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FirstElement Fuel’s California hydrogen network receives $24M from Mitsui and Air Liquide; quadrupling its retail capacity

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FirstElement Fuel has secured $24 million to help fund the growth of its True Zero Hydrogen Network of retail stations in California, and thereby quadruple the company’s capacity to dispense retail hydrogen to customers of fuel cell electric vehicles. FirstElement Fuel’s retail hydrogen network is the largest in the world today.

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Air Liquide to build $150M liquid hydrogen plant in US; long-term agreement with, investment in FirstElement Fuel

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The plant will have a capacity of nearly 30 tons of hydrogen per day—an amount that can fuel 35,000 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs). FirstElement Fuel Inc is a California-based company established in 2013 with the sole purpose of providing safe, reliable, retail hydrogen to customers of fuel cell electric vehicles.

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ClearRefining Process Upgrades ULSD to Lighter, Cleaner-Burning Fuel; Nevada Designates it an Alternative Fuel

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The ClearRefining process combines ULSD with natural gas in a tank at 295 °F (below the diesel boiling point) and low pressure. A fog of diesel vapor and natural gas is generated at the top of the tank; this mixture is passed through a series of four catalytic plates, then a series of chillers, then a series of condensers.

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Chevrolet and GMC expand alternative fuel fleet offerings; expanded CNG/LPG lineup

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liter V-8 compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-capable engines starting in the first quarter of 2017. Though the network is nearly 85,000 miles long, more miles will be added in the future to accommodate electric, hydrogen, propane and natural gas vehicles as additional fueling and charging stations are built.

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Alpharetta, GA PD pitches Tesla Model Y patrol and admin fleet

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During a presentation to county council members, Major Trent Lindgren highlighted that Tesla’s electric vehicles could offer a cheaper, more affordable alternative to combustion-powered police cars. Lindgren, however, highlighted that a Tesla Model Y fleet would offer substantial savings in gas and maintenance.

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The EV Curveball

Revenge of the Electric Car

As a new driver, learning on the roads of Kansas City, I pass by Suburbans and Tahoes on a daily basis. “Who Killed the Electric Car?&# At that moment I made a promise to myself to never call a gas car my own. A converted electric car. ’ - which ultimately leads to ‘What kind of car are you driving?’

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At the EV Crossroads

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stand when it comes to the transition to electric vehicles. When this publication began in 2006 commercially available electric vehicles were a novelty; the idea of a mainstream EV was part of a vision of a sustainable transportation system of the future. liter gas engine (28 mpg highway) for a run in the snow up to Lake Tahoe.

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