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Renewable Fuels Association Unveils E85 Motorcycle

Renewable Fuels Association Unveils E85 Motorcycle

The highly anticipated debut of the custom Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) E85 ethanol motorcycle created by Paul Jr. Designs on Discovery Channel's American Chopper revealed a masterpiece with a patriotic theme that runs on E85. It was easier than he expected to make the chopper run on E85. "The only thing we had to ... Continue reading

Big Oil Uses New Dopes To Spread Their Old Dope

Big Oil Uses New Dopes To Spread Their Old Dope

The pervs at API are getting really worried by Trump's comments about E15 By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Well, it's Friday, the favorite day of the week for the oil industry to direct someone to write a hit piece about ethanol. ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC This Saturday June 9, 2018 7-9 AM

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC This Saturday June 9, 2018 7-9 AM

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York City radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart ... Continue reading

Infento: Kids Can Now Be Like Elon Musk and Build Their Own Life-size Electric Vehicles

Infento: Kids Can Now Be Like Elon Musk and Build Their Own Life-size Electric Vehicles

AMSTERDAM, June 8, 2018 -- Infento, the world's first maker of life-size modular construction kits, launches 6 brand new kits (1 all-electric) with 3 new inventions on Kickstarter today. The new lineup lets kids build a total of 32 life-size rides (for ages 0-14), including an electric hot rod, go-kart, minibike or qua ... Continue reading

Open Letter To Washington Examiner and John Siciliano About Ethanol

Open Letter To Washington Examiner and John Siciliano About Ethanol

Hi John - I just finished reading your article "EPA's new super fuel could spell trouble for ethanol" that was published yesterday in the Washington Examiner. I couldn't help but notice that you are listed as the Examiner's Energy and Environment Reporter, and in a very brief search I discovered you have been in this p ... Continue reading

USW Urges White House to Reform Broken Renewable Fuel Standard, Warns that Inaction Threatens Thousands of Jobs

USW Urges White House to Reform Broken Renewable Fuel Standard, Warns that Inaction Threatens Thousands of Jobs

The United Steelworkers (USW) today urged the White House to follow through with proposed changes to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) designed to reduce compliance costs for independent merchant oil refiners. Iowa Sens. ... Continue reading

TomTom EV "Recharge When and Where" eMobility Service Wins TU-Automotive Award+VIDEO

TomTom EV "Recharge When and Where" eMobility Service Wins TU-Automotive Award+VIDEO

TomTom (TOM2) last night picked-up the award for Best eMobility Product or Service at the TU-Automotive Awards in Detroit, MI. The service to take home the title was TomTom’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Service – which is designed to help drivers make informed decisions about when and where to charge their vehicles. ... Continue reading

The Nuclear Reactor That Makes Its Own Fuel

The Nuclear Reactor That Makes Its Own Fuel

To say that nuclear energy has a bad name would be an understatement. To say that it has a future, however, would be to state the obvious. ... Continue reading

Ballard Power Systems Inc. Opens the Market

Ballard Power Systems Inc. Opens the Market

TORONTO, June 5, 2018 /CNW/ - Randy MacEwen, CEO, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (BLDP), joined Arne Gulstene,to open the market to celebrate 25 years listed on Toronto Stock Exchange. Ballard Power Systems provides clean energy fuel cell products enabling optimized power systems for a range of applications. ... Continue reading

West Coast Fleets Deploy XL Hybrid Electric Technology to Save Fuel, Reduce Emissions

West Coast Fleets Deploy XL Hybrid Electric Technology to Save Fuel, Reduce Emissions

Los Angeles County, Cities of Long Beach and Seattle electrify fleets with XL hybrid-electric technology to improve MPG and promote sustainability. ... Continue reading

Cree’s Wolfspeed Technology Moves Electric Vehicle Market to the Fast Lane with Newest 1200V SiC MOSFET

Cree’s Wolfspeed Technology Moves Electric Vehicle Market to the Fast Lane with Newest 1200V SiC MOSFET

DURHAM, N.C.--Wolfspeed, A Cree Company , today announced a performance breakthrough in the ability to power the drivetrain of electric vehicles (EVs) using its new third generation 1200V SiC MOSFET family. This switching device, which enables high-voltage power conversion, solidifies the company’s leadership in solu ... Continue reading

The Ethanol Dividend

The Ethanol Dividend

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL A hundred years ago, ethanol (alcohol fuel) was the engine fuel of choice for objective persons-in-the-know. This was true in America and anywhere in the world that was starting to be impacted by that new-fangled invention, the automobile. For alcohol ... Continue reading

Gas Prices Climb as Summer Driving Begins, POET Calls On EPA To Move Quickly For E15 Relief

Gas Prices Climb as Summer Driving Begins, POET Calls On EPA To Move Quickly For E15 Relief

Year-round E15 sales would save drivers up to 15 cents. With nationwide gas prices hitting a four-year high – aboabove $3 per gallon – POET is calling on the EPA to give summer driverrs access to high-octane E15 fuel and save consumers as much as 15 cents per gallon. E15, a 15 percent biofuel blend, is currently av ... Continue reading

Fuel-Cell Madness...SLAP!...Thanks I Needed That!

Fuel-Cell Madness...SLAP!...Thanks I Needed That!

I just slapped myself in the face, boy i need that! Auto Central January 21, 2016; I was considering The Auto Channel's long-time fervent support of ethanol as America's alt fuel solution and found that I was getting caught up in the hydrogen hysteria...so if I was, so is everybody, after my face slap I came to my sens ... Continue reading

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