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California will ban the sale of gasoline vehicles by 2035
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
California governor Gavin Newsom Wednesday morning signed an executive order that will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035.
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Recent trends in gasoline prices
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2020
This brief note analyzes the changes in the price of gasoline during the first 13 weeks of 2020 and compares them with the changes during the first 13 weeks of 2019. The raw data (the average retail price of regular gasoline) came from the U.S. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research.
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BMW invests in company aiming to produce zero net carbon gasoline
Green Car Reports
JUNE 10, 2020
BMW is investing in Prometheus Fuels, a company that plans to remove carbon-dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and convert it into gasoline. Prometheus plans to begin selling its fuel at gas stations later this year, at a price comparable to conventional gasoline, BMW said in a press release Tuesday. GasolinePrometheus also plans to make diesel and jet.
The electricity in gasoline
Plugs and Cars
FEBRUARY 26, 2011
I just ran across the latest available data, from 2005, for the electricity consumption by petroleum refineries. Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division ) The US is, hoorah, #1. Almost 49,000,000,000 kWh. One electric car, roughly speaking, will use about 3000 kWh to go about 12,000 miles. That means the electricity alone we use to refine petroleum each year could drive over 16,000,o00 electric cars 12,000 miles each year.
EPA to study cutting amount of ethanol in U.S. gasoline
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Since 2007, the Renewable Fuel Standard has required increasing levels of ethanol in gasoline blends sold in the U.S. Most fuel stations across the United States no longer offer pure gasoline, with E10—a blend of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline—prevailing. Gasoline Biofuels EPA ethanol e85 United States E10 flex fuel alternative fuel vehicles e15
Southeast gasoline drivers to get range anxiety after pipeline rupture?
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
But at the moment, many drivers of gasoline cars in the southern U.S. Fuel Gasoline oil Alabama gas stationThe term "range anxiety" is commonly associated with electric cars because of relatively short ranges for many of them, along with a lack of charging infrastructure in many regions. may begin feeling exactly the same thing. A pipeline rupture in Alabama has led to fuel shortages.
Machine learning PODA model projects the impact of COVID-19 on US motor gasoline demand
Green Car Congress
JULY 18, 2020
A team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Aramco Services Company, MIT, the Michigan Department of Transportation and Argonne National Laboratory has developed a machine-learning-based model (Pandemic Oil Demand Analysis, PODA) to project the US medium-term gasoline demand in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and to study the impact of government intervention. The Motor Gasoline Demand Estimation Module quantifies motor gasoline demands due to the changes in travel mobility.
France plans to ban all gasoline, diesel vehicles by 2040
Green Car Reports
JULY 6, 2017
Filling up with gasoline (or diesel) is as American as are dispersed low-density suburbs without mass transit, bike paths, or even sidewalks. Gasoline emissions government France Engines transportation policyTo most North Americans, the idea of banning all vehicles with internal-combustion engines seems unthinkable. Europeans, more of whom live in cities and most of whom have access to a more balanced set of.
E10 Is Less Corrosive Than Ethanol-Free Gasoline, Research Says
Green Car Reports
JULY 20, 2015
Gasoline ethanol E10Ethanol is a beleaguered fuel these days, with national availability E85 nowhere in sight, rollout of E15 seemingly stalled, and concerns over its full carbon footprint hotly debated. Most drivers pumping gas pay little attention to its ethanol content, which in several states may now be at 10 percent. Meanwhile, traditionalists seek out pure.
UK to ban diesel, gasoline car sales by 2040; follows France, Norway, Holland bans
Green Car Reports
JULY 27, 2017
The United Kingdom will follow in the footsteps of some European countries as it announced plans to ban the sale of gasoline- and diesel-powered cars by the year 2040. Gasoline Europe Diesels emissions zero emissions UK fossil fuelsThe initiative closely follows a similar announcement from France, which also declared 2040 as the year it will phase out fossil-fuel vehicles Norway and the Netherlands have also.
BMW i Ventures invests in Prometheus Fuels; CO2 air-capture and conversion to carbon-neutral gasoline
Green Car Congress
JUNE 10, 2020
BMW i Ventures has invested in Prometheus Fuels ( earlier post ), a company removing CO 2 from the air and turning it into zero-net carbon gasoline that it will sell at gas stations, at a price that competes with fossil fuels, starting as early as this year. The ability to create gasoline from air, cost competitively with fossil fuels, is a game changer. The effective upgrading of alcohols to gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels.
