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Lawrence Governors & Premiers (GSGP), will assess the suitability of alternativefuels and power options for Great Lakes shipping. Over a period of 16 months, researchers will assess alternativefuels and power options in the region and will develop a detailed profile of Great Lakes fleets, ports, and fueling infrastructure.
Another is an annual clean transportation investment plan that is designed to spark innovation in projects that will help transform California’s fleet to meet greenhouse gas and clean air goals. The program annually invests in a variety of alternativefuels and vehicle technologies.
In December, the Patrick Administration awarded grants and announced new investments in three programs to support alternativefuel vehicles and related infrastructure across Massachusetts, including the launch of an electric school bus pilot. The deadline for submitting applications is 14 February 2014.
UPS plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks and to build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. Once completed, the LNG private fleet will be one of the most extensive in the US. UPS already operates 112 LNG tractor trailers from fueling stations in Las Vegas, Nev.; Phoenix, Ariz.,
The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternativefuels. 20 million for hydrogen fueling infrastructure. Workplace, fleet and multi-unit dwelling projects will be given priority. $5
UPS will supply its fleet in Memphis, Tenn., The deal is part of an initiative announced earlier this year by UPS to significantly expand its use of renewable natural gas in UPS’s alternativefuel and advanced technology fleet. In 2014, 5.4% and Jackson, Miss.,
The Electrification Coalition released two case studies outlining how two cities— Houston, Texas and Loveland, Colorado —are saving money by using electric vehicles (EVs) in their vehicle fleets. Loveland is now aiming to convert all of its light-duty fleet vehicles that work within a close distance of the city to EVs.
Pennsylvania has awarded more than $3 million in Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIG) to 33 companies, counties and organizations making the switch to compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), or propane for medium to light-weight fleet vehicles.
The agency’s reasoning was that since alternativefuel vehicle production has generally been less than 0.1% of total vehicle production until very recently, the impact of excluding alternativefuel vehicles was negligible. —EPA 2014 Trends report. Alt fuel vehicle impact on OEMs. Click to enlarge.
Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternativefuels. DNV GL has released a position paper on the future alternativefuel mix for global shipping. The global merchant fleet currently consumes around 330 million tonnes of fuel annually, 80-85 per cent of which is residual fuel with high sulfur content.
AT&T recently deployed its 8,000 th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle, achieving a major milestone in the company’s overall 10-year, $565-million commitment to add approximately 15,000 alternativefuel vehicles (AFVs) to its fleet by end of year 2018. AT&T’s AFV fleet allowed the company to avoid the purchase of 12.4
to 6% reduction in fleetfuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, on top of a projected 26.8% without higher octane fuel, but with other projected vehicle and powertrain technology improvements), according to a new analysis by a team at MIT. A 100 RON fuel could bump that incremental decrease to 6.0%.
Starting next year, the joint “Farm-to-Fleet” venture of the US Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Navy will make biofuel blends part of regular, operational fuel purchase and use by the military. The Navy will seek to purchase JP-5 and F-76 advanced drop-in biofuels blended from 10 to 50 percent with conventional fuels.
The propane fleet will replace gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles used largely in rural areas in Louisiana and Oklahoma with other states pending. Operations will begin by mid-2014 and be completed early next year. The new propane fleet is expected to travel more than 25 million miles and to displace approximately 3.5
a leader in natural gas engines, acquired AlternativeFuel Vehicle Sweden AB (AFV) of Gothenburg, Sweden for approximately SEK 51 million (approximately US$7.6 AFV is the sole supplier of natural gas fuel systems to Volvo Car Company (VCC). Westport Innovations Inc., —Ian Scott, President of Westport Light Duty (LD).
UPS plans to invest approximately $50 million to build an additional nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations, bringing the total number of stations to 13. Four were announced in April, and all should be operational by the end of 2014. UPS began using LNG tractors in its delivery fleet in 2002.
million new light-duty vehicles (LDVs) will be sold globally in 2014, putting more than 1.2 Navigant forecasts that sales of conventional ICE vehicles will fall significantly over the period, experiencing a CAGR of -6.7%; the share of vehicles in use with conventional ICE powertrains will thus fall from 95% in 2014 to 45% in 2035.
In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternativefuel vehicles on the road in the state. million to build a hydrogen fueling station in Anaheim (Orange County).
Crazy Diamond Performance (CDP) has developed a mono-fuel CNG Chevrolet Cruze, with intended market introduction no later than October 2014. equipped CNG Cruze outputs 20 hp and 24 ft-lbs torque over its competitor, while maintaining nearly the same fuel economy. Fern said that the 1.8L-equipped Fern said that the 1.8L-equipped
At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai announced plans to offer its next-generation Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle for the US market for $499 per month, including unlimited free hydrogen refueling and At Your Service Valet Maintenance at no extra cost. Availability begins in Spring 2014 at several Southern California Hyundai dealers.
Chevrolet and GMC will offer new bi-fuel versions of the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy-duty trucks and all-new dedicated compressed natural gas versions of the 2014 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size passenger vans next year. Separate fuel tanks enable the driver to switch between fuels at the push of a button.
These orders reflect the continued strong growth of natural gas and set the stage for continued growth in 2014, the company said. the trucking industry will continue to transition a greater percentage of their fleet vehicles to run on natural gas. We expect this trend to only accelerate in 2014 as the recently introduced 11.9L
Nestlé Waters North America’s is deploying more than 400 additional medium-duty beverage delivery trucks fueled by propane autogas. The company now operates nearly 600 of these alternativelyfueled trucks, which make up about 30% of its total North American fleet.
