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JULY 1, 2022

GM is expanding its efforts to educate public safety, fire and emergency service providers throughout the United States and Canada as EV sales grow. First and second responders can go to gmEVFirstResponderTraining.com to learn more about this hands-on training opportunity. EV safety doesn’t begin at the point of a collision.

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JULY 9, 2022

Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations (INO) has ordered a full fleet of Epiroc battery-electric equipment for use at the Onaping Depth Project in Ontario, Canada. Traditionally, mining machines are diesel-powered, though more and more mining companies are adding battery-electric machines to their fleets. F) at depth.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Hydra offers a proven hydrogen-diesel, co-combustion retrofit approach; the retrofitted engines can run up to 40% hydrogen, with a concomittant reduction in emissions. The clean trucks will run on low-carbon hydrogen at a fixed discount below the cost of diesel which Hydra has sourced from Canadian industrial chemical provider, Chemtrade.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Canada Nickel Company Inc. The Company has applied for trademarks for the terms NetZero Nickel, NetZero Cobalt, and NetZero Iron in the US, Canada, and other jurisdictions related to zero-carbon production of nickel, cobalt, and iron products. —,Mark Selby, Chair & CEO of Canada Nickel.

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MARCH 10, 2020

Coach Atlantic Maritime Bus is the first to test MCI’s first all-electric coach—the MCI D45 CRTe LE CHARGE, designed for long-range express routes—in Canada. Coach Atlantic Maritime Bus said its consideration of battery-electric also includes savings and maintenance costs compared to diesel coaches. MCI D45 CRTe LE CHARGE.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Cruze Diesel is identified by a discreet badge on the trunk. US buyers hunting for a non-premium diesel passenger car (i.e., Accordingly, Volkswagen of America (VoA) diesel sales to date in 2014 represent slightly north of 23% of all Volkswagen of America sales. Click to enlarge. of sales of the vehicle. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 27, 2023

ExxonMobil’s majority-owned affiliate Imperial Oil will invest about $720 million (US$560 million) to move forward with construction of the largest renewable diesel facility in the country. Imperial also intends to use renewable diesel in operations as part of the company’s emission reduction plans. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 27, 2011

Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed an electrical brushless diesel fuel pump for on- and off-highway engines with significantly improved durability. Canada diesel: > 2,000 hours. The company also is offering its electrical brushless fuel pumps through its aftermarket channels for on-highway diesel truck applications.

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MAY 29, 2014

have agreed to form a new start-up focused on the development of small-scale LNG liquefaction and logistics services in Bécancour, Québec, Canada. Under the current plan, gas delivered via existing pipelines terminating in southeast Canada will be liquefied at a small-scale plant to be constructed by Stolt LNGaz. SunLNG) and LNGaz Ltd.

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JULY 18, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Amarjeet Sohi, announced a new $4.5-million million Impact Canada challenge aimed at accelerating made-in-Canada battery innovation to better position the country in the highly competitive global market. Indigenous Off-diesel Initiative and Charging the Future.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

Canada Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan, released a national SMR Action Plan, which responds to the 53 recommendations identified in Canada’s SMR Roadmap that was launched in November 2018. The SMR Action Plan strengthens Canada’s position as a leader in the development of innovative, zero-emissions nuclear technologies.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Walmart Canada plans to power its fleet using 100% alternative power by 2028. With 40 Tesla Semis in total, the company will feature one of the largest electrified fleets planned by a company in Canada and will reach an initial milestone to convert 20% of Walmart’s fleet to electric power by 2022. Walmart Canada operates 8.75

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AUGUST 26, 2021

Imperial is moving forward with plans to construct a major renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta—the largest refinery in western Canada. The blue hydrogen and biofeedstock will be combined with a proprietary catalyst to produce premium low-carbon diesel fuel. Strathcona refinery.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Canada-based start-up CelluFuel Inc. has completed a $5-million capital raise to begin construction of its demonstration-scale plant for the production of synthetic, renewable diesel fuel from woody biomass using licensed technology. million liters (343,000 gallons US) of diesel per year. PwC Corporate Finance Inc.

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MAY 10, 2013

The Government of Canada is adopting stricter environmental standards to reduce air emissions from ships navigating in Canadian waters. These changes further align Canada’s air emission standards with the United States. The changes we are announcing today will help make our oceans and lakes cleaner by reducing ship emissions.

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JULY 5, 2022

Canada will publish the final Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) in the Canada Gazette Part II on 6 July 2022. The CFR set increasingly stringent requirements on producers and importers to reduce the carbon intensity of gasoline and diesel. ethanol, bio-diesel). In combination with the Government of Canada’s $1.5-billion

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

(NEXT) and Shell Trading (US) Company (Shell) have entered a long-term purchase and sale agreement for the purchase of renewable diesel from NEXT’s planned Port Westward, Oregon facility. generation advanced biofuels, including renewable diesel, renewable propane and renewable naphtha to supply contracted off?take

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

The permanent exemption for Newfoundland and Labrador from the requirement for 2% renewable content in diesel remains unchanged. —Peter Kent. The Renewable Fuels Regulations, first published on September 2010, also require an average of 5% renewable content in gasoline.

