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Hyundai Motor puts XCIENT Fuel Cell electric trucks into commercial fleet operation in California with $3.5M from EPA

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million in 2021 Targeted Airshed Grant (TAG) funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deploy five XCIENT Fuel Cell electric trucks in California. This project is led by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD), which applied for the TAG funding. Hyundai Motor has secured $3.5

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Hyundai XCIENT fuel cell fleet in Switzerland logged 5M km in 2 years

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Starting in 2020, the company exported 47 units of the hydrogen-powered, zero-emission commercial trucks to 23 Swiss companies, which are using them for logistics, distribution and supermarket fulfillment. The XCIENT Fuel Cell is equipped with a 180-kW hydrogen fuel cell system with two 90-kW fuel cell stacks.

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Hydrogen Engine Center and Wisconsin Motors Form JV for Wet-Sleeve Version of Oxx Engine

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Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc. Wisconsin Motors intends to certify these engines on traditional fuels (gasoline, natural gas and propane) while HEC intends to use alternative fuels such as hydrogen, ammonia, syngas, ethanol and methanol. Tags: Brief. six-cylinder engine. Earlier post.) engines in the industrial market.

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EPA and NHTSA Issue Notice of Intent to Develop New Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Standards for Light-Duty Vehicle Model Years 2017-2025; Proposal Expected by 30 Sep 2011

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The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years. Technologies. Technologies.

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US House Passes $2.85B Bill for Advanced Technology Vehicle RD from 2010-2014

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Priorities for the Department of Energy’s vehicle technologies research have shifted drastically in recent years among diesel hybrids, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and plug-in electric hybrids, with little continuity among them. EPA and NHTSA just released their joint proposed rulemaking for an average 250g/mile CO 2 and 34.1

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Dr. James Liao Wins 2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Academic Award; Second 2010 Green Chemistry Award for Advanced Biofuels

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The efficient biosynthesis of these alcohols directly from carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) or indirectly from carbohydrates would reduce net carbon emissions. The engineered strain produces isobutanol at a higher rate than those reported for ethanol, hydrogen, or lipid production by cyanobacteria or algae. Tags: Biotech Fuels.

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Biohydrocarbon Fuel Company LS9 Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award

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Production of LS9 UltraClean Diesel provides an estimated 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions when compared to conventional petroleum diesel, according to the company. Tags: Bio-hydrogen Synthetic Biology. been researched, demonstrated, implemented, applied, patented, etc.).

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