Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the mayor of the District of Columbia announced that theirs will be the first jurisdictions to launch a new multi-state program that the principals expect will invest some $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2021

Eni and BASF have signed a strategic agreement on a joint R&D initiative to reduce the CO 2 footprint of the transportation sector. Propanol obtained via this innovative method can be easily added as a drop-in bio-fuel component to gasoline.

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Plug in America

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Imagine a transportation option that has the fun and flexibility of a bike, is a fraction of the price of a car, can park almost anywhere for free, and produces almost zero climate-changing emissions. million gallons of gasoline or 4.2 Voucher amounts increase for the purchase of cargo or adaptive e-bikes. Think again.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2019

to purchase 170 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) through 2026. RNG is a key part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025, supporting the logistics leader’s efforts to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its ground fleet 12% by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

E-Fuels company HIF Global, together with partners, authorities, and community representatives, celebrated the production of the first liters of synthetic gasoline at the Haru Oni Demonstration Plant in southern Chile. —Winfried Hermann, Minister of Transport of the State of Baden-Württemberg. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

A team of transportation and policy experts from the University of California released a report to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) outlining policy options to significantly reduce transportation-related fossil fuel demand and emissions. —“Driving California’s Transportation Emissions to Zero”.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said earlier today during an interview on MSNBC that those who purchase electric vehicles will “never have to worry about gas prices again,” as fees at the pump have continued to rise over the past year. The plan incentivizes the purchase of EVs. The post Transportation Sec.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2022

After moving to a home much further away from their respective workplaces, each would have become part of the gasoline “superusers” club. motorists who, according to a study by the environmental group Coltura , drive 30,000 miles or more a year and use an estimated 32 percent of all gasoline. Club members make up the 10 percent of U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

of US transportation CO 2 emissions. The three drop‐in fuels demonstrated during the Miami event were: PurFuels Ethanol‐Free Reformulated Gasoline using Isobutanol (GEVO) and TXCeed corrosion inhibitor: A blend of 16.1% biobutanol and gasoline that reduces CO 2 emissions by up to 30% relative to conventional fossil‐based gasoline.

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Teslarati

JUNE 8, 2022

The bill would provide DOT with $50k to REMOVE electric charging stations & ban EV charging on government property unless they also offer free gasoline or diesel. Kidwell’s bill aims to curb this practice by banning EV charging stations on state and local government property unless the same locations also offer free gasoline or diesel. .

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

In the AEO2022 Reference case, transportation and industrial processes are the primary consumers of petroleum and other liquids in the United States. In the Reference case, petroleum and other liquids (mainly motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil) are the primary fuels consumed in the US transportation sector. Source: U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2014

EPA is proposing , at the request of the State of Maine, to require the sale of reformulated gasoline ( RFG ) in York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Kennebec, Knox and Lincoln counties in southern Maine starting in June 2015. About 30% of gasoline sold in the US is reformulated.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The 2017 release of the suite of GREET (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation) models and associated documentation includes the following expansions and updates: Added plastic-to-fuel (PTF) pathway. Added wood biomass biofuel production pathways, considering carbon temporal effects.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2017

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) launched the new Clean Fuel Rebate program for customers driving vehicles using compressed natural gas as a clean transportation fuel. Transportation is the single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in California at 40%.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

Key developments in the transportation sector that they note include: Positive for gasoline demand: Strong Chinese car growth in 2010, particularly in the first half of the year, with vehicle sales up 30% year-on-year (YoY) through the first eleven months of 2010. gallon gasoline. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

(ANGP) and Ingevity, the ANG system is made possible by the performance of Ingevity’s Nuchar activated carbon that significantly lowers the natural gas storage pressure, reduces the system’s complexity and captures the environmental benefits and cost savings of natural gas when used as a transportation fuel.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Shell has developed a lead-free replacement for aviation gasoline (Avgas 100 and 100LL); the replacement fuel will now begin a strict regulatory approvals process. Leaded gasoline for automobiles was phased out of use in the US by 1995 due to its environmental and health impact.) Shell is the first major oil company to do so.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity, is purchasing a 39% stake in Oberon Fuels, a San Diego, CA-based development-stage producer of low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) transportation fuel. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2013

