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JUNE 27, 2014

In the US Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2014 (AEO2014) Reference case, more-stringent vehicle fuel economy standards contribute to a decline in motor gasoline consumption through 2040. The Reference case projects an increase in VMT that, all else equal, would increase motor gasoline fuel consumption.

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APRIL 27, 2012

turbodiesel engine on Cruze—one of the top-selling gasoline-powered cars in the US in 2011 and General Motors’ best-selling model globally—will establish Chevrolet as the only domestic automaker offering an American-manufactured diesel-powered compact car with a European-American developed engine. Earlier post. ).

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Diesel GM Market 2013 290

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

EPA projects advanced transmissions (6+ speeds and CVTs), gasoline direct injection (GDI) systems, and turbocharged engines will be installed on at least 15% of all MY 2013 vehicles. The majority of the emissions and fuel savings from current vehicles, EPA noted, is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy 2012 Economy EPA 247

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MAY 21, 2012

bar IMEP n ) showing performance of jet ignition with vaporized gasoline. Mahle Powertrain has refined its pre-chamber turbulent jet ignition combustion system ( earlier post ) to function robustly using only gasoline. Experimental results at part load (1500 rpm, 4.7 Source: Mahle. Click to enlarge. liter production unit.

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Gasoline Engine Diesel Fuel Economy 268

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JANUARY 14, 2014

In part-load operation, the indirect injection supplements direct gasoline injection to improve fuel economy and to reduce the output of particulates from the engine. Still, the study found, the lowest emitting stoichiometric GDI vehicle exceeded the diesel Euro 5 limit (6×10 11 #/km) by more than 100%. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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JUNE 13, 2012

After a week-long meeting of an expert working group, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified diesel engine exhaust (DEE) as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidence that exposure is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer.

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Exhaust Diesel Standards Emissions 326

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

When including Land Use Change (LUC) factors, Brazilian sugar cane ethanol and soybean biodiesel have much larger life-cycle emissions than conventional gasoline and biodiesel for six regulated, non-greenhouse gas (GHG) air pollutants, according to a study led by a team from the University of California, Merced. Credit: ACS, Tsao et al.

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Gasoline Emissions Diesel Brazil 273

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APRIL 27, 2012

In a project funded by the joint research program between General Motors and Tsinghua University, a team from Tsinghua is developing a different approach to gasoline direct injection compression ignition (GDICI) for efficient, low-emission combustion called multiple pre-mixed compression ignition (MPCI). For fuels, the team used 94.4

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Gasoline Diesel Emissions 2012 255

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APRIL 13, 2012

Global-mean temperature change caused by car exhaust emitted from gasoline and diesel engines specified in the previous and upcoming European vehicle emission standards (EURO 3, 4, 5, and 6). However, previous studies have shown more prolonged warming due to diesel cars under various conditions. Credit: ACS, Tanaka et al.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Contribution of gasoline and diesel exhaust to SOA over 0% to 50% diesel fuel use. SOA contributions from the two sources are equivalent at 6% diesel fuel use. These compounds in un-burned gasoline and diesel fuel dominate vehicular emissions of reactive gas-phase carbon that have the potential to form SOA.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Ford’s changing share of the hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid electric, battery-electric vehicle segments and total ED market in the US in 2012 and YTD 2013. in calendar year 2012 to 14.7% Accordingly, in 2012, Ford only held a 7.5% in 2012 to 23.3% Data: EDTA, Ford Motor. Click to enlarge. B and below): battery packaging.

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Plug-in 2013 2012 Plug 381

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APRIL 17, 2014

GDCI engine was significantly better than advanced production spark injection gasoline engines, and comparable to very efficient hybrid vehicle engines at their best efficiency conditions (214 g/kWh). A high octane fuel was injected late on the compression stroke of a boosted diesel engine operating with high EGR.

