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Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

Green Car Congress

million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. Alternative, renewable fuels like methyl ethers will play a pivotal role in the future.

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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

Cars That Think

Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the program could be expanded to provide power for charging electric vehicles. In one way, the program in question—the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)—is a relic from a bygone era. Any electric vehicle add-on would likely debut by then. And although the plan seeks to reduce U.S.

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What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

Before greenhouse gasses became a global concern, before we came to terms with the inevitable limits of fossil fuels, natural gas would have been a logical fuel alternative to petroleum. Pickens’ plan includes lots of wind-generated electricity, ostensibly to replace the natural gas he would divert to vehicles.

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