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PSI is one of North America’s largest and most experienced providers of integrated turn-key, alternative-fuel powertrain solutions. V-8 engine with hardened valves and valve seats to PSI, which in turn will install the fuel system and other hardware and ship directly to Chevrolet and GMC dealers in all 50 states.
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Sysco aims to power more of its tractor fleet with alternativefuels, and the deployment of Freightliner eCascadias along with refrigerated trailers will play a significant role in achieving its goal to electrify 35% of its US fleet by 2030. After well over one million-miles (1.6 Earlier post.)
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million in support of five new cost-shared, community-based projects focused on energy efficient mobility systems including connected and autonomous vehicles and alternativefuel vehicles and infrastructure including natural gas, propane, biofuels, hydrogen, and electricity. The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $13.4
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UPS will add 200 new series hybrid electric delivery trucks to the company’s growing alternativefuel and advanced technology fleet. The improvements in these new package cars came from real-world experience in our alternativefuel Rolling Laboratory, which earlier this year hit a 1 billion miles driven milestone.
For example, in Chicago (calculations via the US Department of Energy (DOE) fueleconomy.gov site) the Ioniq PHEV is responsible for 200 g GHG/mile, upstream and downstream. The Ioniq Electric: 180 g/mile. These electronic systems are class-leading as Ioniq continues to break the mold for alternativefuel vehicle safety standards.
per mile to fuel an electric vehicle; by comparison, the national average cost to fuel a gas vehicle is double at $0.06 In terms of individual costs of running, on average Self Financial found that nationally it costs as little as $0.03 per year, a difference of more than $377 per year in favor of the electric vehicle.
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The trucks will average approximately 175 miles per day, six days a week, 52 weeks a year. Clean Energy will also supply the liquefied natural gas for the fueling station, and once all 40 trucks are active, Clean Energy will supply the approximately one million gallons a year needed to service them. and as far north as Longview, Wash.
The Arona TGI only uses gasoline as an alternativefuel when the CNG tanks are empty, although with three tanks the gas range should be more than enough for most users. kg giving a range of 400 km (249 miles) in CNG mode. With the automatic switch to gasoline, the range is extended by an additional 160 km (99 miles).
UPS plans to build an additional 12 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 380 new CNG tractors to its growing alternativefuel and advanced technology fleet. That allows us to invest for the long-term, rather than planning around near-term fluctuations in fuel pricing.
As a result, this is a tool that can be used to guide producers of alternativefuels towards formulations that can enable the highest efficiency engine operation. Scott Sluder, Toby Rockstroh, Paul Miles (2020) “What fuel properties enable higher thermal efficiency in spark-ignited engines?” —Szybist et al.
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