The poorest 10% of car-owning households in the UK—some 830,000—are spending at least 27% of their disposable income on buying and running a vehicle and are thus “ mired in transport poverty ”, according to a new analysis by the RAC Foundation. It lays bare the truth about the extent of transport poverty in the UK.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Until the ban takes effect, New Jersey will limit the amount of new gasoline-powered cars sold in the state starting in 2027. At the same time, we will reduce climate pollutants from the transportation sector, the greatest source of planet-warming pollution in New Jersey and the nation.” The rule will only apply to new car sales.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

million for this project is provided by Low Carbon Transportation Investments, which is funded from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The Financing Assistance Pilot Project is one project in the Fiscal Year 2014-15 Air Quality Improvement Program and Low Carbon Transportation Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investments.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Our research partnership with RBC will enable us to conduct a more in-depth analysis of EV costs in comparison with internal combustion engine vehicles by considering vehicle type, user behavior, and where the vehicle is purchased and operated. Projections of future gasoline and electricity prices. Anticipated driving patterns.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Last night, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared a limited state of energy emergency with regard to the supply of motor fuel and implemented odd-even rationing for gasoline purchases in 12 New Jersey counties. NJ counties with gasoline rationing. —Governor Christie. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors approved a contract with BYD Motors for the manufacture and delivery of up to 25 new all-electric buses as part of a $30-million clean air bus technology pilot project.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Through this program, transportation fueling and biodiesel distribution facilities will be able to apply for grants to help install, retrofit, and/or upgrade fuel storage, dispenser pumps, related equipment and infrastructure to be able to sell ethanol and biodiesel. Earlier post.). Background on USDA Fleet.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Last night, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared a limited state of energy emergency with regard to the supply of motor fuel and implemented odd-even rationing for gasoline purchases in 12 New Jersey counties. NJ counties with gasoline rationing. —Governor Christie. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

UPS announced an agreement with Big Ox Energy (a wholly owned subsidiary of Environmental Energy Capital LLC) to purchase 10 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) per year. This is the largest investment in RNG to date for the company, and the agreement runs through 2024.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2013

The California Energy Commission approved $3,270,066 for six clean transportation projects. The program is slated to invest approximately $90 million during this fiscal year to develop new transportation technologies, as well as alternative and renewable fuels. Flex-fuel vehicles can run on E85 or conventional gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Among the many provisions, which include a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% below the 1990 level and an EU-wide binding target for renewable energy of at least 27%, is a proposal not to establish a new target for a reduction in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels after 2020. a Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2019

Of interest in this study were the following three variables from ATUS related to “purchasing goods and services.”. Average time spent traveling per day for all persons in connection with purchasing goods and services. Average percentages of persons traveling per day in connection with purchasing goods and services.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. An open access paper on their study is published in Biotechnology for Biofuels. million tons in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

Florida-based truckload carrier Raven Transport is expanding its clean-burning natural gas fleet with 115 Peterbilt Model 579s, equipped with sleepers and powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) to haul goods for a leading consumer packaged goods company. less per gallon than gasoline or diesel, depending on local market conditions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Unit design and catalyst selection is tailored to the specific demands of a refinery business, resulting in high-grade gasolines, jet fuels and diesels. HydroFlex is Topsoe’s technology for hydrotreating renewable feedstocks. H2bridge fully integrates with HydroFlex.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2012

The average sales-weighted fuel economy (adjusted EPA window sticker value) of new vehicles purchased in the US dropped 0.2 L/100km), likely reflecting the slight reduction the price of gasoline, according to the monthly report from researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg US (9.9

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Transportation is the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in Delaware. Electric vehicles also tend to have lower maintenance costs than gasoline cars, which also reduces ownership costs. Each year, manufacturers must meet a ZEV credit amount that is based on average annual sales. DNREC Secretary Shawn M.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2011

CLE’s purchase of products is contingent on, among other things, satisfaction of product specification criteria and RIN certification of the products as cellulosic biofuels under the US Renewable Fuel Standard. Re-Crude is refined into gasoline and diesel blendstocks that are compatible with existing fuel infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In a study published in the journal Energy Economics , MIT researchers have found that a fuel economy standard is at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a fuel tax when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use (20% by 2050).

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