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JULY 11, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a proposed rule under the Clean Air Act (CAA) that would waive requirements beginning in 2013 for systems used at gas station pumps to capture potentially harmful gasoline vapors while refueling cars. Stage I VRS apply to the gasoline distribution industry; Stage II to service stations.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

A growing number of studies on the effects of biofuel production on domestic and international fuel markets have concluded that biofuel production results in only a partial displacement of gasoline on an energy-equivalent basis—thereby increasing global energy use. gallons, selected a conservative gasoline displacement rate of 0.50

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JULY 30, 2015

Canada has aligned new vehicle and fuel standards with the United States to cut air pollution from on-road vehicles. Canada’s Tier 3 regulations will introduce more stringent air pollutant emission standards for new passenger cars, light-duty trucks and certain heavy-duty vehicles (such as delivery vans) starting with the 2017 model year.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

Their study, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , found that that atmospheric lead pollution attributable to leaded aviation gas (avgas) contributes to US$1.06 Lead is a persistent toxic pollutant that impacts human health and welfare through inhalation and ingestion pathways. Credit: ACS, Wolfe et al.

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MAY 17, 2019

CARB developed the program to help support a return to 1990 levels of climate-changing gases by 2020, as required by AB 32, the 2006 landmark climate bill. Those clean fuels also reduced emissions of toxic pollutants as well as those that cause smog. California reached that overall goal in 2016. That equals an over-compliance of 8.7

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JANUARY 12, 2013

2015) formulated by the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC), coal consumption will be limited to 3900 million metric tons (MMT) by 2015, which will present a challenge given the tremendous increase in coal use within the last 5 years (2300 MMT in 2006 and 3200 MMT in 2010). Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge.

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Coal Pollution China Gas 231

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

KS Kolbenschmidt has developed its LITEKS concept for particularly low-friction piston systems installed in highly loaded gasoline engines. Since the market launch of LiteKS back in 2006, more than 120 million such pistons have been installed in engines worldwide and have thus contributed to an improvement in pollutant emissions.

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JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Unlike a conventional electric vehicle, which requires a number of hours to recharge, the 175-liter hydrogen tank system can be filled in less than four minutes—similar to the time it takes to refill a tank of gasoline or diesel in a vehicle with a traditional internal combustion engine. Depending on wheelbase, the H350 provides 10.5

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

ASTM has issued a new standard— ASTM D7862-13 —covering butanol intended to be blended with gasoline at 1-12.5 BP and DuPont have been working together since 2003; in 2006, they created a partnership to develop, produce and market a next generation of biofuels, with the first planned commercialization being biobutanol.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

The report for the Department for Transport is based on a survey module included in the Office for National Statistics’ Opinions (Omnibus) survey which has been carried out each August since 2006. In 2008, 64% agreed with that; in 2007, 63%; and in 2006, 62% agreed. Almost exactly the same proportion disagreed with this.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2009

The computerized control puts the motorcycle on pure-electric drive at low speed, and switches to the gasoline engine at high speed while recharging the batteries. Wuxi Angell sold 50,000 and 70,000 electric bikes in 2006 and 2007 respectively. ABAT and Angell expect to go into full-scale production in April.

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MAY 22, 2012

WWFC specifications for gasoline and diesel are based on extensive R&D work and experience gathered from fuels used worldwide, and comprise four categories for each fuel type, with increasing stringency. Select Properties of WWFC Category 4 Diesel Fuel (2006). Properties. Cetane Number. –. Cetane Index. –. Density @ 15 °C.

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MARCH 8, 2010

EPA is using OpenECU modules to support its gasoline HCCI engine, optimized alcohol engine, and series hydraulic hybrid vehicle technologies. The G850 is particularly suited to multi-cylinder (up to 8) gasoline engine management applications.

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JULY 18, 2010

Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) modeled the emissions impact had plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) replaced light duty gasoline vehicles in the Denver, Colorado area in summer 2006. million vehicles and would have increased by 3 tpd from power plants.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

A team at Ford Motor Company’s Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn conducted a detailed study of the effect of ethanol blend level in emissions, using a 2006 model Mercury Grand Marquis flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) operating on E0, E10, E20, E30, E40, E55, and E80 on a chassis dynamometer. Click to enlarge. —Hubbard et al.

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Emissions Ford Exhaust Engine 294

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Vulcanol is fuel-grade methanol, a clean burning, high-octane fuel that can be blended with gasoline for automobiles and used in the production of biodiesel or fuel ethers (DME, MTBE, OME etc.).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In the 1990s, California adopted a reformulated diesel fuel program; started a heavy-duty diesel truck roadside inspection program; implemented particle pollution standards for urban transit buses; and established standards for off-road diesel engines. In 2006, California began requiring ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel. Estimating DPM.