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

These are high-powered units—total rated power of more than 1,715 kW (2,300 horsepower) in Canada—that travel long distances and spend much of their operating time at high power levels. Line-haul locomotives move freight and passenger cars between yards and terminals.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Volvo Trucks North America is working with Linde Canada Inc., a leading industrial gas and engineering company, in an exclusive, one-time pilot, importing five Volvo FH LNG (liquified natural gas) powered trucks to Canada. and up to 500 hp with up to 1,000 km range (621 miles).

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MARCH 21, 2019

A total of 27 countries—including Sweden, Canada and the United Kingdom—saw the fuel economy of their fleets stagnate or worsen from 2015 to 2017. In advanced economies with fleets which have the worst fuel economy, such as the US and Canada, the average fuel consumption runs between 7.9 per year between 2015 and 2017.

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APRIL 18, 2013

GM announced that the new 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel ( earlier post ) delivers an EPA-estimated 46 mpg US (5.1 It will be available in certain cities this spring and nationwide and in Canada in early fall. GM is strongly positioning the Cruze Diesel against the VW Jetta TDI automatic.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Southland Transportation (Alberta, Canada) recently added 101 Blue Bird Propane Vision buses to its propane autogas school bus fleet. Districts in Canada are specifying the technology due to the superior cold weather operation, reduced maintenance and clean emissions, the company said.

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JANUARY 25, 2014

Although the bus drive is zero-emissions, in frigid weather bus-heating was supplemented with a small diesel heater integrated into the bus). Canada Electric (Battery) Fleets Heavy-duty' kWh/km without air-conditioning and 1.5 kWh/km with air-conditioning, and full passenger loads).

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Black carbon—commonly called soot—is a marker for exposure to diesel exhaust which is known to have negative health effects. Evans points out that modern trucks have made large improvements in their emissions—it’s the older diesel trucks that are the real culprits. Jonathan M. Shairsingh, Robert M.

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JUNE 20, 2012

Annual clean diesel ldv sales by region, world markets: 2012-2018. A new report from Pike Research finds that rising fuel prices and stronger fuel economy regulations will stimulate increasing demand for clean diesel vehicles in markets around the world, and forecasts sales of these vehicles will increase from 9.1 Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 15, 2014

The new pathways include two renewable diesel pathways; two biodiesel pathways, and one corn ethanol pathway. The renewable diesel proposals both come from Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) in Louisiana, using used cooking oil (UCO) as a feedstock; the proposals differ in the mode of shipment to California: one by rail, one by ship.

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AUGUST 7, 2013

Bosch, a leading supplier of technology for diesel engines, recently provided an overview of trends it sees in the diesel engine marketplace globally. In addition to the ongoing strength in the European market and India (the second-largest diesel market after Europe, Bosch sees potential strength in North America and China.

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JUNE 18, 2021

Canada-based Covenant Energy Ltd. has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex renewable fuel technology to produce renewable diesel from vegetable oil. The 6,500 barrels-per-day renewable diesel unit will be built in Saskatchewan, Canada, and is scheduled to go into operation early in 2024.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Canada-based Nova Bus, a member of the Volvo Group, recently was awarded a contract for 15 LFSe+, Nova Bus’ long range electric buses, by TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s transportation network. Nova Bus also announced that the Chicago Transit Board approved the purchase of up to 600 new, 40-foot diesel LFS buses from Nova Bus. LFS Diesel.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

million ($150 million) for the environmental effects of dirty diesel vehicles that were part of the automaker’s diesel scandal. Volkswagen AG has been fined a total of C$196.5 That’s a very small amount of the U.S. penalty, which included $2.7 billion of compensation for environmental impact and $2.0

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JULY 23, 2018

Volkswagen Group Canada has formed Electrify Canada, a new company that will build an ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) direct current (DC) charging network across Canada. —Daniel Weissland, president and CEO, Volkswagen Group Canada, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In exchange for long-term, discounted fuel contracts with fleets, Hydra installs hydrogen-diesel co-combustion conversion kits into existing semi-trucks and provides the fueling infrastructure for green hydrogen sourced from chemical producers such as Chemtrade. In Canada, 10.5% of these emissions come from freight transportation.

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JULY 3, 2012

This facility will allow the company to demonstrate that its technology can efficiently and cost-effectively offset harmful industrial emissions and create a high-value algae product that can be converted into fuel, such as bio-diesel.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Shell Canada and Caterpillar have signed an agreement to test a new dual fuel engine and fuel mix using liquefied natural gas (LNG) that could reduce operating costs and lead to reduced emissions from oil sands mining in northern Alberta.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

Dana Incorporated will provide its Spicer Electrified e-Propulsion solution with integrated TM4 SUMO HP motor-inverter system to power Class 8 tractor-trailer units that will move freight year-round between Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta, Canada. The trucks are part of a three-year, $11.2-million Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

a new 5-liter V8 diesel engine designed to power pickup-and-delivery vehicles, other light- and medium-duty trucks, school buses and motorhomes. extends Cummins range of on-road diesel engines for North American vehicles. V8 Turbo Diesel to be used in the Nissan Titan pick-up truck ( earlier post ), the ISV5.0 Diesel Engines'

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