OPIS: Recovery of US gasoline demand stalls as summer driving season ends
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
The recovery in US gasoline consumption has plateaued as the summer driving season comes to an end and the school year begins for wide swaths of the country. US gasoline sales had improved rapidly from May to early July following the collapse in early April that came with the national shutdown, when sales were 50% below prior year levels. For the years 2017-2019 the average drop in US gasoline demand from August to October has been on the order of 5 to 10%.
Is ethanol-free gasoline heading for the end of the road?
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Gasoline ethanol energy policy e85 E10 flex fuel alternative fuel vehicles e15 transportation policyThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is struggling with Congress and various corporate interests over the amount of ethanol that will be blended into the U.S. fuel supply. The Renewable Fuel Standard in place since 2007 calls for specific volumes of ethanol, but critics have tried to cap that amount while the EPA has tried to maintain or.
Upstream Costs of Gasoline
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 30, 2007
The United States uses 360 million gallons of gasoline each day. One tanker-truck load, a mere 8600 gallons of gasoline, exploded on a San Francisco Bay Area Freeway early Sunday morning, and the consequences will be felt for months. Tags: gasoline The effect of this one accident is being compared to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, which also caused the collapse of Bay Area freeways.
Ford F-150 Electric details added, as production ramps up for gasoline and hybrid versions.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
As part of an announcement confirming the start of production for a new-generation 2021 F-150 pickup Thursday, Ford released a few new pieces of information about the upcoming fully electric version due in 2022.
BYD unveils Song PLUS mid-size SUV with new, more efficient 1.5L gasoline engine
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
BYD has introduced the Song PLUS mid-size SUV at a launch event in Chengdu. The announced ICE versions of the SUV comes in four configurations, ranging from 115,800 to 143,800 CNY (US$17,133 to 21,263).
EPA Proposes Lower Increases For Ethanol In Gasoline
Green Car Reports
JUNE 1, 2015
In 2007, the Federal government created the Renewable Fuels Standard, requiring increased amounts of corn-based ethanol and advanced biofuels to be blended into the nation's gasoline supply. Gasoline Biofuels EPA ethanol e85 transportation policyAt the time, it seemed like an ideal way to lessen dependence on foreign oil and cut emissions--without forcing drivers to drastically change their habits.
Leaded Gasoline Taken Off Sale 20 Years Ago This Month
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 25, 2016
In that context, it's worth noting that lead was still a part of everyday gasoline more recently than many drivers remember. Leaded gasoline was sold in the U.S. Fuel Gasoline energy policy health transportation policyThe water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has brought the health effects of lead back into the public eye, and in a big way. until January 1996. DON'T MISS: Fuel-Economy Gains Slowed In 2014.
Study: gasoline is more important than healthcare for Americans
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Americans collectively spent $388 billion on gasoline in 2018, averaging to 34 million fill-ups a day. According to a study by GasBuddy, a smartphone app connecting drivers with the Perfect Pit Stop, the necessity, perception, and price of gasoline adversely impacts Americans across all age groups and income brackets, with 86% of Americans depending on gasoline for their everyday lives. In 2018 we collectively spent $49 billion more on gasoline than 2017.
DOE: Average annual gasoline taxes paid per vehicle, by state, 2019
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 3, 2019
The Federal tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon, and each state has a gasoline tax, ranging from 8.95 Taxes include federal and state gasoline tax, along with other per-gallon fees, such as leaking underground storage tank fees.
How crude-oil prices influence gasoline prices
Green Car Congress
MAY 30, 2018
Gasoline is one of the products refined from crude oil. Thus, the price of crude oil should have a strong influence on the price of gasoline. However, the retail price of gasoline includes other costs as well. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that in the United States from 2008 to 2017, crude oil represented only 61% of the retail price of gasoline. Gasoline prices are also influenced by gasoline demand relative to gasoline supply.
Electric cars are cleaner than gasoline ones in 95% of the world, study finds
Green Car Reports
MARCH 30, 2020
A new study confirms what electric car drivers already know: that EVs are cleaner than gasoline cars, even when emissions from electricity generation are factored in. Electric cars are in fact cleaner than gasoline cars in 95% of the world, according to a joint study by the Universities of Cambridge, Exeter, and Nijmegen (via BBC News).
