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Japanese Companies Establish Partnership For Methanol & Dimethyl Ether Production in Trinidad and Tobago

Japanese Companies Establish Partnership For Methanol & Dimethyl Ether Production in Trinidad and Tobago

Tokyo, Apr 9, 2013; Two Japanese companies, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company and Mitsubishi Corporation in the final stages of an agreement with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and local partner, Neal & Massy Holdings Limited, to start developing a project for the commercialization of natural gas based petrochemic ... Continue reading

Compression Tests Successful On RadMax™ 375 HP Diesel Engine

Compression Tests Successful On RadMax™ 375 HP Diesel Engine

REGI U.S., Inc. (OTC BB: RGUS, Frankfurt Stock Exchange: RGJ) and Reg Technologies Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: RRE.V, OTC BB: REGRF) wish to announce successful tests were completed for the RadMax™ engine. Paul Porter, Chief Engineer, reports as follows: Prototype Support Assembly and Testing of the Di ... Continue reading

Volvo's World First Plug-In Diesel Hybrid Received the Government's Plug-In Car Grant Approval

Volvo's World First Plug-In Diesel Hybrid Received the Government's Plug-In Car Grant Approval

The world's first diesel plug-in hybrid, the Volvo V60 D6 AWD, has received approval for the Government's Plug-In Car Grant (PICG) which is designed to offer incentives for buyers to choose new ultra-low carbon cars. In this scheme, buyers will receive a £5000 grant towards the purchase price of the vehicle, meaning i ... Continue reading

Newly Formed "Fuels Institute" Names Inaugural Directors

Newly Formed "Fuels Institute" Names Inaugural Directors

The Fuels Institute’s inaugural directors are: Bill Douglass, managing partner, Douglass Distributing Co. (Sherman, TX) Norman Herrera, manager of corporate development, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (Oklahoma City, OK) Jay Ricker, chair/owner, Ricker’s (Anderson, IN) Ron Sabia, president & COO, Gulf Oil, Cum ... Continue reading

AJAC and Green Living Announce Collaboration on New Canadian Green Car Award

AJAC and Green Living Announce Collaboration on New Canadian Green Car Award

AJAC (Automobile Journalists Association of Canada) and Green Living jointly announced today, at the Canadian International Auto Show, that they are collaborating to create a new, annual Canadian Green Car award program. The winner of the initial Canadian Green Car award, presented by AJAC and Green Living, will be ann ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Groups Sticks to its Sales Goal for 2018

Volkswagen Groups Sticks to its Sales Goal for 2018

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel DETROIT, January 15, 2013. In the hay days of the Beetle, Volkswagen was the largest foreign brand in North America. But after the arrival of the Japanese brands, the Germans had to deal with quality problems, which were published widely in the media, and VW had n ... Continue reading

Audi Partners With Joule To Make Future Mobility Fuels With Micro-organisms

Audi Partners With Joule To Make Future Mobility Fuels With Micro-organisms

</p><p>By Henny Hemmes <br>Senior European Editor <br>The Auto Channel </p><p>THE HAGUE, January 9, 2013; In the quest to reduce fuel consumption and thus CO2 emissions of cars, Audi is developing synthetic natural gas, which the German car manufacturer refers to as Audi e-gas, (<a href=http://www.theautochannel.com/ne ... Continue reading

Experts: Sales Of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles, Including Hybrids And Plug-In Electric Cars, Shatter Records In 2012

Experts: Sales Of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles, Including Hybrids And Plug-In Electric Cars, Shatter Records In 2012

Setting the Record Straight on Misunderstood Topic, Alan Baum and NRDC Auto Expert to Detail Historic Highs in Average Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy, Conventional Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid Sales. Contrary to what is being suggested in some news accounts, the market for clean cars is thriving, with every major record f ... Continue reading

Vincentric Alternative Fuel Analysis: Are Diesels a Cost-Effective Option?

Vincentric Alternative Fuel Analysis: Are Diesels a Cost-Effective Option?

BINGHAM FARMS, Michigan – August 23rd, 2012; Consumers seeking shelter from high gas prices won’t always find the relief they might expect by turning to diesels, announced Vincentric, the leading provider of cost-of-ownership data to the auto industry. The Vincentric 2012 Diesel Analysis determined that of 23 ... Continue reading

What Us Worry About Obama's "All-of-the-above" Alt-fuel Energy Policy

What Us Worry About Obama's "All-of-the-above" Alt-fuel Energy Policy

Auto Central, Louisville KY February 27, 2012; Big Oil and It's Sycophants, Screw America's Economy, Free Will, By The People FOR The People, Foreign Policy, Military Options and Reduces Freedom, While Oil Bought and Paid For Politicians Fiddle-faddle While Americans Burn...ENOUGH ALREADY! SEE ALSO: Survey Finds Majori ... Continue reading

Propel Fuels Receives $10.1 Million Grant Award From California Energy Commission to Expand Consumer Access to Alternative Fuels

Propel Fuels Receives $10.1 Million Grant Award From California Energy Commission to Expand Consumer Access to Alternative Fuels

Fueling Infrastructure to Provide New Choices to California's Nearly One Million Flex Fuel Drivers REDWOOD CITY, CA, Jun 01, 2012; Propel Fuels, a leading retailer of renewable fuels and clean mobility solutions, has been awarded a $10.1 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to build more than 100 F ... Continue reading

Want to Go Green? AAA Recommends Ways to Make a Difference Behind the Wheel

Want to Go Green? AAA Recommends Ways to Make a Difference Behind the Wheel

AAA provides tips for those looking to be more eco-friendly with their driving habits and next vehicle purchase Hoping to decrease your carbon footprint and live a greener life? What and how you drive is a large part of your daily carbon footprint. Electric engines, several hybrid options and even traditional internal ... Continue reading

Engine Downsizing Poised for Increased Penetration across Gasoline Engines, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Engine Downsizing Poised for Increased Penetration across Gasoline Engines, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Engine downsizing, which has been a major trend in European diesel engines over the past decade, is poised to have a major impact on gasoline engines, which will witness the trend that diesel engines did in terms of engine downsizing and turbocharging 10 years ago. This trend will also have a positive impact on the dem ... Continue reading

NACS: Alternative Fuel Stations Could Hit 10,000

NACS: Alternative Fuel Stations Could Hit 10,000

Gasoline still remains the dominant transportation fuel by far, although E85, hydrogen, natural gas, electricity and propane are building a small following. WASHINGTON May 2, 2012; NACS Daily reported that a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggests that although gasoline remains by far ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Daily Index 4.27.2012

Fuel Prices - Daily Index 4.27.2012

<b>Regular Gas </b> <p> Current Avg. $3.698 <p> Yesterday Avg.$3.688 <p> Week Ago Avg. $3.565 <p> Month Ago Avg.$3.406 <p> Year Ago Avg.Regular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular GasRegular ... Continue reading

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