Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USDepartment of Justice (DOJ), and California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced a proposed settlement with Daimler AG and its American subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and California law associated with emissions cheating.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

has entered exclusive partnerships with four fuel distributors in California—IPC (USA), Inc.; Ramos Oil Company, Van De Pol Petroleum; and Western States Oil—to supply Neste MY Renewable Diesel through these partners in their respective territories. The four distributor territories are: IPC USA, Southern California.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 4, 2024

The US startup Intramotev is squeezing diesel out of the freight hauling business, starting with electric trains for heavy industries. The post Autonomous Electric Trains Really Are Coming For Your Diesel appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 2, 2024

The post “Project Poppy” Brings Diesel-Killing Electric Truck Battery Factory To Mississippi appeared first on CleanTechnica. The US truck maker PACCAR is among the firms pursuing the electric truck field, with support from a new LFP battery factory.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2014

to 30,831 units year-on-year, the company reported that TDI diesels represented 30.6% In April the Passat TDI delivered 3,923 clean diesels or 42.1% The April sales mix for Audi TDI diesel models was: Audi A6 TDI at 14.2% While overall Volkswagen of America, Inc. sales in April were down 8.4% of total Passat sales.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2020

ABC Companies, a leading provider of motorcoach sales and support in the USA and Canada, has finalized an agreement with Lightning Systems, a Loveland, Colorado-based developer of zero-emission electric drivetrains for commercial vehicle fleets.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 23, 2024

The post New Electric Trucks To Push Diesel Out Of US Transportation Market appeared first on CleanTechnica. US ground transportation stakeholders are ramping up their interest in electric trucks, with batteries and fuel cells both in play.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2023

Cummins and Chevron USA, a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation announced a memorandum of understanding to leverage complementary positioning in hydrogen, natural gas, and other lower carbon fuel value chains. This collaboration is intended to encourage commercial and industrial adoption in North America.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 24, 2024

The post More Bad News For Fossil Fuels: Locomotives To Run On Green Hydrogen, Not Diesel appeared first on CleanTechnica. A new, quick-and-nimble fueling system will deploy green hydrogen and mobile "smart" technology for fuel cell electric trains.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2020

Daimler AG and its subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA LLC (MBUSA) have reached an agreement in principle with US authorities to settle civil and environmental claims regarding emission control systems of approximately 250,000 diesel passenger cars and vans in the United States.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 18, 2024

The post Army Of Pickup Trucks To Ding Diesel And Gas With New Solar Panels appeared first on CleanTechnica. The Canadian firm Worksport is on track to send solar panels flying onto millions of pickup trucks, electric or not, in the form of tonneau covers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Six German automotive companies—passenger car manufacturers Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen, and the supplier Bosch— launched their first joint campaign for diesels in the US. Under the slogan “Clean Diesel. Diesel vehicles have also shown strong gains among total light vehicles (passenger cars and light trucks).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

Chevron USA kicked off a road trip across the US Gulf Coast to showcase an innovative new gasoline blend with more than 50% renewable content. The company produces and markets biodiesel, renewable diesel, and renewable natural gas, and is currently building hydrogen fueling infrastructure in California.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The City of Oakland, California has begun filling up its vehicles with Neste’s NEXBTL renewable diesel in order to reduce the emissions of their municipal fleet. Oakland is the first major US city to convert their entire fleet to renewable diesel. The City will consume about 230,000 gallons of renewable diesel per year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Alon USA Energy, Inc. Current products include gas oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, and petroleum coke. Alon USA Energy, Inc., Bakken Crude. The existing refinery has been used as a petroleum refinery since 1932. Current refinery process units include crude distillation; delayed coking; hydrocracking; and catalytic reforming.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The production of the CX-50 will begin in January 2022 at the new Mazda-Toyota joint venture factory, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, USA, Inc. The straight-six new generation Skyactiv-X gasoline engine and Skyactiv-D diesel engine will also be introduced in combination with a 48V mild hybrid system. MTMUS), built in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2021

The electric motorcoaches from Lightning eMotors and ABC Companies, a leading provider of motorcoach sales and support in the USA and Canada, are on sale now and available throughout the United States. That enables them to provide superior power and torque compared to diesel buses. —Paul Beach, president, Octillion Power Systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

CDTI diesel delivers 100 kW/136 hp and 320 N·m of torque for fuel consumption in the Zafira Tourer of 4.1 At the Geneva Motorshow (7-17 March, 2013) Opel will introduce a new generation diesel engine, the 1.6 CDTI ECOTEC—its cleanest diesel yet—in the seven-seater Zafira Tourer. l/100 km and 109 g/km CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