Gasoline Car Test Drive: Noisy, Wasteful, Polluting, Fast But Pricey Refueling
Green Car Reports
MAY 12, 2015
What if gasoline cars had only recently been introduced, and people weren't used to the sounds, smells, and other characteristics of a vibrating internal-combustion engine? Green Gasoline Humor air pollution emissions plug-in carsThe vast majority of drivers have never experienced an electric car, but what if it were the other way around?
E10 gasoline now standard, but E15 push stalled, so here comes E30
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 8, 2018
Though the Environmental Protection Agency has already ruled on ethanol-blended gasoline mixtures for 2018, that hasn't stopped ethanol advocates from pushing for a higher 30-percent blend for non-flex-fuel vehicles. Gasoline Politics EPA ethanol e85 E10 flex fuel e15 Renewable Fuel Standard
Electrification, sure, but gasoline engines will endure: supplier
Green Car Reports
MARCH 22, 2016
Green 48-Volt mild hybrid Future Cars diesel particulate filter (DPF) gasoline engines parts suppliers start-stop systemIncreasingly stiff limits on carbon emission and minimum fuel economy in most of the world's car markets mean that more plug-in electric cars must be sold. With battery costs steadily falling and the pricetag rising for the new technologies that make cars more efficient, some now envision a world in which all new vehicles have dispensed with.
Gasoline Prices: Pinned to the Pump!
Electric Cars are for Girls
MARCH 8, 2012
Gasoline prices affect EV drivers, too. A bit about oil addiction and how driving electric cars can free us from dependency
Report: Hydrogen for fuel-cell vehicles likely to reach price parity with gasoline by 2025
Green Car Reports
JUNE 9, 2020
Hydrogen fuel-cell cars face many roadblocks to mass adoption, but a new report claims they could achieve price parity with gasoline by 2025. Drafted by the California Energy Commission, the report lays out a plan for development of renewable hydrogen production plants in the state, predicting that future demand and costs will make this new
Could Tesla's million-mile battery help it undercut gasoline vehicles in sticker price?
Green Car Reports
MAY 15, 2020
Achieving price parity with gasoline cars is a prerequisite of widespread electric-car adoption. New low-cost batteries designed to last a million miles are being developed to enable Tesla to sell electric cars profitably at the same price or less than comparable gasoline cars. A new Tesla battery could achieve that, according to a new report.
British Columbia bans most gasoline and diesel cars after 2040
Green Car Reports
MAY 31, 2019
British Columbia has followed through on a plan to ban sales of new gasoline and diesel cars starting in 2040. On Wednesday, the province passed the Zero Emissions Vehicles Act, which requires that all cars sold in the province by 2040 be "zero emissions vehicles." That includes electric cars, plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles—so many. Canada
Gasoline direct injection tech might not be worth it, study suggests
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
While significant sooty black deposits—and even, occasionally, visible puffs coming from the tailpipe—used to be a sign your gasoline car needed a tune-up, they’re a normal fact of life with many newer cars that are supposedly cleaner-burning.
NJ boosts gasoline tax 22.5% to $0.507/gallon effective 1 October, diesel to $0.577
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 31, 2020
The increase brings the gasoline tax from $0.414 to $0.507 per gallon (22.5%). Treasury noted that consumption of gasoline declined by a total of 38.7% Consumption of gasoline and diesel fuel continues to be depressed as many people continue to work from home and limit extracurricular activity. In August 2019, New Jersey kept the then-current tax rate on gasoline and diesel fuel stable for the coming year at $0.414 and $0.484 per gallon, respectively.
Classic Jaguar, Bentley, Rolls EV conversions celebrate the past without the gasoline
Green Car Reports
JUNE 28, 2020
Owning a classic car doesn't have to involve tailpipe emissions, or the high repair bills that often come with vintage gasoline engines. based Lunaz offers electric conversions of classic from Jaguar, Bentley, and Rolls-Royce. Lunaz is currently taking customer orders for Jaguar XK120 and XK140 electric conversions, and recently completed a
New Mo-doped Ni catalyst for SOFCs enhances use of fuels such as gasoline
Green Car Congress
JUNE 10, 2020
Researchers led by a team at Washington State University (WSU) have developed a unique and inexpensive nanoparticle catalyst that allows a solid-oxide fuel cell to convert logistic liquid fuels such as gasoline to electricity without stalling out during the electrochemical process. The research, featured in the journal Applied Catalysis B: Environmental , could result in highly efficient gasoline-powered cars that produce low carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming.
