Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

vehicle fuel economy. Specifically, this study examines actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans) from 1966 through 2017. Calculated vehicle fuel economy is available going back to 1923. The primary measure in this analysis is the average miles driven per gallon of fuel for each year.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

Which are the alternative fuels for cars that could replace gasoline in vehicle? Are you aware of the most commonly used fuel in automobiles? The answer is petroleum fuels. The fossil fuels are highly significant in the global economy. The worlds’ energy requirements are mostly meet by these petroleum fuels.

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Alternative Fuels Gasoline Fuel Gasoline-Electric 98

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JANUARY 2, 2019

Their paper is published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. Regulated emissions for all test fuels over the cold-start and hot-start LA92 cycles. A fuel economy penalty was also observed for lower energy content E30 and E78 blends compared to both E10 fuels.

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Pollution Fuel Vehicles Emissions 255

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JUNE 8, 2023

The levels of these non-fuel-derived gases will likely remain unchanged, even as more drivers transition from gas-powered to electric vehicles. Cliff et al. These emissions are independent of the vehicle energy/propulsion system and therefore applicable to all road vehicle types including those with battery-electric powertrains.

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Emissions Exhaust Cars Ozone 397

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AUGUST 20, 2019

year-over-year increase and the highest demand for the month since 2005, according to the latest Monthly Statistical Report released by the American Petroleum Institute (API). Consumer gasoline demand, measured by total motor gasoline deliveries, was 9.6 compared with July 2018, even as gasoline prices were 3.6%

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2005 Fuel 2018 Oil 207

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 9, 2024

Prospects and Challenges in 2024 Combining the environmental benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) with the long-range and rapid refueling of traditional gasoline vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are becoming a compelling option for eco-minded car owners. How Do FCEVs Work? government is infusing $9.5

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Hydrogen Future Fuel Vehicles 59

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

Knittel/Smith results for implied gasoline price effects from elimination of ethanol for 2010 using Du/Hayes model and pooled-sample estimates. Put simply, the empirical results merely reflect the fact that ethanol production increased during the sample period whereas the ratio of gasoline to crude oil prices decreased.

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Davis MIT Gasoline 2010 334

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NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Summary of significant emissions results from the fuel testing. This study points to the need for more extensive emissions measurements for these new fuels as well as research to gain a better understanding of the biological effects of the NMOG components that they produce, the team concludes. Credit: ACS, Ratcliff et al.

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Gasoline Alcohol Blend Light Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

A new report by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) finds that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from road transport in the UK rose by 6% from 1990 to 2017. Total fuel used for road transport in the UK remained relatively stable from 1990 to 2017 as the fuel efficiency of newer vehicles has improved.

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2017 Emissions Transportation 2018 191

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

NREL’s Fleet Test and Evaluation Team recently completed a year-long technology evaluation of gasoline hybrid electric (gHEV) FedEx Express delivery trucks compared with conventional diesel vehicles. On a drive cycle representing routes with frequent stops and accelerations, the gHEV trucks exhibited a 20% improvement in fuel economy.

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Fuel Economy Economy Gasoline Diesel 186

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JULY 9, 2015

While alternative powertrains still represent a small percentage of market share compared to gasoline engines, the report noted, clean diesels saw a 10% increase in 2014 sales over 2013 sales, while hybrids saw a 10% decrease, pure electrics saw a 20% increase and compressed natural gas saw a 33% decrease. Belzowski 2015. Click to enlarge.

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Cost Of Gasoline Diesel Fuel Economy 150

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MAY 6, 2013

of US public transportation buses use alternative fuels or hybrid technology, as of January 1, 2011. APTA statistics for early 2011 show that 18.6% APTA statistics for early 2011 show that 18.6% billion gallons of gasoline use and 37 million metric tons of carbon emission every year.

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Alternative Fuels 2011 Hybrid Fuel 246

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2010

US gasoline deliveries for May dipped 0.4% million barrels per day, the lowest May level since 2003, according to the American Petroleum Institute’s Monthly Statistical Report. Jet fuel deliveries averaged 1.4 January-through-May jet fuel deliveries were up 1.6 Total motor gasoline production in May was at 9.1

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2003 Gasoline 2010 2009 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2017

The fuel efficiency of new cars sold in the European Union (EU) continued to improve last year but at a slower rate, according to provisional data from the European Environment Agency. of new sales, followed by gasoline vehicles (47%), and alternatively fueled vehicles (3.3%, including electric vehicles).

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2016 Czech Republic Fuel Europe 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2009

California gasoline consumption rose 0.6% in May, while diesel fuel declined 7%, according to the latest figures from the California Board of Equalization (BOE). May 2009 gasoline sold for use on California roads totaled 1,291 million gallons of gasoline. The average California gasoline price at the pump in May was $2.53

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Gasoline California Diesel 2009 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% seen in 2010, according to the newly released BP Statistical Review of World Energy, 2012. The averages hide a mixed picture by fuel, however. The fossil fuel mix continues to change with oil, the world’s leading fuel at 33.1% Coal’s market share of 30.3%

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Coal Oil Renewable Saudi Arabia 261

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

US gasoline demand carried over the modest recovery it saw in September through the month of October, according to the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Monthly Statistical Report. October gasoline deliveries averaged 9.04 million barrels per day, 1.4% higher than the previous month and 0.6% higher than October 2009.

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Gasoline 2003 2009 Diesel 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A new analysis of the real-world usage of more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles shows a large deviation between on-road CO 2 emissions and fuel efficiency and the official vehicle type-approval values. Statistically, private users of vehicles in Germany re-charge their plug-in hybrid vehicle only on three out of four days.