A team of motorsport enthusiasts will attempt to drive from the Atlantic Coast of Florida to the Pacific Coast of California on just one tank of Neste NExBTL renewable diesel 21-26 June 2015. It can also reduce carbon dioxide emissions compared to conventional diesel by as much as 90% over its lifecycle. liter TDI diesel engine.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In addition to being widely available, it’s proven to be a much greener fuel, with substantially lower carbon emissions than diesel, and significant cost savings. ClearFlame-enabled trucks are expected to have the lowest TCO when compared with diesel, natural gas, electric, and hydrogen platforms. Vander Haag’s, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leader in alternative fuel dispensing equipment and engine technology, is working with one of the largest distributors of propane, Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded CleanFUEL USA $12.9 The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded CleanFUEL USA $12.9

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

TDI diesel models accounted for 5,513 units, representing 18.2% To kick off the launch of the e-Golf, Volkswagen of America partnered with Global Green USA (GGUSA) to auction off the first all-electric Volkswagen in the United States. The Touareg delivered 578 units, 352 of which were Clean Diesel TDI, amounting to 60.9%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2021

The project will enable at least 44 buses in Ride On Montgomery County’s transit fleet to transition from diesel to electric, advancing the County’s goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2035, reducing lifetime emissions by more than 155,000 tons, while delivering resilience to climate events and power outages.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 25, 2021

Aside from the direct climate and public health benefits of more electric vehicles replacing gas- and diesel-fueled cars, the uplifting thing about this is that it shows one thing super […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2018

The sale includes all of Delek’s membership interests in AltAir Paramount, LLC which operates a 3,000 barrel per day renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel facility, Delek’s idled Paramount refinery, and associated pipelines and storage tanks. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

The aim of the WaVe project is to examine the extent to which the tasks of a conventional diesel engine as a multi-power distributor for the traction drive and all power take-offs (PTOs) can also be performed by a hydrogen-powered combustion engine in the future. This variant could prove to be a possible alternative drive type for the Unimog.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2020

Truck operators and their import and export customers will help local communities by reducing smog-forming NO x emissions by 98% compared to diesel trucks while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

On 26 June, CLP Motorsports’ Superlite Coupe crossed the finish line in Santa Monica, California, after driving across the USA on one tank of NEXBTL renewable diesel ( earlier post )—the first time that this type of trip was driven using a fuel that is made exclusively from bio-based raw materials. liter TDI diesel engine.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. —Tucker Perkins. Renewable propane.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Chevron USA, a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, and Bunge North America, a subsidiary of Bunge Limited, announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) of a proposed 50/50 joint venture to help meet the demand for renewable fuels and to develop lower carbon intensity feedstocks.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2012

The lawsuit alleges that Mahindra duped US auto dealers with promises of diesel light trucks and SUVS ( earlier post ) and then walked away with more than $60 million in cash and trade secrets. District Court in Atlanta (#KH199170-3) against Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd, and Mahindra USA, Inc. The mass tort lawsuit was filed in U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2014

liter diesel ( earlier post ). liter 150-horsepower (112 kW) EA288 TDI Clean Diesel engine offered in the 2015 Jetta already conforms to the upcoming LEV3/Tier 3 emissions standard ( earlier post ) in the USA. The Jetta TDI Clean Diesel with a manual transmission delivers a manufacturer-estimated 32 city/45 highway mpg (7.35/5.23

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

of Volkswagen USA total sales. In addition, its diesel version is the top selling passenger car diesel in the market here, with about 29% share, according to figures compiled by Baum & Associates and hybridcars.com. liter diesels currently fitted in Audi and Volkswagen TDI Clean Diesel models. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2012

However, it appears the number of diesel retrofits has actually slowed down in the USA – with many fleet owners looking towards [.]. It seems fleet owners are becoming increasingly conscious of their impact on the environment when behind the wheel – so much so that they are even willing to invest in retrofitting their vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Independent refiner Alon USA Energy, Inc. has launched a new initiative to convert its 170-vehicle fleet to hybrid and clean diesel vehicles. Alon USA Energy, Inc., Alon markets gasoline and diesel products under the FINA brand name and is a leading producer of asphalt.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Collins Bus Corporation has entered an exclusive agreement with CleanFUEL USA to develop the first Type A small school bus to operate on autogas with a Liquid Propane Injection (LPI) system. Type A school buses can typically transport between 14 and 30 passengers. gasoline engine cutaway chassis. the Collins Super Bantam).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

CleanFUEL USA will install IMPCO systems and provide vehicle service and support through its partners. less than gasoline/diesel per gallon. Propane is a clean burning fuel that can yield 87% less hydrocarbons and 50% fewer toxins than gasoline, and is more economical compared to petroleum-based options, roughly $1.50

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