May 26, 2011


USDA ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR ETHANOL BLENDER PUMPS Source: Domestic Fuel During a press briefing, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a USDA program will provide funding for installation of ethanol blender pumps to provide Americans with flexible fuel vehicle with more choices when they fill up. “This announcement is going to help expand the national biofuels industry and create jobs across the country,” said Vilsack. USDA is issuing a.... SCHOOL BUS TO USE ENERGY HARVESTING AND BIOFUEL Source: Energy Harvesting Journal The Georgia Institute of Technology and the Ford Motor Company Fund are partnering on the nation's first conversion of a school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel. Atlanta Public Schools donated the bus for the project. On May 13, students at Mary Lin Elementary School painted the "Green Eco School Bus" and organized a drive to collect used cooking oil.... SECOND GENERATION BIOFUELS: A HIGH-FIBER, LOW (GREENHOUSE) GAS DIET FOR OUR CARS Source: Green Technology World Second-generation biofuels could enable U.S. drivers, and transportation and trucking providers, to eliminate 80 percent of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that their vehicles currently produce—and to reduce dependence on imported resources—according to a report recently released by the Frost & Sullivan research firm. This will help drivers to begin transitioning away.... UPS BEGINS USING RENEWABLE BIODIESEL AT MAJOR U.S. HUB Source: PR Newswire What can Brown do for you? For a start, it's making your world greener by using cleaner burning biodiesel. The United Parcel Service began using biodiesel blends at its most vital hub in Louisville, Kentucky this month. "There is a finite amount of petroleum-based fuel available from our planet so it is important that UPS and other companies invest in ways to use alternative fuels.... WRIGHT & FILIPPIS USING PROPANE VEHICLES TO REDUCE FUEL COSTS Source: Automotive Fleet Medical equipment and services provider Wright & Filippis recently replaced seven of its vehicles with propane-fueled versions and plans to convert five more before the end of the year, with potentially more conversions on the way. Out of a fleet of 177, 77 are used for delivery and customer service to end users; the rest are used for sales. Automotive Fleet spoke with Tom Hopkins.... AUTOGAS GROWING AS ECONOMICAL ALTERNATIVE TO GAS, DIESEL Source: Torque News On display at the show at the state fairgrounds in Raleigh will be a Roush CleanTech Ford E-250 cargo van, a Knapheide Ford E-350 truck and an Alliance AutoGas police cruiser, all of which run on liquefied petroleum gas. It's one of a few dozen shows that are taking place across the United States in the next few months to acknowledge a growing trend: That thousands of shuttle buses.... PAPER TRANSPORT TO TEST DUAL FUEL NATURAL GAS/DIESEL TRUCKS Source: TruckingInfo Paper Transport Inc. will launch an over-the-road test of an aftermarket dual-fuel compressed natural gas and diesel system from GreenMan Technologies' American Power Group subsidiary. Paper Transport has signed an EPA Test Vehicle Exemption agreement, which will allow APG to gather performance and emissions data on a pre-dual fuel and post-dual fuel basis to.... STUDY: WELL-TO-WHEELS EMISSIONS FOR CNG VEHICLES LOWER THAN DIESEL HYBRIDS, FUEL CELL VEHICLES Source: AutoBlog Green In a paper published in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, Joshua Gifford, a Master's student in mechanical engineering at Iowa State University (ISU), along with Robert C. Brown, director of ISU's center for sustainable environmental technologies, propose the evaluation of four metrics in well-to-wheels (WTW) analysis of automotive vehicles – primary energy consumption.... WASTE MANAGEMENT OPENS CNG STATION IN CHICAGO Source: Domestic Fuel Waste Management (WM) of Illinois has opened a new filling station for compressed natural gas (CNG) in Chicago. The refueling station is equipped with 40 filling bays to fuel WM’s CNG vehicles. Today, the company operates six CNG-powered vehicles in the northern suburbs of Chicago and this summer will add 10 additional CNG vehicles to its fleet. The natural gas is conveyed to the.... OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WANTS REBATE ON ELECTRIC CARS Source: The Associated Press U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a group of Nissan executives and workers on Tuesday that the Obama administration wants consumers to be able to get a tax rebate at dealerships when they buy electric cars. The federal government currently offers a $7,500 tax credit on the purchase of electric vehicles, but that can't be taken until buyers file their income taxes.... GM RAISES VOLT OUTPUT TARGET Source: Detroit Free Press General Motors on Wednesday increased the number of Chevrolet Volts it is officially planning to build, as the company gears up for the formal announcement next week of the new jobs expected for Detroit-Hamtramck. GM plans this year to build 16,000 of the Volt and its European version, the Opel Ampera. That includes about 3,500 for overseas delivery and 2,500 as demos at.... GM BREAKS GROUND ON FIRST ELECTRIC CAR MOTOR PLANT Source: EV World The General Motors electric motor plant near Baltimore will be the first by a major U.S. automaker dedicated to making the critical components for vehicle electrification when the plant opens in 2013. With Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on hand, GM broke ground Tuesday for the previously announced addition to the complex housing its two-mode hybrid and Heavy Duty transmission.... FEDEX, OTHERS PLACE OTHERS FOR 27 TRANSIT CONNECT ELECTRIC VANS Source: EV World Azure Dynamics Corporation, a world leader in the development and production of hybrid electric and electric components and powertrain systems for commercial vehicles, today announced 27 Ford Transit Connect Electric van sales, including a five unit sale to returning customer FedEx Express, a four unit sale to the City of Toronto, a three unit sale to DTE Energy, one of Michigan's.... CUMMINS, FEDS DEVELOPING FOUR-CYLINDER DIESEL FOR NISSAN TITAN Source: PickupTrucks.com Cummins is developing a high-efficiency inline-four-cylinder diesel engine with money from the U.S. Department of Energy and in partnership with Nissan for demonstration in the Titan light-duty pickup truck. The project was announced at the DOE’s 2011 Merit Review in Washington, D.C. Most half-ton truck makers are betting on small-displacement direct-injection gasoline engines to meet.... PIRELLI LAUNCHES FILTER TO HELP OPERATORS REDUCE EMISSIONS Source: Road Transport Pirelli Eco Technology, part of the Pirelli Group that includes Pirelli tyres, has launched an emissions filter to help operators reduce emissions. The Feelpure filter aims to reduce emissions from diesel engines by using platinum to trap particulates in a silicon carbide filter. Commercial director Stefano Sanchini says: "The platinum filter breaks new ground in anti-particulate.... CLEAN DIESEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. RECEIVES ORDERS TO SUPPLY DIESEL RETROFIT PRODUCTS FOR CARB SPECIAL COMPLIANCE OPTION Source: PR Newswire Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., a cleantech emissions reduction company, announced today that its Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division has received nearly $2.0 million in orders for its verified (approved) emission reduction products. Clean Diesel's receipt of these orders, which represent approximately 200 emission reduction systems, follows the announcement on April 6, 2011 by....

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