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Propel Fuels Low-Carbon Diesel to Power City of Carlsbad's Fleet

Propel Fuels Low-Carbon Diesel to Power City of Carlsbad's Fleet

Propel Diesel HPR, made from waste materials, reduces city fleet greenhouse gas emissions up to 80% versus petroleum diesel CARLSBAD, Calif., July 6, 2016 -- In partnership with California's leading low-carbon fuel brand Propel Fuels, the City of Carlsbad is now fueling with the nation's cleanest and most advanced rene ... Continue reading

New Energy Vehicle Makers Gather at Shanghai International Green Auto Show

New Energy Vehicle Makers Gather at Shanghai International Green Auto Show

SHANGHAI, June 30, 2016 -- The Shanghai International Green Auto Show, the largest new energy vehicle exhibition in China, is being held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) from June 28 to June 30, 2016. Nearly one hundred new energy vehicles will be on display at the event, drawing much attention fro ... Continue reading

2016 Nissan Titan XD Diesel Review By Steve Purdy

2016 Nissan Titan XD Diesel Review By Steve Purdy

2016 Nissan Titan XD Diesel Review By Steve Purdy ... Continue reading

California Zero Emissions Demonstration Project Includes Diesel Plug-In Hybrid Trucks

California Zero Emissions Demonstration Project Includes Diesel Plug-In Hybrid Trucks

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2016 New diesel technology will be part of a $23.6 million zero-emission transportation test program in California for emerging commercial vehicle technologies designed to reduce greenhouse gases, smog, and petroleum usage in ports and rail yards along busy freight corridors. The California Air Reso ... Continue reading

Chicago Clean Cities Fleets Reduce Petroleum Use by 25 Million Gallons in 2015

Chicago Clean Cities Fleets Reduce Petroleum Use by 25 Million Gallons in 2015

NAPERVILLE, Ill., May 19, 2016 – The Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition today announced that in 2015 its member fleets saved more than 25 million gasoline-gallon equivalents (GGEs) of petroleum and 225,000 tons of greenhouse-gas emissions. “That is the equivalent of removing 3,000 tanker trucks of gasoline f ... Continue reading

Biofuel Additives Market - Key Players are Fuel Quality Service, Chevron Oronite Company & Chemiphase Ltd. - Research and Markets

Biofuel Additives Market - Key Players are Fuel Quality Service, Chevron Oronite Company & Chemiphase Ltd. - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biofuel Additives Market By Type; and By Geography -Forecast (2015-2020)" report to their offering. Biofuel additives are a special kind of chemicals which are known as specialty chemicals in the industry, which increases the efficiency of biofuel such ... Continue reading

Scania Delivers 51 Biodiesel An Vegetable Oil Hybrid Buses to Madrid

Scania Delivers 51 Biodiesel An Vegetable Oil Hybrid Buses to Madrid

SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden—In a major commercial breakthrough, Scania will in June start delivering 51 hybridised Scania Citywide buses to Madrid. These complete buses feature cost saving and emission educing hybrid technology that meets the EU suburban and short distance Class II regulations. “We are delighted ... Continue reading

Shrinking Diesel Car Sales Open Up Growth Opportunities for Alternate Propulsion Systems

Shrinking Diesel Car Sales Open Up Growth Opportunities for Alternate Propulsion Systems

LONDON, April 28, 2016 -- WHEN Thursday, 5th May, 2016 at 2:00 pm BST LOCATION: Online, with Complimentary Registration SPEAKERS: Frost & Sullivan Program Manager Anjan Hemanth Kumar, Principal Consultant Pietro Boggia and special guest Silvia Leone of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Powertrain The recent diesel engine scand ... Continue reading

Future Propulsion And Connected Vehicle Systems - FEV Exhibit at 2016 SAE World Congress

Future Propulsion And Connected Vehicle Systems - FEV Exhibit at 2016 SAE World Congress

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 8, 2016 -- The future of the automobile is changing at cyber speed. Just yesterday, the buzz was the electric vehicle, and now connected and autonomous vehicles have been added to the mix. Automakers are scrambling to keep abreast of the challenges inherent in this changing landscape in order ... Continue reading

Future for Diesel Passenger Vehicles in U.S. Remains Positive Despite Recent Set Backs

Future for Diesel Passenger Vehicles in U.S. Remains Positive Despite Recent Set Backs

NEW YORK, March 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While diesel passenger vehicles sales have decreased in recent months, there are some positive signs that indicate diesel sales will recover and expand in the coming years, according to Allen Schaeffer, the Executive Director of the Diesel Technology Forum. Schaeffer ... Continue reading

Renewable Fuel Standard Program Under Review of Senate Committee

Renewable Fuel Standard Program Under Review of Senate Committee

Supporters and opponents both spoke out at an oversight hearing yesterday. ​WASHINGTON February 25, 2016; NACS Online reported that yesterday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held an oversight hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. Witnesses included: EPA Acting Administrator Jane ... Continue reading

Neste's Renewable Diesel Fueled The Super Bowl 50 Fan Village And Got The Fans To The Game

Neste's Renewable Diesel Fueled The Super Bowl 50 Fan Village And Got The Fans To The Game

Environmental Benefits Will Continue After The Game SAN FRANCISCO - January 7, 2016: Neste delivered 40,000 gallons of renewable diesel to San Francisco Bay Area Super Bowl 50 Host Committee for the electricity production at the Super Bowl City fan village, saving 238 tons of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere ... Continue reading

EPA Finalizes RFS Numbers for 2014-2016

EPA Finalizes RFS Numbers for 2014-2016

Agency used waiver authority to set numbers lower than those called for by Congress. December 1, 2015 Explore our Fuels Resource Center for everything you need to know about fuels — from the source that knows the subject best. Page Content​WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency ... Continue reading

Propel Fuels Reports Strong Consumer Adoption of Renewable Diesel as Retail Sales Rise 300 Percent in Southern California

Propel Fuels Reports Strong Consumer Adoption of Renewable Diesel as Retail Sales Rise 300 Percent in Southern California

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, 2015 -- Propel Fuels launched Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable) across Southern California in August 2015, and consumer adoption of the fuel has risen 300 percent compared to its former biodiesel product (B20). Propel's Diesel HPR is a low-carbon fuel that meets the ASTM D-976 petroleum dies ... Continue reading

Why Is Getting US Off Gasoline So Important to The Auto Channel?

Why Is Getting US Off Gasoline So Important to The Auto Channel?

Engine fuel and energy technology doesn't just power automobiles, it powers our entire economy. No, I take that back, it powers the world's economy. The automobile industry is the world's largest and most important industry. If we, the people in all democratic countries, can find a new and better way to fuel vehicles; ... Continue reading

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