Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Following on the introduction of R33 Blue Diesel ( earlier post ), Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now developed a low-carbon gasoline. The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2024

rental fleet to buy gasoline cars. The company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the sales of these vehicles, which represent about one third of its global EV fleet, began in Dec. Hertz on Thursday announced that it's selling about 20,000 EVs, including some Teslas, from its U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2021

In remarks made at the signing of his Executive Order on Strengthening American Manufacturing, President Biden said that he would replace the federal government’s fleet of vehicles with electric vehicles made in the US. In his remarks, the President provided no further details on the fleet conversion to EVs, such as timing and spending plans.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Major ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. Previously, researchers calculated that rideshare companies’ carbon footprints could significantly decrease by fully electrifying their fleets.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), is beginning the final phase of testing of a renewable gasoline for drop-in commercial use in the existing fleet. The product fulfills EN228 standard and can be used in both existing and new gasoline and hybrid cars.

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Sweden Gasoline Renewable Commercial 199

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2024

The rental-car giant Hertz has announced that it’s selling a third of its EV fleet—about 20,000 EVs, including some Teslas—to buy gasoline. And the first EV that goes completely by-wire has been U.S.-certified. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2021

Micro-mobility company Helbiz is exploring the electrification of its fleet with Lightning eMotors. The new vehicles are capable of achieving 61 MPGe, compared to 13 MPG for gasoline-powered vans.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

New data suggests that electric vehicles may not be an easy future substitute for the gasoline-powered fleet, as EVs currently travel less than half as much as the US fleet average. Third, EVs may be complements to gasoline-powered vehicles, rather than substitutes for them.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Arbor Renewable Gas, LLC (Arbor Gas) will use Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for producing renewable gasoline at a new facility in the Gulf Coast region. Topsoe will supply the methanol synthesis technologies and the backend gasoline synthesis unit (TIGAS). STG (Syngas to Gasoline) – the route from synthesis gas.

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Renewable Gasoline Gas Louisiana 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2020

In a commentary in the journal Joule , Rob McGinnis, founder and and CEO of Prometheus , a company that is developing technology to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into fuels, discusses the technology advances that could lead to the potential price-competitiveness of renewable gasoline and jet with fossil fuels.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2022

A coalition of environmental groups and over a dozen states filed lawsuits Thursday against the United States Postal Service (USPS) over plans to replace mail trucks with a majority-gasoline fleet. A new mail truck design from defense contractor Oshkosh was unveiled in February 2021, with plans to make just 10% of the fleet electric.

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Gasoline United States Gasoline-Electric Fleet 160

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2020

ComEd’s new fleet electrification plan calls for replacing all of its light duty vehicles with electrified vehicles (EVs and PHEVs) by 2030. ComEd’s current fleet of 3,000 vehicles includes 1,400 biodiesel-fueled line trucks and another 430 units that are capable of running on high-level ethanol-gasoline blends, or E85.

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Fleet Illinois Vehicles Chicago 277

Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Many fleet owners and operators are interested in reducing operational and maintenance costs with electric vehicles (EVs), but they worry about vehicle safety. To meet these standards, vehicles must undergo an extensive, long-established testing process, regardless of whether the vehicle operates on gasoline or electricity.

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Fleet United States Gasoline-Electric Charging 87

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

USDA owns and operates one of the largest civilian fleets in the Federal Government and this move to a fleet that can use E85 or biodiesel will increase efficiencies and performance. Background on USDA Fleet. This will occur over time during the normal fleet renewal process. Earlier post.).

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Plug in America

APRIL 1, 2022

more and more companies are transitioning their fleets to modern electric vehicles. Bucking that trend, the United States Postal Service has chosen to double down on more traditional technology with 90% of its vast purchase of 160,000 new delivery vehicles to be gasoline-fueled. Across the U.S., billion in over the next 5 years.

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Purchase Gasoline Fleet Fuel 98

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For the last 18 months, a fleet of 6 methanol-fueled versions of the Geely Emgrand 7 cars have been in Iceland. The methanol fleet test is a collaboration between Geely, CRI and Brimborg, a local dealership and automotive service provider. liter, 127 hp engine which can run on both 100% methanol (M100) and gasoline.

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Iceland CO2 Gasoline Renewable 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2022

This could see hundreds more zero-emission HGVs rolled out across the nation and save the industry money, due to overall running costs of green vehicles being cheaper than gasoline and diesel equivalents. This will begin with demonstrations of battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks.

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Emissions Fleet Hydrogen Gasoline-Electric 359

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The transition away from gasoline and diesel vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is going full throttle in the United States, and that includes the iconic yellow school bus. As it turns out, the very gasoline or diesel vehicles children use to go to school hamper their learning.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

This could prove very problematic for the industry in a year that was supposed to mark the big shift to EVs to reduce fleet CO2 emissions in line with new tighter EU CO 2 targets. Much lower pump prices for gasoline and diesel have been ushered in by the COVID-19 crisis and a big hit to global oil demand. —Mike Vousden.

