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JANUARY 18, 2017

Neste announced the rebranding of its renewable diesel fuel during a customer seminar and appreciation event in San Diego, California. Neste is replacing its “Neste Renewable Diesel” and earlier brand name “NEXBTL” with “Neste MY Renewable Diesel” brand name.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grants to public and private partners in California. The funds will be used to retrofit and replace old, polluting diesel vehicles and equipment, including school buses, heavy-duty trucks, tractors and port equipment. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $9.6

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) rolled out its new fleet of 77 buses fueled by propane autogas. Historically, propane autogas costs 40% less than gasoline and up to 50% less than diesel. MTS purchased 31 minibuses and 46 paratransit buses fueled by propane. The current gasoline price MTS pays is $1.99 per gallon.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Board of Directors recently voted to approve two major bus procurements: up to 350 Gillig 40-foot low-floor CNG buses and up to 165 New Flyer 60-foot low-floor articulated CNG buses through 2017. At the end of the contracts, more than 95% of MTS buses will run on cleaner compressed natural gas.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Porvoo is the first city in Finland to start using Neste MY Renewable Diesel, produced 100% from waste and residues, in all of its diesel-fueled vehicles during this year. Neste MY Renewable Diesel is an excellent solution for many cities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As the largest green hydrogen production facility on the west coast, the plant will produce 30 metric tons of liquid green hydrogen daily, serving customers from San Diego to Vancouver. When fully built, the network of plants in the US will offer transportation fuel to customers that is price-competitive with diesel, the company said.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The rule requires container, passenger and refrigerated cargo ships to reduce emissions while docked at California’s busiest ports, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Hueneme, San Francisco and San Diego. CARB’s investigation revealed that from 2017 to 2018, Mitsui O.S.K.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2018

Truck driver Bob Sliwa hit the road on Thursday night in his carbon-fiber-bodied, diesel-powered semi truck, as he attempts to set a fuel economy record for big rigs by the time he pulls into Jacksonville, Fla., next Wednesday.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

diesel; and $0.13 per gallon currently in the San Diego region, and EV charging rates (SDG&E) ranging from $0.09/kWh Annual fuel cost estimates are based on combined city/highway fuel economy, 15,000 annual miles, and the following fuel prices: $2.55 regular gasoline; $3.00 premium gasoline; $2.85 electricity per kilowatt-hour.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity, is purchasing a 39% stake in Oberon Fuels, a San Diego, CA-based development-stage producer of low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) transportation fuel. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.,

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San Diego Fuel United States Carbon 435

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AUGUST 13, 2015

Propel Fuels has expanded its sales of Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable) to locations across Southern California. Utilizing Neste’s NEXBTL renewable diesel, Propel’s Diesel HPR is a low-carbon, drop-in renewable fuel that meets petroleum diesel specifications and can be used in any diesel engine. per gallon.

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JULY 8, 2020

Truck operators and their import and export customers will help local communities by reducing smog-forming NO x emissions by 98% compared to diesel trucks while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions. —Mike Vomund, Chevron vice president of Americas Products – West.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Propel launched Diesel HPR across Southern California in August 2015, and consumer adoption of the fuel has risen 300% compared to its former biodiesel product (B20). Performance features include a 75 cetane rating, 40 percent higher than regular diesel. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Having a low carbon intensity score compared to gasoline, diesel and compressed natural gas. gCO 2 /MJ, and diesel 100.45 In September 2020, Suburban Propane took a 39% stake in Oberon Fuels, a San Diego, CA-based development-stage producer of low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) transportation fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

Neste recently launched a renewable diesel made entirely from waste and residues under the brand name Neste MY Renewable Diesel at select service stations in the Helsinki region today, 9 January 2017. The feedstock selection available for Neste’s renewable diesel has been successfully expanded to more than 10 raw materials.

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Finland Waste Renewable Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2016

A Navy ship has, for the first time, operated on a 100% drop-in renewable diesel fuel. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s (NSWC PHD) Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) completed final-phase testing of a 100% drop-in renewable diesel fuel as part of the Navy’s MILSPEC qualification program. Earlier post.). The ex- Paul F.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

API) of San Diego, Calif. With Ricardo’s world-class design expertise, we will incorporate diesel-like combustion into a gasoline engine while adding the efficiency of an opposed piston design. The newly-formed partnership between Ricardo North America (Ricardo) and Achates Power Inc.

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JUNE 14, 2013

California’s air quality programs have forced a reduction in black carbon despite a significant increase in diesel fuel consumption. The reductions occurred during a time when diesel fuel consumption increased by about a factor of five. Reducing diesel emissions can therefore lead to a reduction of both warming and cooling particles.

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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. Overall, 60 new clean school buses were delivered to rural school districts throughout the state. Planting more than 3.6

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

(Credit: peekaystudio/Instagram ) Tesla is said to use lubricating oils, brake fluids, lead acid batteries, aerosols, antifreeze, cleaning fluids, propane, paint, acetone, liquefied petroleum gas, adhesives, and diesel fuel at its Fremont Factory in Northern California.

