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Study Concludes That Class 8 Truck Fuel Consumption Could Be Reduced By Up to 50% By 2017 Using Existing and Emerging Technologies; Current Payback Requirements Could Forestall Implementation

Green Car Congress

Trucks therefore are an important place to look for energy savings and climate change mitigation in the transportation sector. However, substantial reductions in heavy-truck greenhouse gas emissions can be achieved. million barrels per day. The core of the analysis consisted of a series of modeled simulations.

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Lawmakers demand emissions data for $8B federal hydrogen hubs

Baua Electric

Hydrogen could displace some fossil-fuel use, but its production can generate carbon emissions as well, including in the form of “grid emissions” from electricity used to power that production, the lawmakers noted in their letter. Kenworth-Toyota hydrogen fuel-cell semi prototype.