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The Government of Sweden has launched a study to offer proposals on how to implement a ban on sales of new gasoline and diesel cars, and the timeline for the phase-out of fossil fuels. The final report is to be presented by 1 February 2021. Sven Hunhammar will chair the inquiry.
In the Americas, gasoline accounted for just above 40% of the products refined from petroleum in 2019, while in Europe and Asia Oceania, gasoline was less than 20%. The International Energy Agency’s Monthly Oil Statistics shows that there are differences in refinery output throughout the world.
Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), is beginning the final phase of testing of a renewable gasoline for drop-in commercial use in the existing fleet. The product fulfills EN228 standard and can be used in both existing and new gasoline and hybrid cars.
National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB has started production of the Saab 9-3 Aero Sedan with a gasoline engine at the old Saab Trollhättan plant. Sales of the new 9-3 Aero in Sweden will start on 10 December. The car that is produced is a high-spec Saab 9-3 Aero Sedan with a 220 hp (164 kW) 2.0-liter liter turbo.
The Volvo Car Group unveiled its new Volvo V60 Bi-Fuel car in conjunction with the NGV 2013 Gothenburg event being held from 11 to 13 June at the Swedish Exhibition Centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. Sales for the new product will start in October 2013 in Sweden. The engine is produced at the Volvo Car Group engine plant in Skövde. .
million) in Powercell Sweden AB, which develops, produces and sells fuel cells, fuel reformers and auxiliary power units. Powercell Sweden was formed in 2005 as a joint venture between AB Volvo and Statoil ASA. Per Wassén, Chairman of Powercell Sweden AB and Investment Director at Volvo Technology Transfer. Earlier post.).
Although increased gasoline taxation has been proposed as a very effective instrument to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a common argument against such a measure is that it is regressive—i.e., The researchers studied data from 25 different countries to investigate the concern that gasoline taxes affect poor people the most.
liter turbocharged gasoline engines from 2012. The contract was signed on Wednesday in Trollhättan, Sweden. Under the purchase, supply and development agreement, BMW will supply Saab with 4-cylinder 1.6 The engines will be adapted to meet Saab’s specific requirements.
Gasoline cars accounted for 57.3% Overall in 2019, almost 60% of all new cars registered in the European Union ran on gasoline (58.9%, compared to 56.6% digit gains were also seen in Belgium (+17.7%), Slovenia (+18.2%), Hungary (+18.4%), Sweden (+30.5%) and Romania (+31.1%). of the EU market, while electrically?chargeable
VärmlandsMetanol AB has selected Uhde, a ThyssenKrupp company, as technology supplier and engineering partner for a biomass-to-methanol plant in Hagfors, Sweden, with an annual production of 100,000 tonnes of fuel-grade methanol from forest-residue biomass. Investment for the plant will be about SEK 3 billion (US$416 million).
Sandero and Logan will also be available with a new gasoline engine, the 1.2 LPG (90 hp / 67 kW) engines reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 12% compared with gasoline power, and offer lower emissions of criteria pollutants. LPG has a range of up to 1,200 km (746 miles) with a full tank of gasoline and a full tank of LPG.
Powercell Sweden power generation unit. The parties will make a joint investment of SEK 200 million in Powercell Sweden AB in Gothenburg. Powercell Sweden is currently owned by Volvo Technology Transfer but following the investment, Volvo will be a minority owner. Fuel Cells in Sweden. Click to enlarge.
Maximum gasoline sulfur limits. A trio of European countries and one from South America made major strides in reducing their levels of sulfur content in gasoline, allowing them to advance in the annual global ranking published by Hart Energy’s International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC). Click to enlarge.
Gross indicated efficiency (%) of Scania heavy-duty diesel running on gasoline using PPC. The Lund team used regular US gasoline in their engines. source: Bengt Johansson. Click to enlarge. Bengt Johansson et al.
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Volvo Car’s 3-cylinder gasoline engine. Volvo Cars confirmed its production program to develop a lightweight 3-cylinder Drive-E gasoline engine. The engine, wholly developed in Sweden, will join the company’s 4-cylinder Drive-E engines ( earlier post ). Click to enlarge.
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tonnes) registered in the European Union were fueled by diesel; the market share of gasoline in this segment was close to zero. Across the entire European Union, only eight gasoline buses were sold in 2019. Last year, 85.0% of all new medium- and heavy-buses (over 3.5 from 594 units in 2018 to 1,607 buses sold in 2019.
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Global Bioenergies will lead a consortium including Sekab, Graanul Invest, Neste Engineering Solutions, Repsol, Peab Asfalt, SkyNRG, Ajinomoto Eurolysine, IPSB, TechnipFMC and Linz University in a 3-year project (called REWOFUEL) to demonstrate the production of isobutene-derived gasoline and jetfuel from wood residuals.