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Gasoline Engine Fuel Wisconsin 304

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JULY 18, 2014

The emissions catalysts produced there will be used by manufacturers of light duty gasoline vehicles and light and heavy duty diesel vehicles to meet more stringent Euro 6/VI emissions regulations. BASF has inaugurated its new production plant for mobile emissions catalysts in ?roda ska, a Special Economic Zone near Wroc?aw,

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MARCH 15, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report summarizing key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy, and CO 2 - and fuel economy-related technology for gasoline- and diesel-fueled personal vehicles sold in the United States, from model years (MY) 1975 through 2012. l/100km) or more.

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Fuel Economy 2012 EPA Economy 284

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JUNE 20, 2014

Impact of GTL diesel blending (5% penetration relative to refinery crude input) on US average overall refinery efficiency. Impact of GTL diesel blending (1%, 3%, and 5% penetration relative to refinery crude input) on product-specific efficiency. Base = Basecase efficiency without GTL blending; Pen = penetration (of GTL diesel).

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APRIL 9, 2014

D-EGR is a SwRI-developed gasoline engine concept that uses in-cylinder fuel reforming to produce CO and H 2 (with Research Octane Numbers of 106 and 130, respectively) and high levels of recirculated gas (EGR) to achieve very high levels of thermal efficiency. The D-EGR demonstrator is a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter

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Gasoline Emissions Diesel Exhaust 317

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AUGUST 27, 2013

The world’s consumption of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, and other petroleum products reached a record high of 88.9 Between 2008 and 2012, Asia’s consumption increased by 4.4 In 2011 and 2012, higher oil prices and increased fuel efficiency of light-duty vehicles contributed to reduced US consumption.

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North America 2012 America Europe 261

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

The new Range Rover offers a choice of three engines (one gasoline and two diesel); a high-efficiency diesel hybrid model will be coming in 2013, with target CO 2 emissions of 169 g/km. The new Ranger Rover currently offers a choice of a gasoline 510PS (503 hp, 375 kW) LR-V8 Supercharged engine and two diesel (3.0-liter

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Land Rover Diesel 2013 Range 378

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APRIL 15, 2013

Joule, the developer of a direct, single-step, continuous process for the production of solar hydrocarbon fuels ( earlier post ), has extended its solar CO 2 conversion platform to produce renewable gasoline- and jet fuel-range hydrocarbons. —William J. Sims, President and CEO of Joule. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Martin Wissink from the team presented a paper on the work at the ASME 2012 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference in Vancouver, BC, this week. However, similar to other LTC strategies, RCCI suffers from levels of UHC and CO that are considerably higher than in conventional diesel combustion. Earlier post.)

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Emissions Fuel Gasoline Diesel 352

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Neste Oil—the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel—has launched the commercial production and sales of renewable naphtha for corporate customers; the company is one of the first to supply bio-naphtha on a commercial scale. In a 2012 report on the hydroconversion of triglycerides (e.g., —Sotelo-Boyás et al.

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Renewable Oil Gasoline Sale 262

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The A 180 BlueEFFICIENCY Edition gasoline model, with consumption of 5.2 diesel) and 0.3 l/100 km (gasoline) respectively—representing an improvement of five percent in each case. Diesel, direct injection. gasoline, direct injection. —already a low for hatchback vehicles in this segment—to 0.26.

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Gasoline Mercedes Diesel Fuel 225

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AUGUST 17, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted Dynamic Fuels, LLC Part 79 registration for its Renewable Gasoline Blendstock 10 by the U.S. Advanced Biofuel, or D5, RINS for each gallon of its renewable gasoline blendstock when blended into petroleum gasoline at up to a 10% concentration.

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Gasoline EPA Renewable Parts 218

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AUGUST 9, 2012

In California’s Los Angeles Basin, levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pollutants have decreased by about 98% since the 1960s, even as area residents now burn approximately three times as much gasoline and diesel fuel. This indicates that the main VOC source in the LA basin is likely gasoline vehicle emission.