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JULY 14, 2014

In the case of the 2500HD bi-fuel, the two main trade-offs are a reduction in power and torque in CNG mode compared to gasoline mode, and the loss of a portion of the bed of the truck to the 3,600 psi CNG tank and its box-like enclosure. Emissions reductions (%) of new NGVs compared to new gasoline and diesel vehicles (2012).

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JUNE 13, 2009

Farm machines burning oil, gasoline and diesel release nitrogen to the air. Data on agricultural nitrogen pollution are limited, and some nitrogen pollution forms are difficult to monitor. But excess nitrogen is emitted from soils, seeps into groundwater and runs off into surface waters. Tom Tomich.

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Davis Escape Ozone California 240

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JUNE 2, 2011

Ford had previewed the small EcoBoost turbocharged gasoline direct injection unit, and had confirmed it for production, at Auto China 2010 in Beijing. liter gasoline engines. Ford is on track to deliver on its promise in 2006 of offering EcoBoost on 90% of its North American lineup by 2013 and to be producing 1.5 Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 3, 2014

The extracted rock can be used directly as a power plant resource or it can be processed to produce shale oil, which in turn can be refined into gasoline, diesel or jet fuels. Eesti Energia started its international oil shale activities in 2006, and has oil shale operations in Jordan and the United States.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. Continued fuel economy improvement in vehicles using other alternative fuels, gasoline, and diesel, combined with growth in the use of hybrid technologies (including micro, mild, full, and plug-in hybrid vehicles), limit the use of electric vehicles over the projection. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 7, 2010

Conversion systems allow vehicles to run on alternative fuels; most conversions involve switching gasoline or diesel vehicles to operate instead on a gaseous fuel such as natural gas or propane; an alcohol fuel; or electricity. MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage. Certification application.

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Plug In Partners

MARCH 3, 2008

Here is the headline and the lead: Plug-in cars could actually increase air pollution By James R. gasoline use but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say. The fact is that plug-ins are an important opportunity for reducing pollution. A curious story ran in USA Today last week.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Consequently, vehicle emissions have become an increasingly conspicuous contributor to air pollution in Chinese urban areas. Fourteen percent buses used gasoline, were equipped with carburetors, and had no any end-of-pipe emission control devices. Light-duty gasoline vehicles were the major contributors to CO and VOC emissions.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Here's the press release: PLUG-IN PARTNERS DECLARES VICTORY In January 2006, Austin Energy launched the national Plug-In Partners campaign, a grassroots effort to demonstrate to automakers that there is sufficient demand to support the mass production of flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. First, were economics.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

The new proposed rules also appear to contradict the board’s own recent attempts to curtail greenhouse gas emissions in the wake of a groundbreaking global warming law signed by the governor in 2006. Going faster than that triggers the car’s gasoline-powered engine, transforming the vehicle back into a traditional hybrid.

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OCTOBER 10, 2006

Turn on the Electric Road By DAVID MORRIS Published: October 8, 2006 Minneapolis LAST summer, New York State took a page from California’s playbook, using state policy to jump-start a 21st century automobile industry. The current hybrid is an entirely gasoline-powered vehicle with an electric motor assist.

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Plug In Partners

JULY 7, 2006

The Road to Independence Sunday, July 2, 2006 PATRICK MAZZA AND RICH FELDMAN Guest Columnist An economic earthquake is poised to shake the globe. clip) Outcompeted by gasoline in the early days of the car, electricity is returning in the form of gasoline-electric hybrids that significantly reduce fuel use.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

Perhaps he knows how good it feels to drive a quiet, powerful car that doesn’t pollute. “We’re excited about being able to market a car that will never use a drop of gasoline.&#. Consumers will lease the battery at a cost that, including charging, will match what they would have paid for gasoline.

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JANUARY 26, 2006

FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It Some cities, environmental groups and state pollution regulators have joined this " Plug-in Partners " effort.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. The enthusiasm for ethanol ("flex-fuel" cars use E85, which is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) is welcome. We are not exploring PHEV versions of gasoline-only (non-hybrid) cars.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Transportation fuel suppliers are limited to position holders (those who own fuel) at terminal racks that dispense Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (RBOB) and/or diesel fuel, and enterers (those who bring in fuel from outside the State) that deliver fuel outside of the terminal system.

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AUGUST 4, 2006

This will allow the vehicles to operate on emissions-free battery power, reducing the amount of fuel utilized and significantly decreasing the release of harmful pollutants, including greenhouse gases. Taken from the press release , New York Governor's Office, August 2, 2006 Become a Partner today.

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JANUARY 7, 2012

Geographical distributions of global BC emissions from motor vehicles in 1976 (A) and 2006 (B). Country-based mean values are shown for 1976 and 1° × 1° resolution was used for 2006. Researchers at Peking University have developed a new methodology to model black carbon (BC) emissions from diesel and gasoline motor vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. What changes do we make to convert a gasoline-only hybrid to a Plug-In Hybrid? PHEV - These vehicles combine the advantages of both HEV and EV vehicles. What types of hybrids are there?

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