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PHEV Emissions Re-Charge Plug-in 334

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Researchers at the University of California-Riverside have characterized the effect of decreased aromatic content fuels combusted in advanced vehicle technologies on emissions of particulate matter (PM). To characterize the impact on PM, the researchers drove each vehicle on the Unified transient testing cycle (UC) using four different fuels.

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Fuel Water Gasoline Emissions 150

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. For cars running on gasoline or diesel fuel, the fire rate was 0.08

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Batteries Battery Gasoline-Electric Gasoline 136

Plug in America

JANUARY 13, 2022

government and analyzed by AutoinsuranceEZ point out that there are far more fires in gasoline and traditional hybrid vehicles, even when accounting for the fact that there are more gasoline and hybrid vehicles on the road. However, gasoline cars are much more likely to catch fire than an EV. Source: AutoinsuranceEZ.

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Gas Gasoline-Electric Vehicles Gasoline 116

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

US gasoline production jumped to 9.1 million barrels per day for April 2010, the highest April level ever and the second-highest gasoline production level for any month on record behind only March 2010 ( earlier post ), according to the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Monthly Statistical Report. over last year from 8.9

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Gasoline Production 2009 2010 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2019

The study, conducted by Future Fuel Strategies , reviewed, assessed and compared nearly 100 different peer-reviewed vehicle emission studies. The study, conducted by Future Fuel Strategies , reviewed, assessed and compared nearly 100 different peer-reviewed vehicle emission studies.

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Emissions Long Beach Gasoline EPA 262

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2010

Reflecting the ongoing sluggish economic recovery, US gasoline deliveries for the first half of 2010 averaged 8.88 lower than the corresponding period a year ago, according to the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Monthly Statistical Report for June. June gasoline deliveries of 9.18 June gasoline deliveries of 9.18

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2010 Gasoline Alaska 2004 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Particulate emissions were clearly influenced by certain fuel parameters including oxygen content, hydrogen content, and aromatics content. They also tested a Bu55 blend (55% isobutanol)—the highest volume of isobutanol that could be blended while still meeting the California summer gasoline specifications.

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Emissions Fuel Silverado California 230

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Technical topics for this FOA—which span the range of DOE interests from fossil to nuclear to renewable and low-carbon energies—include two hydrogen- and fuel-cell-related topics: fuel cell-battery electric hybrid trucks and in-line quality control devices for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.

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2015 Hydrogen Fuel Batteries 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2020

Leaded gasoline was a ubiquitous source of air pollution between the 1920s and 1970s. However, even when these factors are accounted for statistically, many studies still find incidences of dementia declining. Given previous levels of lead exposure, we believe further exploration of the of this hypothesis is warranted.

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Clean Cleaning Pollution Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Researchers at Caltech and JPL used statistical mechanics to design a polymeric fuel additive that can self-assemble into “megasupramolecules” (≥5000 kg/mol) at low concentration (≤0.3 weight percent) and thus can reduce the intensity of post-impact fuel explosions that occur during accidents and terrorist acts.

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Fuel Polymer Design Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Shown in the bottom row are sales data of fuels for mobile sources (from Fig. The green symbol and dashed arrow illustrate the large reductions in tailpipe VOC emission factors as precatalyst on-road gasoline vehicles were replaced by present-day vehicle fleets. You don’t do this with gasoline. —McDonald et al.

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Pollution Transportation Production Los Angeles 264

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

the ICE, and IC engine research have a bright future, in contrast with some widely distributed media reports… The power generation and the vehicle and fuel industries are huge, representing trillions of dollars (US) per year in turnover, with a massive infrastructure. road dust) are accounted for. —Reitz et al.

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International Engine Exhaust Emissions 312

EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Making the Transition to Electric: Benefits and Affordability Transitioning to an electric vehicle comes with numerous benefits, including reduced emissions, lower fuel costs, and a quieter and smoother driving experience. Additionally, electric vehicles have fewer moving parts, resulting in reduced maintenance expenses over time.

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Oregon Charging Tax Credit Portland 89

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

Researchers at Villanova University are developing a new method for optimizing the knock control threshold that significantly improves the performance of a standard knock controller in a spark ignition gasoline engine. The most recent paper on their work appears in the International Journal of Engine Research. —Jones et al.

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Emissions Fuel 2012 Engine 220

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Xinhua reports that China’s State Administration of Grain (SAG) said that China will expand production and consumption of bioethanol fuel this year as the country seeks more channels to use corn and grain stockpiles. 2018 fuel ethanol production is forecast at 1.04 Click to enlarge. billion gallons US.

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China 2020 Production 2017 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Life-cycle GHG emissions per MJ of fuel produced and combusted for both 100-year and 20-year time horizons. Gasoline section shows results for fuel derived from both conventional oil and oil sands. Expansion bars show the components of fuel production. Credit: ACS, Burnham et al. Click to enlarge.

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Gas Coal Emissions Gasoline 284

Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2013

Not that there isn''t a long way still to go, but virtually every month statistics emerge to suggest the average fuel efficiency of vehicles in the U.S. It''s official: Cars really are getting more efficient. has gone up another few fractions of a percent.

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Plug-in Gasoline Diesel Plug 92

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Gasoline production was up from the prior month, but was down from the prior year and the prior year-to-date. In October, gasoline production reached the second highest output for the month of October, up 3.5% For year-to-date, gasoline production decreased 1.5% —API Director of Statistics Hazem Arafa.

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2007 Oil 2016 Gasoline 186

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JANUARY 28, 2016

million barrels per day, according to API’s Monthly Statistical Report for December 2015. In December, total motor gasoline deliveries rose 2.0% Gasoline production in December was the second highest output for the month of December, averaging 9.7 Stocks of motor gasoline were down 4.7% Jet fuel stocks were up 5.8%

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2014 Oil Gasoline Gas 150