Among other enhancements, buses will be equipped with Cummins-Westport Near-Zero engines and fueled by Renewable Natural Gas, to further reduce NO x vehicle emissions by more than 90% by December 2018. The fleet enhancements are part of a larger series of strategic improvements we will roll out over the next 12-18 months.
RNG is a key part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternativefuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025, supporting the logistics leader’s efforts to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its ground fleet 12% by 2025. —Mike Casteel, UPS director of fleet procurement.
The report also noted that: Since alternativefuel vehicle production [CNG, PHEVs and EVs] has generally been less than 0.1% of total vehicle production until very recently, the impact of excluding alternativefuel vehicles was negligible. Preliminary MY 2014 adjusted values are 367 g/mi CO 2 emissions and 24.2
In February 2000, ARB established a new transit fleet rule for transit agencies which included the zero emission bus (ZBus) regulation. Each transit agency was required to select a compliance path—either the “diesel” path or the “alternativefuel” path—by 1 January 2001.
UPS has expanded its agreement with Clean Energy Fuels to use up to 500,000 gallon equivalents of renewable liquefied natural gas (RLNG) annually in Texas. UPS stations in Houston and Mesquite will dispense the RLNG to a fleet of about 140 UPS tractors. In 2014, 5.4% Earlier post.).
announced that the US Army has successfully flown the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on a 50:50 blend of Gevo’s ATJ-8 (Alcohol-to-Jet)—a renewable, drop-in alternativefuel for JP8 derived from isobutanol. The US Air Force flew its first test flight using ATJ fuel in 2012. (The Bio-isobutanol company Gevo, Inc.
The hybrid systems were partially funded by Drive Clean Chicago, a program that aims to accelerate the adoption of alternativefuel vehicles and infrastructure in Chicago. In doing so fuel is saved and harmful emissions are cut. United Parcel Service, Inc., The first of the hydraulic hybrid systems were commissioned last week.
Further, they determined that a 50/50 blend of DSH and F76 (the Navy standard distillate primary fuel for propulsion and power generation) is fit for use in compression ignition engines and an acceptable candidate blend to continue with full-scale diesel engine qualification testing. Fuels Lubr. 7(1):270-282, doi: 10.4271/2014-01-1472.
million of Fiscal Year 2013 funds ( FTA-2014-001-TRI ) for the deployment of low- or no-emission (LoNo) transit buses. This program successfully committed $90 million over seven years for research, demonstration, and deployment projects to reduce the cost of fuel cells for transit use. Of that amount, $21.6
It is focusing its efforts on five areas aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions: vehicle energy use (weight, aerodynamics, and rolling resistance); engines; transmissions; axles and drivelines; and hybrid propulsion and alternativefuel technologies. Hybrid propulsion and alternativefuel vehicles.
Looking at the 134 different car models available in 2013, 64 (49%) include a model that already meets the 2014 mpg CAFE standard. It shows that average CO 2 emissions from the new car fleet in the EU fell by 2.6 % between 2011 and 2012. Diesel vehicles represent 55% of the newly registered vehicle fleet.
Provisions of the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act, or NAT GAS Act (H.R. Currently, the alternativefuel credit expires at the end of 2009, and the vehicle and refueling pump credits expire at the end of 2010. A new tax credit for auto manufacturers that produce natural gas and bi-fuel vehicles.
Expanded sections of the Panama Canal are due to open in 2014 following an eight-year program to widen and deepen the waterway in order to increase capacity for liner shipping. Increasing beam is not a possibility for retro-fit and the benefits in the immediate future may therefore be limited by the young age of the merchant fleet.
A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has concluded that regulatory incentives for OEMs for alternativefuel vehicles (AFVs) intended to encourage a technology transition in the transportation fleet result in increased fleet-wide gasoline consumption and emissions. Incentives for selling AFVs.
In 2014, 24,000 routes—nearly half of all US routes—were optimized with ORION. By operating one unified fleet with ORION technology, UPS can optimize pickup and deliveries across its operation. By the end of 2017, UPS anticipates logging one billion miles from its alternativefuelfleet.
The Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) award is a four-year contract consisting of a base year ending 31 August 2011 and three one year options, exercisable by the government, that extend the contract through 31 August 2014. The GSA estimates the value of the contract over the four year period at more than $112 million.
Neste, Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Solazyme will supply renewable diesel to UPS to help facilitate the company’s shift to move more than 12% of its purchased ground fuel from conventional diesel and gasoline fuel to alternativefuels by the end of 2017. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1% trillion.
Increased cetane aids self-ignition of fuel and allows for easier starting, smoother running engines and reliable operation. REG utilizes Bio-Synfining technology developed and patented by its Synthetic Fuels Division in Tulsa, Oklahoma. New York City will be one of the first fleets to use renewable diesel in the northeast.
On the criteria pollutants side, LEV III reduces fleet average emissions of new passenger cars (PCs), light-duty trucks (LDTs) and medium-duty passenger vehicles (MDPVs) to. A special provision allows automakers who overcomply with the GHG fleet standard (under LEV III) to offset their ZEV requirements from 2018-2022. ZEV Board Book.
This collaboration is in line with the implementation of the DAFI Directive (Directive 2014/94 - Deployment of AlternativeFuels Infrastructures), with a particular focus on certain countries and regions, starting from Wallonia, Belgium. FCA is pursuing the development of alternativefuel motors as a key pillar in its strategy.
BAF supports clients with vehicle conversions through the Ford QVM program and aftermarket conversion products, alternativefuel systems, application engineering, service and warranty support. Fuel is useable anywhere in the Clean Energy network of CNG fueling stations until December 2015.
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