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Forecast: US biodiesel production to surpass RFS target for second straight year

Green Car Congress

This growth is driven in large part by a $1-per-gallon production tax credit extended through the end of 2013 by the US Congress. The RFS aims to reduce oil imports and cut back auto emissions with cleaner-burning fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, biomass-based diesel, and sugar-cane-based ethanol.

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US indicts 7 individuals and 3 companies in alleged $100M biodiesel RINs fraud in Indiana

Green Car Congress

A dollar-per-gallon tax credit was available only to the first person to blend the pure biodiesel (known as B100) with petroleum diesel. Additionally, biodiesel producers could generate and attach credits known as “renewable identification numbers” or RINs to biodiesel they produced.

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‘Pro-EV’ New Jersey just OK’ed the US’s highest dumb EV fee

Baua Electric

“I-95 North – Welcome to New Jersey Sign” by formulanone is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. New Jersey just signed a law approving a punitive new EV registration fee – and at $250, it’s the highest in the country. Electrek’s Take Thinking of buying a new EV in New Jersey?

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

Driivz

Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont are adopting the same rules. Electric tractor trailers are selling for $300,000 to $500,000, depending on the manufacturer, compared to $130,000 to $160,000 for a diesel version. However, that is likely to change. With approval from the U.S.

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What’s up with the BMW MINI E?

Plugs and Cars

In June about 500 cars were placed in consumer and fleet hands in Los Angeles and New York and New Jersey for what BMW calls a " field trial." The VIP treatment includes, I’ve heard, the rather un-green diesel flat-bedding of the cars overnight for refueling. The BMW Mini E has hit the streets.

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

Green Car Congress

The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations. New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks, Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.

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

The Truth About Cars

The industry will have to comply with California’s emissions laws if it hopes to sell within the United States, with the federal government still capable of funding the shift by adding new corporate incentives and indefinitely prolonging an EV tax credit scheme that was originally supposed to expire.