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EPA approves emergency gasoline fuel waivers for 16 states and DC

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Jackson determined that, as a result of effects of Hurricane Sandy, extreme and unusual supply circumstances exist, which may result in a temporary shortage of gasoline compliant with federal regulations. The federal waiver will help ensure an adequate supply of fuels in the impacted states.

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GM to invest $233M more in building Ecotec small-displacement gasoline engines

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General Motors will invest $185 million to make small-displacement gasoline engines at its Spring Hill, Tennessee manufacturing complex. Bedford currently produces transmission casings, converter housings and small gasoline engine blocks. An additional $48.4-million million investment is planned for the Bedford, Ind.

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Study estimates fuel economy improvements to US light-duty vehicles from 1975–2018 saved 2T gallons of fuel, 17B tons of CO2

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A team from the University of Tennessee and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has the fuel savings due to fuel economy improvements over the past 43 years amount to approximately two trillion gallons of gasoline. gasoline demand would have put upward pressure on world oil prices.

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Cracker Barrel to install 24 Ecotality EV charging systems in select Tennessee locations; Level 2 and Fast Charge

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at select locations in “The Tennessee Triangle,” the 425-mile stretch of interstate highway that connects Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is becoming a major participant in The EV Project and will install 24 Blink electric vehicle (EV) chargers, provided by ECOtality, Inc.,

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Phase 1 of DOE-funded ABBA Integrated Biorefinery project begins; renewable jet, gasoline, diesel and nanocellulose

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The project, which will co-produce full replacement renewable jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and Bioplus nanocellulose from woody biomass in an integrated biorefinery at AVAPCO’s site in Thomaston, Georgia, has received a $3.7-million Phase 1 of the ABBA Integrated Biorefinery project, to be built at the AVAPCO Thomaston Georgia site, has begun.

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Hertz to order up to 175,000 EVs from GM over the next five years

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million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions compared to similar gasoline-powered vehicles traveling such a distance. GM deliveries to Hertz are projected to increase as GM scales its EV production between 2023 and 2025, driven by the opening of Ultium Cells battery cell plants in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan.

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DOE selects two projects for $3M in funding to advance biofuels, bioenergy, and biobased products

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DOE has selected two projects from the University of Tennessee and Northwestern University that will receive between $1 million to $2 million each. The DOE selections are: The University of Tennessee (UT). BRDI is a joint program organized through DOE and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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