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Student-built hydrogen Le Mans style prototype beats gasoline-powered cars in Supercar Challenge race

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The “Forze VIII”, a hydrogen fuel cell Le-Mans-style prototype, became the first hydrogen-electric vehicle to beat gasoline-powered cars in an official race. In a field of 43 gasoline-powered race cars, the hydrogen race car started the last race of the weekend from the fourth position. —Zhi Wei Cai, Team Manager.

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Diesel market share in Europe drops below 50%; offset by increased gasoline engine sales; implications for climate targets

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This drop was offset by an increase in the sale of gasoline engined vehicles. Automakers are cautioning that this shift to gasoline engines—with their higher CO 2 values—will pose additional challenges to meeting future CO 2 reduction targets. Gasoline vehicles now account for 48.5%

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U.K. Government Pushes Gasoline Car Ban to 2035

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that he’s delaying bans the government had previously made for gasoline-powered vehicles. executive director Will McCallum said Sunak “isn’t offering working people honesty or a brighter future - he’s putting his oil and gas cronies first once again.” From AP : Greenpeace U.K.

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List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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Which are the alternative fuels for cars that could replace gasoline in vehicle? Do we have enough fuels for the future use? 1 liter of Petrol emits 2.3 Methanol can be used in internal combustion engines either directly or as a blend with gasoline. Gasoline gallon equivalency of ethanol is approximately 1.5.

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Toyota to produce hybrid transaxle and new gasoline engines in Poland; adjusting to shrinking diesel share in Europe

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Toyota Motor Europe will start production of a hybrid transaxle in 2018 at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland (TMMP) in Walbrzych, and add two gasoline engines—a 1.5L Diesel engines, will add two gasoline engines to its production. gasoline engine will start in February 2017 and will equip the Toyota Yaris, and a 2.0L

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Jaguar Land Rover expanding Ingenium powertrain family; new gasoline engine, TRANSCEND transmission

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This week, Jaguar Land Rover will expand its Ingenium powertrain family ( earlier post ), unveiling new technologies for both current and future vehicles. At the heart of its low-emissions strategy, the new four-cylinder Ingenium gasoline engine is now in production at Jaguar Land Rover’s £1-billion (US$1.33-billion)

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Ethanol production in Germany fell 12.88% last year from 2018; market share of E10 up 1 percentage point

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In a fuel market that increased again slightly in 2019 with gasoline sales of 18.0 Currently, the demand for bioethanol for use as an admixture in petrol is declining significantly throughout Europe because demand for fossil fuels has also fallen due to output and contact restrictions. million tonnes. More than 31.4

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