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Unimog Named "Off-Road Vehicle of the Year" for the 17th time

Unimog Named "Off-Road Vehicle of the Year" for the 17th time

The readers of a specialist magazine named Unimog from Mercedes-Benz Number One ... Continue reading

Global $19.4 Bn Alternatively Powered Commercial Vehicles Fuel Market to 2026: Ethanol, Methanol, CNG, LPG, LNG, Dimethyl Ether, Compressed Hydrogen, Liquid Hydrogen, Hythane

Global $19.4 Bn Alternatively Powered Commercial Vehicles Fuel Market to 2026: Ethanol, Methanol, CNG, LPG, LNG, Dimethyl Ether, Compressed Hydrogen, Liquid Hydrogen, Hythane

The global market for alternative fuel for all classes of commercial vehicles with oil prices at $40 per barrel should grow from $11.1 billion in 2021 to $19.4 billion by 2026 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.8% for the period of 2021-2026. ... Continue reading

Today In Energy

Today In Energy

Pete Caves; California To Lead Again In Emission Fairy-Tales - Withdraw Rule Empowers Left Coast "Chicken Little's"

Pete Caves; California To Lead Again In Emission Fairy-Tales - Withdraw Rule Empowers Left Coast "Chicken Little's"

Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis. NHTSA proposed to withdraw its portions of the so-called SAFE I Rule, which sought to preempt States, including California, from issuing their own greenhouse gas emissions standards and zero-emissions vehicle mandates. ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book Helps Car Shoppers Navigate Electric Car Tax Credits

Kelley Blue Book Helps Car Shoppers Navigate Electric Car Tax Credits

Electric cars undoubtedly are the wave of the future, and growth in the segment is on quite an upward trajectory. According to data from Cox Automotive, electrified vehicles accounted for 7.8% of the total Q1 2021 sales, up from 4.8% in the same period last year. ... Continue reading

CAR MBS Going LIVE In Traverse City

CAR MBS Going LIVE In Traverse City

You read that right. We are excited to announce that CAR MBS will be back at the Grand Traverse Resort for one of the year's first in-person automotive events. ... Continue reading

U.S. Energy Information Administration to release new monthly biofuels data

U.S. Energy Information Administration to release new monthly biofuels data

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today that it will release expanded monthly biofuels data through a new report—the Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update. On March 31, 2021, EIA plans to publish the first edition of this report, which will contain January 2021 data. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors' “Click, Click, Car”

Mitsubishi Motors' “Click, Click, Car”

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. today unveils ClickShop,℠ a 24-hour digital showroom. Hosted on mitsubishicars.com, customers now have a shopping experience completely customized to their needs, interests and budget, as well as more transparency in the car-buying process. ... Continue reading

Another Reason to Love Algae - It May Reduce the COVID Mortality Rate

Another Reason to Love Algae - It May Reduce the COVID Mortality Rate

Algae could provide enough ethanol to completely replace all gasoline use, plus so much more. ... Continue reading

So There You Go Leftys - Big Oil Keeps On Smiling Despite Renewable Energy Fairy-Tales - Time For Ethanol America

So There You Go Leftys - Big Oil Keeps On Smiling Despite Renewable Energy Fairy-Tales - Time For Ethanol America

Fossil fuel production expected to increase through 2022 but remain below 2019 peak Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review and Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) In 2020, fossil fuel production in the United States declined by an estimated 6% from the 2019 record high of 81.3 quadrillion Br ... Continue reading

AAA Blunder on Ethanol Sets Off Firestorm of Criticism

AAA Blunder on Ethanol Sets Off Firestorm of Criticism

Fox Business News Worsens the AAA Blunder with a Barrage of Stupidity By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL AUTO CENTRAL – On Thursday, January 3, 2013, we received a copy of a video interview produced by FOX Business News between Melissa Francis, host of FOX’s “MONEYâ ... Continue reading

UK Extends Gas and Diesel Hybrids Sales 5 Years

UK Extends Gas and Diesel Hybrids Sales 5 Years

British government signaled that it will likely allow full hybrids to be sold for another five years after a ban on sales of new cars with gasoline and diesel engines. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that the government will bring forward a ban on new gasoline and diesel cars and vans to 2030 from 2035. ... Continue reading

Joe Biden's Published Green Manifesto - OOPS, Hey Joe You Forgot Ethanol (Did you ever know what it is?)

Joe Biden's Published Green Manifesto - OOPS, Hey Joe You Forgot Ethanol (Did you ever know what it is?)

Auto Industry: Create 1 million new jobs in the American auto industry, domestic auto supply chains, and auto infrastructure, from parts to materials to electric vehicle charging stations, positioning American auto workers and manufacturers to win the 21st century; and invest in U.S. auto workers to ensure their jobs a ... Continue reading

Volvo Trucks Looking at LNG as Fuel...Again +VIDEO

Volvo Trucks Looking at LNG as Fuel...Again +VIDEO

Editor's Note: Volvo appears to be re-visiting liquid natural gas as an alternative to diesel fuel. I wondered what frightened them off previously. ... Continue reading

Fossil fuels (sic*) account for the largest share of U.S. energy production and consumption

Fossil fuels (sic*) account for the largest share of U.S. energy production and consumption

Fossil fuels, or energy sources formed in the Earth’s crust from decayed organic material, including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, continue to account for the largest share of energy production and consumption in the United States. ... Continue reading

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