The Truth About Cars

MAY 1, 2023

Rugged, off-road-read heavy-duty trucks are nothing new, but GMC’s taking it to the next level with the new Sierra HD AT4X and Extreme AEV Edition trucks. The 2024 GMC Sierra HD AT4X gets a 6.6-liter liter gas V8 as standard, but buyers can add the 6.6-liter liter Duramax diesel.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 30, 2021

The 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 Duramax 4WD Crew Cab AT4 CarbonPro showed-up in my driveway and the neighbors took notice. recently drove the 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 4WD Crew Cab AT4, powered by a 3.0-liter Weighing in at 5,640 pounds, the Sierra 1500 AT4 has a maximum payload of 1,810 pounds and can tow 8,800 pounds. Brains and brawn.

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Sierra GMC Fuel Economy MPG 97

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $105-million loan guarantee to Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels, LLC to finance development of a facility to convert municipal solid waste into advanced biofuels. The Sierra BioFuels Plant will be located approximately 20 miles east of Reno, Nevada in Storey County.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2023

The natural gas industry in Ohio has gained a victory of sorts after Governor Mike DeWine signed legislation that allows for a broader expansion of drilling for oil and gas in state parks. The bill, which has been very controversial, also defines natural gas as a source of “green energy.”

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Only two days earlier I had been at a meeting to plan our response and action if Garcetti were to choose to repower the plants to burn more gas for the next 30-40 years. But then on Monday afternoon word started to stream through that the Mayor was embracing the Green New Deal for Los Angeles and would announce there would be no gas repower.

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Los Angeles Chevron Climate Pollution 268

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2020

one of the largest publicly traded water, wastewater and natural gas providers in the US, serving approximately 5 million people across 10 states under the Aqua and Peoples brands, is launching a pilot program to electrify its two most popular commercial GM vehicle platforms with the XLH hybrid electric drive system.

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Fleet GMC Sierra Silverado 456

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2012

Sierra Energy has selected microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor technology developed by Velocys, Inc., the US-based subsidiary of the Oxford Catalysts Group, for use in a waste-to-liquids (WTL) commercial demonstration plant to be constructed in northern California by the California-based company Sierra Energy.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

The 2024 American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) list of “meanest” vehicles for the environment includes the expected array of gas-guzzling trucks—but also one EV. The 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV was ranked ninth on the list , between the GMC Sierra pickup truck and Mercedes-Benz G550 SUV.

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Hummer GMC Environment Gas 52

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Even big pickup trucks will get significantly higher gas mileage in years to come, and the new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and 2014 GMC Sierra will be no exception. This morning, General Motors [NYSE:GM] unveiled major revisions to its pair of full-size pickups.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

One of the factors making higher gas mileage possible across pretty much any vehicle on sale these days is multispeed transmissions. Future models of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks will.'

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Sierra Silverado GMC MPG 131

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Nat G CNG Solutions has delivered the first natural gas half-ton pickup trucks with General Motors’ 5.3-liter GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado trucks for each fleet were upgraded to run on either natural gas or gasoline using the new DuraDrive DI natural gas system, supplied by Utah-based AGA Systems. l/100 km) highway.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

BP and JM have developed a simple-to-operate and cost-advantaged FT technology that can operate both at large and small scale economically to convert synthesis gas, generated from sources such as municipal solid waste and other renewable biomass, into long-chain hydrocarbons suitable for the production of diesel and jet fuels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The process begins with the gasification of the organic material in the MSW feedstock to a synthesis gas (syngas) which consists primarily of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. A venturi scrubber captures and removes any entrained particulate, and the syngas is further cooled in a packed gas cooler scrubber.

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Indiana Waste Fuel Building 259

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2013

Ford will offer the 2014 F-150 with the ability to run on compressed natural gas, making Ford the only manufacturer in the US with an available CNG/LPG-capable half-ton pickup. Silverado 2500HD and 3500 HD and Sierra HD). Natural Gas' Click to enlarge. GM offers a CNG bi-fuel option for its HD pickups (e.g., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

liter V-8 compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-capable engines starting in the first quarter of 2017. liter B20-capable Duramax diesel engines for the Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD. Savana Cargo Savana Passenger Savana Cutaway Sierra HD. Savana Canyon Sierra HD. E85 Ethanol.

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Alternative Fuels GMC Chevrolet Fleet 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2021

has been expanding investments in green businesses and technologies to achieve its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in response to global climate change. Fulcrum’s first MSW-to-fuels facility, Sierra BioFuels, located near Reno, Nev. Founded in Pleasanton, Calif.,

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Waste Carbon Fuel Production 243

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2011

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) issued a press release on Friday saying that Baard Energy had agreed to a settlement entailing their switching from coal as a feedstock for its planned coal/biomass-to-liquids Ohio River Clean Fuels plant ( earlier post ) to natural gas. of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program for ORCF.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The platform is expected to begin shipping on select configurations of the Chevrolet and GMC Silverado / Sierra 2500 HD and 3500 HD pickup trucks in the first quarter of 2021, and on Chevrolet and GMC 3500 and 4500 cutaway chassis in the second quarter of 2021.