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AUGUST 15, 2018

The company is on the wait list for an additional $900,000 in Prop 1B grants from the San Diego Air Pollution Control District, which would be used to purchase another 9 trucks. Replacing 55 diesel trucks with new ultra-low emission natural gas trucks is the equivalent of taking more than 3,100 passenger cars off the road.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

A team from Universita degli Studi di Pisa (Italy) and Rolf Reitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proposing a novel combustion concept—Homogenous Charge Progressive Combustion (HCPC)—based on a split-cycle principle to control HCCI combustion in diesel-fueled engines. —Musu et al. Tamagna, D., Gentili, R.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Data shows that people who live near truck-traffic corridors experience higher rates of asthma, lung and heart disease, and chronic bronchitis due largely to breathing toxic vehicle emissions, specifically, diesel particulate matter. HDR completed the study.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Settled on Thursday by Judge Jayne Lee in San Joaquin County state court, the lawsuit alleged that Tesla had been violating hazardous waste laws at 101 facilities across California, along with its Fremont factory.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Diesel Driving the Future’ 1,000-mile journey in California, beginning 18 October. The tour will span the state of California, beginning in Eureka and ending in San Diego. Also, when compared to traditional diesel fuels, RenDiesel has higher hydrogen content, heating value and cetane index.

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California Diesel Audi Miles 210

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Matson’s Lurline launches into San Diego Bay. The two ships will replace three diesel powered vessels in active service, which will be moved to reserve status. Matson, Inc.,

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JUNE 25, 2010

The Los Angeles/Inland Empire, Central Valley, Bay Area and San Diego/Border regions received the funds from the Proposition 1B, approved by voters in 2006. million for Central Valley; and, $31 million for the Bay Area and San Diego/Border regions. million for harbor craft projects.

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San Diego Los Angeles Emissions Diesel 170

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APRIL 30, 2018

Starship will undertake a cross-country run, carrying a full cargo of clean reef material, 18-25 May starting in San Diego, Calif. Starship uses full synthetic Shell Heavy Duty Engine Oil; Shell Rotella DEF Diesel Exhaust Fluid and Shell ROTELLA Extended Life Coolant; and. and ending in Jacksonville, Fla.

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San Diego Fuel Jacksonville Fuel Economy 281

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APRIL 14, 2016

The California Energy Commission approved nearly $9 million in grants for the installation of DC fast chargers along major state freeways and highways to allow electric vehicle drivers to travel from San Diego to the Oregon border without worrying about running out of energy. The grants went to four companies—Chargepoint Inc.;

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DC San Diego Energy Grant 150

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JUNE 2, 2014

In-use testing of three light duty diesel vehicles—certified to US-EPA Tier2-Bin5 and California LEV-II ULEV emissions limits— found a wide variation in real world emissions performance relative to the regulatory limits. diesels and one 3.0L diesel) over pre-defined test routes exhibiting diverse driving conditions.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

417,046 miles is about the same as traveling 16-¾ times around Earth (using a great circle route, of course), and that distance is impressive even by Mercedes-Benz diesel standards. Ordinary upholstery would have been nuked into powder by four decades in the climate of San Diego and Phoenix. market 300 D.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. University of California, San Diego (UCSD): $1 million to use advanced solar forecasting to optimize campus distributed energy resources on the UCSD campus. First NorCal Retail H 2 Refueling Station Open.

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JULY 4, 2013

The truck, which runs primarily on liquid natural gas (LNG), started with a full tank of LNG in San Diego and refueled at a LNG filling station in Dallas during what was the first coast-to-coast crossing of the US by a LNG/Dual-Fuel vehicle, according to the company.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Two awards approved today will expand plug-in electric vehicle (EV) charging options in the San Diego area. will receive $499,512 for the installation of 138 dual Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations, and 68 home charging stations at multi-family residences within the city of San Diego.

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JULY 22, 2015

paid $250,000 in penalties to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) for failing to follow proper testing procedures for one of its diesel exhaust filters, as required by state law. Navistar sold diesel particulate filters in California without proper testing at specified intervals, in violation of our air quality laws.

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California San Diego Emissions Pollution 150

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MAY 2, 2018

Testing will last approximately one year and is designed to prove out the ranges, operating hours and charging requirements of vehicles operating in real-world service conditions alongside conventional diesel-fueled trucks. Two 520 refuse haulers will be tested by Sacramento County and a waste hauler will operate one truck. UQM for e-axles.

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MAY 24, 2017

An international team of researchers has uncovered the mechanisms of two families of software defeat devices for diesel engines: one used by the Volkswagen Group to pass emissions tests in the US and Europe, and a second found in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Computer scientist Kirill Levchenko led the research effort at UC San Diego.

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