News By Topic: Vehicles and the Environment: CNG-Methane

Cummins Westport Introduces Natural Gas Playbook Website

Jun 27, 2017

~ Featuring Information on Evaluating and Operating Natural Gas Vehicles ~ VANCOUVER, June 27, 2017 - Cummins Westport Inc. ("CWI") has introduced The Natural Gas Playbook website designed to provide new and existing natural gas customers with guidance on evaluating and operating Cummins Westport powered natural gas ve ... Continue reading

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

Apr 8, 2017

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

Ethanol Chronicles - SPECIAL EDITION: David Are You There? - Latest Posts

Apr 6, 2017

Lively, Spirited and Sometimes Humorous Repartee Concerning Energy Issues By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL ... Continue reading

Taking On EPA, CAL Air Resources Board, Obama, and Big Oil

Mar 28, 2017

Open Letter To Sierra Club By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL ... Continue reading

US EPA to Deliver Keynote Address at Fuel Economy Detroit

Mar 2, 2017

PENARTH, UK, March 2, 2017 -- - Fuel Economy Detroit takes place in Dearborn, MI on 16 March 2017 - United States EPA to deliver keynote address - Hyundai, Toyota, BorgWarner, Honeywell and Valeo to discuss the future of powertrain technology - New for 2017: second high-level panel discussion featuring Ford, General Mo ... Continue reading

Green, Safe, Efficient Vehicles: AWS Abfallwirtschaft Stuttgart Invests In Natural Gas Drive

Feb 24, 2017

Abfallwirtschaft Stuttgart invests in natural gas drive 24. February 2017 Stuttgart Official commissioning of the vehicles on 23 February 2017 in Stuttgart Natural gas drive helps to ensure clean, quiet waste disposal operations in the city Premiere for the new natural gas engine in the Mercedes-Benz 936 engine family ... Continue reading

Auto Lab Radio Talk - LIVE From NYC Saturday February 25, 2017 7AM- 9AM

Feb 24, 2017

Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area 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 car ... Continue reading

Methanol Made From Coal For Liquid Auto Fuel Has Grown Rapidly In China Since 2000 (But Not In USA)

Feb 23, 2017

Methanol News Archive Washington DC February 23, 2017; China is the global leader in methanol use and has recently expanded methanol production capacity. ... Continue reading

Tight oil expected to make up most of U.S. oil production increase through 2040

Feb 13, 2017

February 13, 2017 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2017 Reference case EIA’s recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017) Reference case projects that U.S. tight oil production will increase to more than 6 million barrels per day (b/d) in the coming decade, making up mos ... Continue reading

Cleaner Vehicle Fuel Choices Grew In Minnesota IN 2016

Dec 28, 2016

[ Cleaner Vehicle Fuel Choices Grew In Minnesota In 2016 SAINT PAUL, MINN. - (December 28, 2016) -- Minnesota continued to build on its growth in fuel choice in 2015, adding more biofuel stations, public charging stations for electric vehicles, and expanding the use of natural gas and propane as vehicle fuels. ... Continue reading

Recapping My Decade of Using and Experimenting With Alternative Fuels +VIDEO

Dec 26, 2016

I first learned about the potential of alternative engine fuels in the late 1970's while doing some unrelated marketing research in the giant New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. ... Continue reading

EPA Opens Public Comment Period on RFS ‘Point of Obligation’

Nov 22, 2016

NACS and SIGMA commend the EPA for protecting consumers and for preventing an unnecessary upheaval in the U.S. fuel market. ​WASHINGTON November 22, 2016; NACSonline reported that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally announced in the Federal Register that it plans to retain the existing point of obl ... Continue reading

New infrastructure aims to increase takeaway capacity of natural gas from Utica region

Nov 22, 2016

U.S. Energy Information Administration pipeline database Note: Proposed capacity shown on the graph reflects only the projects discussed in this article. Other proposed projects in the area are smaller or have not yet progressed through the approval process. ... Continue reading

Green Car Journal Announces Finalists For 2017 Green Car Of The Year®

Nov 8, 2016

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2016 -- Green Car Journal announced today its five finalists for the magazine's prestigious 2017 Green Car of the Year® award. ... Continue reading

U.S. Summer 2016 Gasoline Consumption Sets New High - Making OPEC and Other Bad Guys Real Happy

Nov 2, 2016

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, October 2016 The consumption of U.S. finished motor gasoline reached a new high of 9.7 million barrels per day (b/d) in June 2016, surpassing the previous one-month high of 9.6 million b/d set in July 2007. U.S. gasoline consumption during summe ... Continue reading