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CO2 Fleet Emissions Oil Prices 353

EV Solutions

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Discover the advantages of fleet electrification, cost-saving incentives, and efficient charging solutions. Electrify your fleet for a sustainable and economical future.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The TRUE initiative seeks to supply cities with data regarding the real-world emissions of their vehicle fleets and equip them with technical information that can be used for strategic decision making. Analysis of the TRUE US remote sensing database revealed the following key findings regarding the makeup and emissions of the US fleet.

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Fleet Emissions EPA 2010 221

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2019

Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “ million of them—roughly 30% more units than conventional electric vehicle makers did.

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Oil Prices Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Oil 330

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2019

XL, a provider of electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, today, announced that the Tacoma Public Utility, Clark Public Utilities and the City of Palo Alto are the latest West Coast municipalities and utilities to electrify portions of their fleets with XL-equipped vehicles.

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F-150 Fleet Emissions PHEV 223

Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A Way to Leave Liquid Fuel Troubles Behind Fuel contamination is an invisible yet prominent foe of fossil fuel-powered commercial fleets, and one principal reason to advocate for electrification is eliminating this concern. For example, even though diesel is 35% more efficient than gasoline, water attaches to it more readily than gas.

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Fleet Fuel Hydrogen Maintenance 58

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2019

The blend was designed to reduce direct and indirect CO 2 emissions and is compatible with the majority of gasoline cars sold from 2001 onwards—accounting for more than 60% of the gasoline cars in Italy—equivalent to approximately 12 million vehicles.

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Gasoline 2001 Italy Alternative Fuels 247

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

The new standards require an industry-wide fleet average of approximately 49 mpg for passenger cars and light trucks in model year 2026. Overall Fleet. Estimated Average of CAFE Levels (mpg) Required Under Final Rule. Passenger Cars. Light Trucks.

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MPG Standards Fleet Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has concluded that regulatory incentives for OEMs for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) intended to encourage a technology transition in the transportation fleet result in increased fleet-wide gasoline consumption and emissions. Incentives for selling AFVs.

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Gasoline Fleet Emissions Fuel 150

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Converting Fleets to EVs and Adding Roadside Assistance. EVs make a lot of sense for commercial fleets with reduced fuel and maintenance costs and batteries that can be sized to a specific route to eliminate range anxiety. Companies making near and long-range plans for their fleets are no longer merely thinking gasoline or diesel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

In its analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle program, the Postal Service underestimated the expected greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles and overestimated the emissions tied to battery-electric vehicles, according to U-M researchers. Craig, and Gregory A. 2c02520.

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Setec Powerr

MAY 17, 2023

Companies worldwide are looking towards electrifying their delivery fleets, and Amazon, the global e-commerce titan, is leading the way. The move towards delivery fleet electrification is not just about adhering to environmental obligations. Here’s why delivery fleet electrification will continue apace.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 18, 2023

Time electrical vans are eager to break in hauling shipment in the community and domestically, the business is having a look at hydrogen gasoline cellular rigs for longer distances. Trucking fleets see benefits over battery-electric vans. And the gasoline tanks permit vans to journey lengthy distances between fueling.

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Gasoline Hydrogen Kenworth Gasoline-Electric 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

Global Bioenergies and Audi signed a new agreement focused on the implementation of biomass residue feedstock usage, preparation of a path to commercialization and engine testing of new blends of renewable gasoline. The renewable gasoline is essentially a liquid isooctane and is currently produced from biomass in a two-step process.

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Renewable Gasoline Audi Global 170

Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

rental fleet to buy gasoline cars. The company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the sales of these vehicles, which represent about one third of its global EV fleet, began in Dec. Polestar at Hertz Hertz mentioned high collision and damage expenses eroding the profitability of its EV fleet.

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Buy Gasoline Tesla Houston 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Diesel is currently taxed at a lower level than gasoline in Europe; however, since 2011 the EC has been considering reversing that situation by making energy taxes systematically reflect the CO 2 performance of the energy product. As on a volumetric basis, diesel contains more carbon than gasoline, the tax on diesel fuel would increase.

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Tax Gasoline Diesel Europe 294

Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2021

As more fleets go all-electric at a large scale, they’re starting to understand that how EVs are managed can have a big impact in the long-term payoffs—both in money and ownership costs and also in greenhouse gas emissions. Although the cost of the fuel is the main issue for gasoline or diesel vehicles, the calculation for EVs.

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Fleet Emissions Gasoline-Electric Gas-Electric 150

Blink Charging

APRIL 4, 2023

The best time to transition your business vehicle fleet from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EV) is now. Thanks to new tax credits for EVs and EV charging stations as well as lower fuel and maintenance costs for EVs, fleet managers can now save money while setting an example for other organizations.

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Fleet Tax Credit Vehicles Tax 92

Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2022

California might offer stronger incentives to those who use the most gasoline. Lucid Air sedans and Gravity SUVs point to the future of the Saudi Arabian government fleet. And Polestar signals a few changes for a new model year of the ‘2.’ ’ This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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