Despite these findings, it would appear that Sweden’s electric vehicle drivers are simply enjoying their extended time behind the wheel. As per the study, 31% of electric vehicle drivers in Sweden take journeys longer than 20 miles one way 11 or more times per year. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.
Nordic Green, a company focused on the introduction of bio-methanol, has signed an Agency Agreement with BioMCN , a producer of bio-methanol, for the representation and sales of bio-methanol in Nordic (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland) and Baltic (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) countries.
Biogas from refuse produces 95% less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline, according to a new research report. This can be compared with the standard figures used today, which indicate that biogas produces 80% lower emissions than gasoline. More than 23,000 vehicles in Sweden drive on biogas. Mikael Lantz.
The top six European countries for BEVs on the road in 2020 will be Germany, France, Norway, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Sweden, Pike projects, together representing more than 67% of the total market, with each having a volume in excess of six figures. Pike Research forecasts that by 2020 more than 1.8 million PHEVs and 1.7
A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature. —de Rubens et al.
Diesel common rail and gasoline direct injection are standard in the upcoming modular range of diesel and gasoline engines. The engines will be built at Volvo Car Group’s high-tech engine plant in Skövde, Sweden. On top of that, electrification will bring us up into power figures in today’s V8-territory. —Derek Crabb.
The Euro 19 markets are: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. liter EcoBoost is class-leading in fuel economy and CO 2 emissions in the C-segment for gasoline-engine vehicles, Ford says.
The average per-km CO 2 emissions for gasoline-fueled cars was 128.62 The main drivers of efficiency have been technological improvements and higher sales of diesel cars, which typically have lower CO 2 emissions levels than gasoline equivalents. The biggest cars, measured by mass, were bought in Latvia, Sweden and Luxembourg.
The pilot installations, which will be followed by more widespread roll out across Norway and Sweden, serve as a further demonstration of the ability of ABB charging technology to perform in extreme weather conditions and enable sustainable transport solutions in the widest range of locations.
If a ban were introduced on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would be a significant reduction in lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions primarily due to reduced tailpipe CO 2 emissions, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
For the first year since monitoring started, gasoline cars became the most sold vehicles in the EU, constituting almost 53% of sales. The difference between average fuel efficiency of gasoline cars (121.6 Combined, the relative share of PHEV and BEV sales was highest in Sweden, Belgium and Finland, reaching 5.5%, 2.7%
Co-processing has so far been tested mostly with FPBO; the first short-term test to commercialize the technology has been carried out in Preem’s refinery in Sweden. Introducing less than 10 wt % bio-oil or HTL biocrude in the FCC is still possible without having a significant increase in the coke yield and reduction in the gasoline yield.
Earlier this month, Chemrec broke ground on a pulp mill-integrated BioDME biorefinery demonstration plant project in Piteå, Sweden, with expected biofuel production by mid-2010. With fully implemented renewable fuels production at all pulp mills in Sweden, half of all heavy road transports could be propelled by BioDME and Biomethanol.
Volvo Cars is working together with the company PowerCell Sweden AB on this project. The reformer converts a liquid fuel, in this case gasoline, to hydrogen reformate, which then fuels the stack. a version of the PowerCell Power Pac. —Stefan Jacoby. A PowerCell APU. The Click to enlarge. PowerCell AB. Earlier post.).
Preem has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex renewable fuel hydrotreating technology to produce clean renewable diesel and jet fuel at its Gothenburg refinery in Sweden. Preem wants to continue the transformation towards a sustainable society and increase the production of renewable fuels in Sweden.
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The new development could lead to major efficiencies and cost-savings in catalyst-dependent production of gasoline, plastics, biofuels, pharmaceuticals, and other chemicals. The efficiencies of these new catalysts could lower the costs of gasoline and other products for all of us. Korea and Sweden. —Michael Tsapatsis.
liter Duratec Ti-VCT gasoline engine can now be specified with a 6-speed Ford PowerShift automatic transmission with dual dry-clutch technology. Ford was the first vehicle manufacturer in Europe to offer production passenger vehicles with Flexifuel technology, and the Focus Flexifuel model was launched in Sweden in 2001. Earlier post.)
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Data available of dibenzopyrenes in other urban emission sources are diesel and gasoline particulate emissions. However, the total mean dibenzopyrene content measured in the tires is low compared to reported concentrations in other urban sources i.e., diesel and gasoline particulate exhausts. —Sadiktsis et al.
Given the fuel price in many countries, the running costs are approximately half those of a Mii with a gasoline engine. liter, 68 PS (50 kW) engine is based on the three-cylinder gasoline unit found in the Mii with 60 PS (44 kW) and 75 PS (55 kW) outputs, but it’s been specifically developed for CNG operation.
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