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NASCAR: Austin Dillon’s Patriotic Paint Scheme Revealed +VIDEO

NASCAR: Austin Dillon’s Patriotic Paint Scheme Revealed +VIDEO

Special To The Auto Channel From Staff Report NASCAR.com June 28, 2017; There typically are plenty of stars and stripes at the Daytona summer race. Austin Dillon’s No. ... Continue reading

U.S. Ethanol Production Capacity Continues To Increase

U.S. Ethanol Production Capacity Continues To Increase

U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity Fuel ethanol production capacity in the United States reached 15.5 billion gallons per year, or 1.01 million barrels per day (b/d), at the beginning of 2017, according to EIA's most recent U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity report. Total capacity of operable ethanol ... Continue reading

ROBB HOLLAND CHOOSES E85 ETHANOL-FUELED KATECH STAGE 3 C7 Z06 PACKAGE FOR PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB

ROBB HOLLAND CHOOSES E85 ETHANOL-FUELED KATECH STAGE 3 C7 Z06 PACKAGE FOR PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB

Our Katech engine will be tuned to run E85, which will give us more horsepower than on regular pump gas. What's interesting at Pikes Peak is that engines struggle to cool because at 10,000-14,000 feet, the air is very thin and dry. The inherent cooling capabilities of E85 will substantially help keep engine temps down. ... Continue reading

Cost Difference Between High Octane Gasoline and Regular Grows

Cost Difference Between High Octane Gasoline and Regular Grows

Growing octane needs widen the price difference between premium and regular gasoline Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update The difference between U.S. average retail prices for premium and regular gasoline reached 50 cents per gallon in late 2016, and it has remained near that ... Continue reading

Cellulosic Ethanol Market - Global Forecast and Opportunity Assessment by Technavio

Cellulosic Ethanol Market - Global Forecast and Opportunity Assessment by Technavio

Technavio has published a new report on the global cellulosic ethanol market from 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

California Capital Welcomes Queensland Renewable Fuels' Larissa Rose

California Capital Welcomes Queensland Renewable Fuels' Larissa Rose

Queensland Renewable Fuels (QRFA) Managing Director, Larissa Rose has spent two days in Sacramento, California meeting with government departments and key industry leaders on low carbon policies, renewable fuel initiatives and technologies. Ms Rose visited the Californian capital Sacramento, to gain a greater understan ... Continue reading

Ethanol Honesty Is The Best Energy Policy

Ethanol Honesty Is The Best Energy Policy

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL It's always very troubling when a person touted as having a high proficiency in one area tries tackling something in which they have zero proficiency. I think this may be the situation of Debbie Carlson, a professional writer who typically pens financi ... Continue reading

POET Founder, Chairman and CEO Jeff Broin to Receive 2017 BIO George Washington Carver Award

POET Founder, Chairman and CEO Jeff Broin to Receive 2017 BIO George Washington Carver Award

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today announced that POET Founder, Chairman and CEO Jeff Broin will receive the 10th annual George Washington Carver Award for Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology. The award will be presented on Monday July 24, 2017, during a morning plenary session of the 2017 BIO Wor ... Continue reading

American Drivers Surpass 1 Billion Miles on Earth-kind, Engine-Smart E15 Saving up to $72 Million by End of 2017

American Drivers Surpass 1 Billion Miles on Earth-kind, Engine-Smart E15 Saving up to $72 Million by End of 2017

American consumers have helped E15 – a fuel containing 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline – reach a significant milestone. According to Growth Energy’s ongoing analysis of fuel sales and consumption data reported by major gasoline retailers, drivers across the United States have logged more than 1 billion ... Continue reading

WARNING: Iced Coffee Sucks Water Out of Thin Air! Causing Corrosion Everywhere!!!

WARNING: Iced Coffee Sucks Water Out of Thin Air! Causing Corrosion Everywhere!!!

Forget about ethanol "sucking the water right out of thin air," iced coffee is the real menace By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL You know how you hear and read all those 'expert' engine mechanics and 'genius' economists warning about how ethanol will just suck the water right out of th ... Continue reading

Saudis Take 100% Control Of America's Largest Oil Refinery - Another Great Reason To Switch To Ethanol

Saudis Take 100% Control Of America's Largest Oil Refinery - Another Great Reason To Switch To Ethanol

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Simply put, I'd much rather my fuel money goes to American farmers than to foreign terrorists. ... Continue reading

BMW i Joins Forces With TED In Search Of Powerful New Ideas About Mobility - TACH ANSWER - E.T.H.A.N.O.L - Perfect For A Driving Machine

BMW i Joins Forces With TED In Search Of Powerful New Ideas About Mobility - TACH ANSWER - E.T.H.A.N.O.L - Perfect For A Driving Machine

BMW i Beyond Automobiles Invites thinkers and doers to take part in “NextVisionaries” ideas competition. Winners to present at the Frankfurt-economy, hood/fuel-systems, makes/bmw, media, industry, carmakers, cardealers, headline ... Continue reading

Lauren Fix Takes Ethanol Opposition To A New Level Of Stupidity

Lauren Fix Takes Ethanol Opposition To A New Level Of Stupidity

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL In January 2013, I wrote an editorial lambasting several critics of ethanol. The primary antagonist of the piece is AAA, but a close second is the automotive media personality Lauren Fix, who uses "The Car Coach" as her tagline nick name. The title of ... Continue reading

Let Your Voice Be Heard in The Auto Channel's Energy and Fuel Poll - Please Participate

Let Your Voice Be Heard in The Auto Channel's Energy and Fuel Poll - Please Participate

We want to know what you think, we really do. Please answer the follow questions. ... Continue reading

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