Cadillac EVs won't mirror gasoline models in design
Green Car Reports
JUNE 15, 2020
Upcoming Cadillac electric cars won't look like their internal-combustion counterparts, Cadillac design director Brian Smith said in an interview with Automobile published Wednesday. While most recent Cadillac models have taken styling cues from the Escala concept, the General Motors luxury brand is "making a bit of a departure" with its EVs
Prometheus CEO outlines tech advances that could make CO2-to-fuels renewable gasoline and jet price-competitive with fossil fuels
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 30, 2020
Replacing fossil-fuel gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels would be able to proceed at a much faster pace, because it does not require the replacement or retrofit of the existing vehicle fleet. The effective upgrading of alcohols to gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels.
Corning hits 1-million-unit milestone with gasoline particulate filter production
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2018
Corning Incorporated’s Environmental Technologies business reached a significant production milestone at its Kaiserslautern, Germany manufacturing facility with the production of its 1 millionth Corning DuraTrap GC gasoline particulate filter (GPF) for automotive emissions control.
OPIS: US gasoline demand more than “halfway” back from pandemic-induced lows
Green Car Congress
JUNE 29, 2020
Gasoline consumption in the United States is now more than halfway back to pre-COVID-19 levels as motorists get back on the road amid at least a partial recovery of the US economy, according to OPIS, an IHS Markit company. OPIS DemandPro tracks actual weekly same-store gasoline volumes at more than 15,000 stations, aggregated on a national, regional and state level. This allows users to track and benchmark industry trends for overall retail gasoline sales.
DOE: plug-in vehicles in US displaced 323M gallons of gasoline in 2018; ~0.25%
Green Car Congress
MAY 14, 2019
In 2018, plug-in light-duty vehicles on the road displaced 323 million gallons of gasoline—about one quarter of a percent of all gasoline used in the United States, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). Gasoline displacement from plug-in vehicles is about 42% more than it was in. The gasoline displacement from EV versus PHEV was split almost evenly in 2012 and 2013 but EV accounted for two-thirds of the gasoline displacement by 2018.
Gasoline demand rises in U.S., China, and India; more growth expected
Green Car Reports
MAY 20, 2016
Gasoline prices, which fell below $2 a gallon in many parts of the United States over the winter, have been slowly rising again. Green Gasoline India fuel consumption oil supply and demandAnd given the supply-and-demand equations in the global oil industry, that means that demand has risen as supplies have stayed steady or fallen. So even though Saudi Arabia has refused to constrain its production to.
This Tesla Model 3 sounds like a gasoline car
Green Car Reports
MARCH 11, 2020
When it comes to electric cars, one of the hardest things for automotive enthusiasts to get over is the lack of engine noise. But even if an electric car doesn't have a sonorous V-12 or a bellowing small-block V-8, that doesn't mean the owner has to drive along in silence. UK-based Milltek Sport, which currently makes exhaust systems for. youtube Green Life
Gevo and Trafigura enter into long-term contract for low-carbon premium gasoline and sustainable aviation fuel; 25M gpy
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 21, 2020
Under this contract Trafigura is expected to take delivery of 25 million gallons per year of renewable hydrocarbons, the majority of which is expected to be low-carbon premium gasoline with a smaller portion of the volume for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), starting in 2023. This commitment will support Trafigura’s efforts to develop the market for low-carbon fuels including low-carbon premium gasoline. Gevo, Inc.
NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 10, 2020
A new study by a team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) concludes that a high-pressure, scalable, intra-city hydrogen pipeline system could improve the economics and logistics of hydrogen delivery, making it potentially cost-competitive with gasoline. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that a dispensed cost of about $7/kg must be achieved to make FCEVs competitive with gasoline internal combustion engine vehicles in early FCEV markets.
Aramco, KAUST team finds hybrid gasoline compression-ignition architecture can reduce GHG 26-55% vs. conventional SI
Green Car Congress
APRIL 27, 2020
At a high level, they found that: Gasoline Compression-Ignition (GCI) hybrids reduce WTW GHG emissions by 7–43% versus unhybridized GCI. GCI engines combine the benefits of diesel compression-ignition and gasoline spark-ignition; unlike a diesel compression-ignition engine, a GCI engine can operate with a lower-reactivity fuel for better fuel mixing time and thereby produce lower emissions of NO x and particulates.
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