Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2019

The study, conducted by Future Fuel Strategies , reviewed, assessed and compared nearly 100 different peer-reviewed vehicle emission studies. In addition to the Urban Air Initiative-sponsored study, the consultants have written two different technical papers, one of which is already in peer review.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2018

EPA has approved the registration of bio-isobutanol as a gasoline additive at up to 16 vol % after reviewing and taking comment on the application of Butamax Advanced Biofuels, LLC. With this registration, bio-isobutanol can be used as a gasoline additive or a “drop-in” fuel. Earlier post.).

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EPA Gasoline 2018 Fuel 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2016

While achieving LTC with diesel fuel over a wide operating range has been shown to be difficult for several reasons, gasoline, with its high volatility and low chemical reactivity, offers a more attractive fuel option for LTC. The paper is available for download from the International Journal of Engine Research. —Dempsey et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2017

Consumption of motor gasoline in the US hit an all-time high in 2016, reaching 9.327 million barrels per day, up 1.6% from 2015 and exceeding the prior peak of 9.286 million barrels per day in 2007, according to revised figures in the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) Monthly Energy Review.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

For the first time in 10 years, a legacy automaker has produced a large electric luxury sedan that takes the segment into the modern age—and is conclusively better than its gasoline counterpart. The feat is even more remarkable because the i7 is an adaptation of the gasoline-powered 7 Series, BMW’s.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 6, 2021

Considering all the rave reviews—including here at Green Car Reports, where it won our annual Best Car To Buy award—the electric Mustang has earned its place in the lineup. Many longtime Ford Mustang fans weren’t exactly thrilled to see the fully electric Mach-E SUV made a Mustang.

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2024

What’s more, the chemicals intended to curb a gasoline-fueled fire might not even be relevant in EVs. Follow Green Car Reports on Facebook and Twitter Green Car Reports Newsletter Sign up to get the latest green car and environmental news, delivered to your inbox daily! I agree to receive emails from Green Car Reports. Privacy Policy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

A new study released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds greenhouse gas emissions from corn-based ethanol are about 39% lower than gasoline. The study also states that when ethanol is refined at natural gas-powered refineries, the greenhouse gas emissions are even lower—around 43% below gasoline. Searchinger et al.

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Gasoline Colombia 2010 Emissions 255

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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Gasoline EPA Emissions Fuel 246

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

It embodies a unique package not shared with any gasoline model and its design details transcend its sub-$40,000 price tag. The MX-30 EV is a confusing one. Yet it sends out some of the disappointing signals of the so-called compliance cars from a decade earlier.

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Mazda Gasoline-Electric Conversion Gasoline 161

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Hyundai Kona electric outshines its gasoline counterpart. Illinois will be the home of a huge LFP battery factory. And the Porsche Taycan is getting recalled for battery issues only affecting one model year. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Illinois Batteries Battery Hyundai 117

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2020

Includes crude oil and petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Source: US Energy Information Administration, May 2020 Monthly Energy Review, June 2020, Table 3.3f. Japan and South Korea were the next highest destinations, each receiving 7% of US petroleum exports. US petroleum exports by destination, 1990-2019.

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Mexico Canada South Korea 2019 414

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

At the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Annual Merit Review meeting in Washington, DC last week, Michael Ruth from Cummins noted that the DOE program target for the project is a fuel economy (CAFE) target of 26 mpg (9.05 Cost of the new engine relative to gasoline baseline. Earlier post.). l/100 km) for a vehicle of that size.

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Fuel Economy Economy Gasoline Downsizing 357

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2016

The Volkswagen Group will begin equipping the Group’s new TSI and TFSI gasoline direct injection engines with gasoline particulate filters (GPF). This will reduce particulate emissions from the direct injection gasoline engines by up to 90%. 2016) “Vehicular Emissions in Review,” SAE Int. Earlier post.) Johnson, T.,

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Gasoline 2017 Engine Mercedes 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2019

In a joint petition filed with the US Court of Appeals, an alliance of ethanol, agriculture, and clean fuel organizations has requested judicial review of a recent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rulemaking that would limit ethanol blending and restrict the use of blender pumps.

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EPA Nebraska South Dakota Clean 207

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Not all were, of course, as there is still plenty of interest around gasoline-propelled cars, SUVs and trucks. We reviewed the last year of this small but fun EV, noting its limitations, not the least of which was an 84-mile driving range. liter 4-cylinder gasoline engine that now pumps-out 195 horsepower. 2024 Fiat 500e EV.

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Los Angeles Auto Prius Toyota 79

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 19, 2023

With EPA ratings of 22 miles of electric driving range and 20 mpg combined on gasoline after you run through a charge, the 2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe. The Jeep Wrangler is a no-holds-barred off-road machine that aims to go around, over, or through whatever’s in front of it, regardless of terrain. The plug-in hybrid variant?

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Jeep Plug-in Plug Hybrid 159

Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

According to the originating report, the Highlander will go all-electric, leaving room for a Grand Highlander offering various gasoline-fueled flavors. Follow Green Car Reports on Facebook and Twitter The post 2025 Camry hybrid review, Highlander EV, Prius recall: Today’s Car News appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Camry Hybrid Highlander Prius Hybrid 40

CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In June 2022, just before the second round of Colombia’s national elections, former President Ivan Duque announced that the de-facto subsidy for gasoline* would be gradually dropped. The decision, thankfully, was approved by the new administration of President Gustavo Petro, and the cost of gasoline started to increase monthly.

