Article 7a of the directive says lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from transport fuels must be reduced by 6% by 2020, a move environmental NGOs welcomed when it was agreed upon two years ago. Fuels produced from highly greenhouse-gas-intensive tar sands would thus be treated the same as less damaging sources of oil.

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Oil-Sands Fuel Canada Sierra 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2015

Higher blends of renewable fuel offer potential for increasing the use of renewable fuels in the US gasoline pool, but currently, the typical gas pump can deliver fuel containing a maximum of 10% ethanol. States that are able to provide greater than a one-to-one ratio in funding will receive higher consideration.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Reformate enhances the energy content of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel; biofuels such as ethanol are fuel additives that are instead blended into a finished product to oxygenate fuel. Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 19, 2007

The basic question addressed, which appears on the study homepage (epri-reports.org) is this: How would air quality and greenhouse gas emissions be affected if significant numbers of Americans drove cars that were fueled by the power grid?

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The Sierra Tan Windsor leather seats were soft and supple, comfortable to the touch, and supportive even after many hours behind the wheel. 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. The configurable digital 12.3-inch

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Hybrid SUV Clean Cleaning 73

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

GMC sales increased 8%, led by Sierra, Canyon and Yukon XL. Some highlights: The all-new redesigned Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted best-ever July sales of 19,173 units, up 29.7% Monthly sales of hybrids. Click to enlarge. General Motors. GM dealers delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, a 19.4% from the year-ago month.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

the largest oil and gas drilling company in the US, sees Natron batteries as a way to cut emissions by making their rigs more efficient. It’s really hard to put that out — it’s the last thing we want around an oil field,” Sierra said. Nabors Industries Ltd., Other investors include Chevron Corp. and Khosla Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2012

Fleet and retail customers can place orders for the 2013Ú Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra 2500 HD beginning 19 April. The pickups, which run on compressed natural gas (CNG) and gasoline, have a Vortec 6.0L CNG has maintained a significantly lower retail price than either gasoline or diesel. Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 5, 2009

Diesel Fuel Emissions: A Public Forum - 2003. Another of our accomplishments that we’re very proud of is, having picked up a brochure in 2006 at the Sierra Club table, we found out about the Cool Cities program. The question is, are they taking action to really carry out that pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2012?

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This winter, residents in the Sierra Nevada mountains lost power for days due to heavy snow storms. Electric cars also haven’t yet reached parity with gasoline or diesel vehicles in terms of uptime and there are lingering questions about serviceability as it pertains to DIY maintenance.

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