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Fleet GM GMC PHEV 307

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2015

Fulcrum BioEnergy has awarded a $200-million fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Abengoa for the construction of Fulcrum’s first municipal solid waste (MSW) to transportation fuels facility, the Sierra BioFuels Plant. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

In 2021, the NRDC and Sierra Club petitioned the DOE to update the regulations, which included a “multiplier” that significantly inflated the calculated fuel economy of EVs. The PEF was last revised in 2020, when it was set at 82,049 Wh per gallon.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Chevrolet and GMC will offer new bi-fuel versions of the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy-duty trucks and all-new dedicated compressed natural gas versions of the 2014 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size passenger vans next year. Natural Gas' The vehicles are built with the same gaseous fuel-ready 6.0L

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The 2013 Chevrolet Silverado HD and 2013 GMC Sierra 2500 HD bi-fuel models are able to run on either regular gasoline, or compressed natural gas (CNG). GM has started production of its two new bi-fuel options in the pickup truck market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery to produce jet fuel from municipal solid waste (MSW) via a proprietary two-stage thermochemical process. A venturi scrubber captures and removes any entrained particulate, and the syngas is further cooled in a packed gas cooler scrubber. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 5, 2012

General Motors announced today it will offer bi-fuel versions of its 2013 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks that run either on gasoline or natural gas. The two trucks are the 2500 HD (heavy duty) model, and can be ordered in rear-wheel or four-wheel drive and with a standard or long bed. The pickups are fitted with a 6.0-liter

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Even pickup trucks are getting better gas mileage these days. The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 (and its 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 twin) with the 6.2-liter liter V-8 has been rated with significantly better fuel efficiency than last year''s model.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

gallon gas in order to recoup its cost over the pure-gazzoline version. If we look at the fine print, GM actually introduced a sort-of-a-hybrid vehicle as a 2004 model , though the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid/GMC Sierra Hybrid didn't have regenerative braking. liter Ecotec gas-burner did most of the work with its 170 horsepower.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2016

Fulcrum BioEnergy, the parent company of Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels, has applied for a new fuel pathway under the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCSF) for its process of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into Fischer-Tropsch (“FT”) diesel fuel. Natural gas is used for process energy and additional power is imported from the grid.

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Waste Diesel Sierra Nevada 150

Baua Electric

JULY 6, 2023

GMC’s Sierra 1500 Sierra and Sierra HD already do business in the AT4X AEV remedy, however that is the primary past the Canyon will get it. GMC redesigned the Canyon for 2023, and for 2024 the mid-size pickup truck will get a Canyon AT4X AEV Version aimed toward critical off-roaders.

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GMC Sierra Missouri Escape 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

The coalition includes organizations such as the Sierra Club, Nabu, Respire, MilieuDefensie, Bond Beter Leefmilieu, Les Chercheurs d’Air and Transport & Environment. Transport represents more than a quarter (27%) of Europe’s total greenhouse gas emissions. The campaign in Europe calls on Uber to go 100% clean in large cities by 2025.

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Pollution Taxi London San Francisco 493

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Electricity providers, including Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Veloz members include: Automakers, including GM, BMW Group, Honda, Nissan, Kia, Subaru, Daimler, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Ford.

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2023

The Sierra Estrella energy storage facility, constructed by utility company Salt River Project (SRP) and energy system constructor Plus Power LLC, will be the largest of its kind in Arizona. By holding onto excess power generated during lulls in demand, power companies can more easily address peak demand and, importantly, reduce costs.

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Arizona Energy Storage Tesla Coal 139

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2015

BMW Manufacturing earned a 2003 Green Power Leadership Award for using landfill gas to generate a portion of the power needed to operate its Spartanburg, South Carolina manufacturing facility. For the 2013 calendar year reporting period, BMW Spartanburg’s annual green power usage was 69,383,477 kWh—37% of its power usage.

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BMW GM Green South Carolina 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2018

If approved by the CPUC, the program would be implemented over five years and is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 42,000 metric tons per year, equivalent to avoiding the use of more than 4.7 million gallons of gasoline. One cutting-edge element of the proposal is an electric school bus vehicle-to-grid pilot.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 5, 2011

Stroll, play, talk, celebrate -do whatever you want on the public street without sucking up gas fumes or fearing for your life from drunk drivers, texting drivers, drivers eating or putting on makeup or just plain dangerous behind the wheel lunatics. Participants will also get stylin’ Greenpeace and Sierra Club t-shirts!

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Coal Sierra Los Angeles Green 257

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2017

will partner with LLNL to develop a multiphase CFD model for turbulent bubbly flow in airlift bioreactors in a project titled “Innovative Bioreactor Designs for Process Intensification in Biological Natural Gas Conversion.”. LanzaTech Inc. Arconic, Inc. Applied Materials, Inc., Arconic, Inc.

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Manufacturer Ford Sierra Waste 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

These wildfire resilience projects create fire breaks around communities and use thinning and prescribed fire to remove flammable vegetation in fire-prone areas of the state, especially the western edge of the Sierra National Forest. Nearly $2 billion of the $3.3

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The transportation sector alone accounts for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions in California, 6% higher than the national average. Completion of this project and its potential as a major transit component will further reduce priority air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions in the City and County of Los Angeles.

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