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Colombia Future Gasoline Cost Of 110

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

Life-cycle analysis specialist EVEA has estimated that fully renewable ETBE produced by the Global Bioenergies’ IBN-One plant would enable 69% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil gasoline. These results will have to be confirmed after an audit on site and a peer review of the LCA.

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Renewable Gasoline Emissions Global 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

a Canadian biofuel company that is commercializing an advanced biomass-to-gasoline production process ( earlier post ), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a renewable energy project developer. will release the details of the MOU following completion of the review. CORE BioFuel Inc., CORE BioFuel Inc.

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Gasoline Renewable Carbon Green 210

Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

Super Cruise also works with towing, 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV Chevy Avalanche redux, made electric The first electric Silverado pickup truck shares little beyond a name with its gasoline- and diesel-powered namesakes.

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Silverado Chevrolet F-150 Google 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Petroleum products include unfinished oils, hydrocarbon gas liquids, aviation gasoline, motor gasoline, naphtha?type Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, December 2019, Tables 1.4a type jet fuel, kerosene?type Source: U.S. and 1.4b.

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Oil 2018 Energy Coal 269

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

In a companion study to an SAE paper presented in April ( earlier post ), researchers at MIT have quantified the net economic and CO 2 emissions benefit that could be obtained by utilizing 98 RON gasoline in light-duty vehicles, based on reasonable assumptions for possible refinery changes and the evolution of the LDV fleet. Click to enlarge.

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Gasoline MIT Design Emissions 230

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The White House and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday urged the United States Postal Service (USPS) to reconsider its plan to purchase primarily gasoline vehicles for its next-generation mail truck fleet.

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EPA United States Gasoline Purchase 191

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

in 2019 to 5,130 million metric tons (MMmt), according to data in the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. In 2019, CO 2 emissions from petroleum fuels—nearly half of which are associated with motor gasoline consumption—fell by 0.8%, and CO 2 emissions from the use of natural gas increased by 3.3%.

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2019 CO2 Energy 2017 273

Green Car Reports

JUNE 21, 2022

a-gallon gasoline, driving the 2023 Honda HR-V last week brought some conflicting feelings about where automakers think the priorities are for budget-strapped mass-market shoppers. As I report today in a full review of the HR-V over at The Car Connection, Honda has a very good vehicle—just one that, at 27 mpg combined.

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Honda MPG Hybrid Gasoline 182

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

The organization explain that ethanol blends can be created in two ways: by adding more ethanol to a product approved for commercial use, such as E10 (“splash blending”); or by adjusting the gasoline blendstock first to match certain selected parameters (“match blending”). Nearly all US gasoline is produced by splash-blending 10% ethanol.

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EPA Emissions Pollution Gasoline 230

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This will be a slightly different review for TTAC than most, since while most readers here will be generally familiar with a number of options available from legacy automakers, there will be a number of technical details I’ll need to discuss here. This 2023 Rivian R1T is an interesting take on the EV truck idea. Will it plug into your life?

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F-150 Detroit All-Electric Miles 92

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? The gasoline engine only runs in reversing to power the batteries. by BLNT, PriusPodcast.com.

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2004 Prius Cheap 2009 409

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

gasoline engine, through which Ricardo will help Foton improve engine efficiency and meet new emissions and fuel consumptions standards in China. In addition to the MoU, a service contract was signed between Foton and Ricardo Shanghai Co. This contract will see the two companies collaborate on the development of a 1.0L

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Gasoline Engine Fuel Economy China 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). For current gasoline-powered ICE vehicles at an average fuel economy of 23.3 mp and a fuel price of $2.35

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San Diego Fuel District of Columbia Gasoline-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

A status review of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) ( earlier post ) for the period of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 by Dr. Sonia Yeh at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis and Julie Witcover found that regulated parties in the LCFS—i.e., gCO 2 e/MJ for gasoline.

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Standards California 2012 2011 247

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

Drivers of diesel vehicles can save thousands of dollars in total ownership costs compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) study. —UMTRI researcher Bruce Belzowski. Belzowski and UMTRI colleague Paul E.

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Gasoline Diesel Vehicles Fuel Economy 247

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

Diesel vehicles generally saved owners between $2,000 to $6,000 in total ownership costs during a three to five year period when compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to data compiled by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Source: UMTRI. Click to enlarge. —“Total Cost of Ownership”.

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Cost Of Diesel Gasoline Vehicles 262

Green Car Reports

APRIL 23, 2022

Which electric vehicle revealed this week looks just like the gasoline version? Which brand wants you to buy the vehicle but subscribe to the battery pack? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 22, 2022.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 11, 2023

Otherwise, it’ll jump between (electric) rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive with the gasoline engine handling the vehicle’s front wheels. If you want to make the car go from placid to vicious, all you have to do is turn the applicable dial and the vehicle complies immediately.

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Dodge All-Electric Exhaust MPH 92