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CNG Vs. Diesel Now A Fair Fight

CNG Vs. Diesel Now A Fair Fight

NGVAmerica Celebrates the Passage of LNG Tax Fix by the U.S. Congress Washington, D.C. July 30, 2015; NGVAmerica celebrates the passage of legislation by the House of Representatives and the Senate that corrects a longstanding inequity in the way liquefied natural gas (LNG) is taxed and will further expand the use of c ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel's Marc Rauch Takes Over Fuel Freedom Foundation's Twitter Feed on Wednesday +VIDEO

The Auto Channel's Marc Rauch Takes Over Fuel Freedom Foundation's Twitter Feed on Wednesday +VIDEO

Mark your calendars for this Wednesday, set your alarms for 12 Noon PDT, and hide your good wine! AUTO CENTRAL - July 28, 2015: The Auto Channel's co-founder/co-publisher, Marc J. Rauch, has been invited by Fuel Freedom Foundation to take part in a live Twitter feed tomorrow at Noon, pacific time. If you've got questio ... Continue reading

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and CNH Industrial promote biomethane at Expo 2015 in partnership with Air Liquide

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and CNH Industrial promote biomethane at Expo 2015 in partnership with Air Liquide

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and CNH Industrial – Official Global Partners of Expo Milano 2015 and European leaders in natural gas engine technology – announce a new partnership with Air Liquide, world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health. Together with Air Liquide, FCA and CN ... Continue reading

100 Years Of U.S. Fuel Use - 80% Fossil Fuels

100 Years Of U.S. Fuel Use - 80% Fossil Fuels

Fossil fuels have made up at least 80% of U.S. fuel mix since 1900 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review While the energy history of the United States is one of significant change, three fossil fuel sources—petroleum, natural gas, and coal—have made up at least 80% of total U.S ... Continue reading

Chicago Area Clean Cities Members Saved More than 25 Million Gallons of Petroleum in 2014

Chicago Area Clean Cities Members Saved More than 25 Million Gallons of Petroleum in 2014

Coalition of Chicago-area commercial fleets and municipalities work to reduce fuel consumption and improve air quality CHICAGO, May 28, 2015 – The Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition today announced that in 2014 its member fleets saved more than 25 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) of petroleum and nearly ... Continue reading

AmeriPride Advances Alternative Fuels Program

AmeriPride Advances Alternative Fuels Program

AmeriPride Advances Alternative Fuels Program with 20 New Propane Trucks Nationwide textile rental company plans to increase Ford fleet equipped with ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas fuel systems TOPEKA, Kan. (March 4, 2015) — After a successful alternative fuels pilot, AmeriPride Services, one of the lar ... Continue reading

How Hydrogen Fuel Cells Work - VIDEO ENHANCED

How Hydrogen Fuel Cells Work - VIDEO ENHANCED

Fuel cells are classified primarily by the kind of electrolyte they employ. This classification determines the kind of chemical reactions that take place in the cell, the kind of catalysts required, the temperature range in which the cell operates, the fuel required, and other factors. These characteristics, in turn, a ... Continue reading

Interest in Alternative Fuel Vehicles Declines with Gas Prices - NACS Report

Interest in Alternative Fuel Vehicles Declines with Gas Prices - NACS Report

NACS survey shows correlation between lower gas prices and lower interest in alternative fuel cars. ​ALEXANDRIA, Va. December 9, 2014; Consumers are much less likely to consider a non-gasoline powered vehicle as gas prices continue to decline, according to a new consumer survey examining preferences related to al ... Continue reading

Revolutionary MV-1 Continues to be the only Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle to Meet or Exceed Federal New Car Safety Standards

Revolutionary MV-1 Continues to be the only Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle to Meet or Exceed Federal New Car Safety Standards

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 24, 2014; Mobility Ventures LLC, designer and manufacturer of the MV-1 -- the only American-made vehicle that is purpose-built with the wheelchair user in mind -- has successfully completed an updated series of crash tests on the MV-1 that are mandatory for all new Original Equipment Manufactured ... Continue reading

Alternaltve Fuels Safety Reports, Studies And News Archives

Alternaltve Fuels Safety Reports, Studies And News Archives

Auto Central October 26, 2014; Many manufacturers are heavily investing for near future production and marketing of alternative fuel vehicles. These include electric vehicles, hybrids, fuel cells, hydrogen compressed and liquid natural gas, liquid propane, and hydrogen. As these vehicles are deployed in the fleet, thei ... Continue reading

PUMP: The Movie that Can Help Kick the Oil Addiction

PUMP: The Movie that Can Help Kick the Oil Addiction

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The Auto Channel Proposes a New Gasoline Fuel Economy Standard: 0 MPG ...0 MPG?

The Auto Channel Proposes a New Gasoline Fuel Economy Standard: 0 MPG ...0 MPG?

AUTO CENTRAL - October 1, 2010: The Auto Channel, the Internet's most complete and comprehensive automotive information resource, has announced today its recommendations for a new national gasoline fuel economy standard. "Frankly," said Bob Gordon, TACH's president and co-publisher, 35 MPG for gasoline, 60 MPG for gaso ... Continue reading

PUMP to Kick Oil Addiction by Edwin Black +VIDEO

PUMP to Kick Oil Addiction by Edwin Black +VIDEO

Special Report from Edwin Black and TheCuttingEdgeNews.com ISIS has trebled its forces within recent months and in large measure finances its expansion with $10 million to $20 million per week in illicit oil sales from as many as 70 captured oil wells. Iran now has multiplied its centrifuges to almost 20,000, enabling ... Continue reading

Rethinking the Future of Biofuels: Leveraging Three Routes Forward - UC Davis

Rethinking the Future of Biofuels: Leveraging Three Routes Forward - UC Davis

Back Will a Plug-in Electric Vehicle Save You Money?Rethinking the Future of Biofuels: Leveraging Three Routes ForwardMoving Forward with the Low Carbon Fuel StandardAre Plug-In Vehicles Turning the Corner? By Dr. Lew Fulton | 07/24/2014 The Obama administration is thinking creatively about how to address the 2015 requ ... Continue reading

Natural Gas Station Spurs Economic, Environmental Innovation

Natural Gas Station Spurs Economic, Environmental Innovation

New Hampshire community officials embrace natural gas, expect new station to drive business to region. ​PEMBROKE, N.H. July 18, 2014; NACS online reported that Clean Energy Fuels cut the ribbon this week on a first-of-its kind natural gas fueling station in Pembroke, New Hampshire, and officials at the ceremony t ... Continue reading

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