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Los Angeles Gasoline Ozone 2002 285

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MAY 4, 2012

Engineers at Transonic Combustion, a start-up developing a fuel efficient supercritical (SC) fuel injection and combustion system—Transonic Combustion, or TSCi ( earlier post )—have demonstrated the TSCi process using gasoline fuel at low load without EGR, medium load with EGR, and high speed low load with EGR. mpg US (4.8

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Fuel Economy Gasoline MPG Economy 262

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JANUARY 27, 2013

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled this week in a case (#12-1139) brought by the American Petroleum Institute (API) against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ( earlier post ), and vacated the 2012 cellulosic biofuel RFS standard while affirming the 2012 advanced biofuel standard.

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2012 Standards DC EPA 244

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MARCH 7, 2012

It will be manufactured at Honda’s UK manufacturing facility in Swindon from the end of 2012. liter diesel engine. engine and extensively reducing mechanical friction in each section, a friction level equivalent to present gasoline engine models was achieved. Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC Earth Dreams. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Source: SwRI, DEER 2012. During its recent Innovation Day presentations ( earlier post ), PSA Peugeot Citroën announced that it will commercialize high-efficiency gasoline engines featuring dedicated exhaust gas recirculation (D-EGR), derived from a collaborative program with SwRI in the US. Click to enlarge.

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Gasoline 2018 Engine Commercial 268

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Opel revealed more details about its new mid-size gasoline engine family at the Aachen Colloquium in Germany. For mass reduction the midsize gasoline engine features a two-piece crankcase design, supported at the lower end by a die-cast aluminum bedplate. SIDI engine. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The all-new 1.6-liter,

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Gasoline Engine Fuel Power 350

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Six German automotive companies—passenger car manufacturers Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen, and the supplier Bosch— launched their first joint campaign for diesels in the US. Under the slogan “Clean Diesel. Diesel vehicles have also shown strong gains among total light vehicles (passenger cars and light trucks).

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Diesel Clean Cleaning Market 225

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Audi of America is taking a more aggressive stance with diesel in the US, both in terms of product offerings and in policy. diesel engine, more details of which will emerge closer to launch. As of September 2012, a third of Q7 models sold, and more than 55% of A3 models sold, are diesel. Earlier post.)

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Though there are some exceptions to these positive results for some of the diesel versions of vehicles from a total-cost-of-ownership perspective, the overall direction of the results supports the idea that diesel vehicles are competitive within the U.S. Average diesel take rates. Belzowski 2015. Click to enlarge. Model year.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

At the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will unveil the Volvo XC60 gasoline-electric Plug-in Hybrid Concept. In February 2011 at the Geneva Motor Show, Volvo introduced the diesel-electric V60 Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) to go on sale in Europe later this year. XC60 Plug-in Hybrid Concept.

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MAY 6, 2014

For MY 2012 in the US, FCA was compliant with fuel economy requirements, but had negative credit generation due to model mix. FCA’s assessment is that diesel provides about the same Bang-for-the-Buck as CNG and hybrid technology when assessed on a fuel consumption rather than CO 2 basis. VDE = f(Aerodynamic drag, Tire drag, Weight)).

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APRIL 16, 2014

decrease in 2012 from 2011. Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2012 were equivalent to 6,526 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. According to the report, GHG emissions in 2012 showed a 10% drop below 2005 levels, and were only slightly above the emissions in 1994 (6,520 million metric tons). Source: EPA.

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MAY 2, 2014

Monthly US biodiesel and renewable diesel imports. Total US imports of biomass-based diesel fuel—biodiesel and renewable diesel—reached 525 million gallons in 2013, compared to 61 million gallons in 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). billion gallons in 2012 to 16.55

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2013 Diesel Tax Credit Renewable 225

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The new diesel ECOnetic, which will go on sale early next year, leverages a number of advanced technologies that Ford expects will make it more fuel efficient than any other compact vehicle on the road today in Europe, including conventional diesel-, gasoline- and hybrid-powered vehicles. liter TDCi engine.

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