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UK market sees first decline in alternatively fueled vehicle sales in 27 months in June

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as ongoing confusion over low emission zones and diesel, the removal of key ultra low emission vehicle incentives and an overall decline in buyer confidence affected the market. of the market. Another month of decline is worrying but the fact that sales of alternatively fueled cars are going into reverse is a grave concern.

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BMW Motorrad Motorsport partners with NORDOEL in DeCarTrans alternative fuels project

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The Superbike Commission of the FIM World Superbike Championship (WorldSBK) has decided that the fuels used, as in MotoGP, must consist of at least 40% non-fossil components from the coming 2024 season. As part of DeCarTrans , NORDOEL decided to cooperate with BMW Motorrad Motorsport in the research and development of alternative fuels.

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California reduces tax on dimethyl ether (DME) fuel to be consistent with other alternative fuels; enabling retail sales

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President and CEO of Oberon Fuels. Oberon Fuels is in the middle of upgrading its plant in Brawley, Calif. from pilot to demonstration scale, due in part to a $2.9-million —Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D., million grant from the California Energy Commission last summer.

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NREL launches new alternative transportation web tools; planning, maps, data

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One of the many charts available from the maps and data library on the AFDC site, this shows the number of light-duty alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), and diesel models offered by vehicle manufacturers from 1991 through 2012. Click to enlarge.

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SSAB, Oshkosh partner to be first in US to use fossil-free steel in commercial vehicles

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SSAB aims to deliver fossil-free steel to the market in commercial scale during 2026 and delivered the first steel made of hydrogen-reduced iron in 2021. Later that year, Volvo Group revealed what it said was the world’s first vehicle made of fossil-free steel from SSAB, made in Volvo Construction Equipment’s facility in Braås, Sweden.

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OECD paper presents and analyzes policies and programs to foster market growth of green cars

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Given the specific barriers, suggests author Andrea Beltramello, there is a role for government to support the development and diffusion of green vehicles, including through policies to strengthen the markets for green cars. Timing and sequencing of energy technology policy. Source: OECD. Click to enlarge.

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Delhi Transport Corporation orders 1500 Tata Motors electric buses

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As part of the agreement, TML CV Mobility Solutions Ltd. Tata Motors has steadily worked to engineer mobility solutions powered by alternate fuel technology, including battery-electric, hybrid, CNG, LNG and Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology. for operation of 1,500 electric buses in the city of New Delhi.