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PUMP to Kick Oil Addiction by Edwin Black +VIDEO

PUMP to Kick Oil Addiction by Edwin Black +VIDEO

Special Report from Edwin Black and TheCuttingEdgeNews.com ISIS has trebled its forces within recent months and in large measure finances its expansion with $10 million to $20 million per week in illicit oil sales from as many as 70 captured oil wells. Iran now has multiplied its centrifuges to almost 20,000, enabling ... Continue reading

Clean Energy to Fuel Bimbo Bakeries' First Heavy-duty Natural Gas Trucks; Signs Additional Trucking Fueling Agreements

Clean Energy to Fuel Bimbo Bakeries' First Heavy-duty Natural Gas Trucks; Signs Additional Trucking Fueling Agreements

-Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today announced it will fuel the first heavy-duty natural gas trucks deployed by Bimbo Bakeries USA, the largest baker in the United States. Trucking fleets across the nation continue to expand or begin natural gas fueling operations. Clean Energy and approximately 40 competitors have opened n ... Continue reading

USCAR Awards Yet Another Contract For Nex-Gen Battery Technology

USCAR Awards Yet Another Contract For Nex-Gen Battery Technology

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 4, 2014 – The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization operated by Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, today announced the award of a $667,452 advanced battery technology development contract for next-generation plug-in hybr ... Continue reading

Mitsubsihi Outlander Plug-in Electric 4 x 4 to Receive the 'Green Award'

Mitsubsihi Outlander Plug-in Electric 4 x 4 to Receive the 'Green Award'

Mitsubishi Motors in the UK is celebrating the news that the all-new Outlander Plug-in electric 4 x 4 is to receive the ‘Green Award’ at this year’s BusinessCar magazine’s Techie Awards. Lance Bradley, Managing Director of Mitsubishi in the Motors UK, said: “We are delighted that the Mitsubishi ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz M 936 G Natural-Gas Engine in Special-Purpose Waste Collection and Short-Radius Distribution Vehicle

Mercedes-Benz M 936 G Natural-Gas Engine in Special-Purpose Waste Collection and Short-Radius Distribution Vehicle

Clean, efficient and quiet drive for urban applications Cab: modern design, ergonomic and perfect for the job Econic chassis: adaptable with excellent body-mounting ability It was just one year ago that the Econic underwent a comprehensive upgrade with new diesel engines as well as a new suspension, frame, electronics ... Continue reading

GE Capital Fleet Services and VNG.co to Support Expansion of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling Infrastructure

GE Capital Fleet Services and VNG.co to Support Expansion of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling Infrastructure

GE Capital Fleet Services today announced an agreement with VNG.co, a national CNG fueling facility provider, to support the expansion of the CNG refueling infrastructure for light-duty fleet vehicles. “Our collaboration with GE Capital Fleet Services supports our mission of increasing the availability of convenie ... Continue reading

Volvo Launches Gas-Powered Truck

Volvo Launches Gas-Powered Truck

Volvo Trucks is expanding its model range in Europe with a new version of the Volvo FE running entirely on methane gas. The Volvo FE CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) has been primarily developed for operations involving short driving cycles with repeated stop:starts such as refuse collection and local distribution. It is e ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Drives Jobs Boost

Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Drives Jobs Boost

Reflecting today’s employment figures announcement, continued growth of Mitsubishi Motors in the UK is creating 400 new showroom, technical and head office jobs. Sales at the company are up 32 per cent on last year and up 197 per cent in July, according to SMMT figures. A £20 million investment in marketing to ... Continue reading

Clean Energy Reports Gallons Delivered Rose 23% and Revenue up 19% During The Second Quarter of 2014

Clean Energy Reports Gallons Delivered Rose 23% and Revenue up 19% During The Second Quarter of 2014

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Clean Energy or the Company) today announced operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. Gallons delivered (defined below) for the second quarter of 2014 totaled 64.8 million gallons, up 23% from the 52.6 million gallons delivered in the same period a year ago. For the six mo ... Continue reading

Clean Energy Completes and Opens 27 Natural Gas Stations Year-to-Date

Clean Energy Completes and Opens 27 Natural Gas Stations Year-to-Date

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today announced the completion and opening of 27 natural gas fueling stations in the first half of the year, nine of which are truck-friendly America’s Natural Gas Highway stations. Upgraded equipment and additional compression capacity have also been added to 10 existing stations to keep ... Continue reading

Rethinking the Future of Biofuels: Leveraging Three Routes Forward - UC Davis

Rethinking the Future of Biofuels: Leveraging Three Routes Forward - UC Davis

Back Will a Plug-in Electric Vehicle Save You Money?Rethinking the Future of Biofuels: Leveraging Three Routes ForwardMoving Forward with the Low Carbon Fuel StandardAre Plug-In Vehicles Turning the Corner? By Dr. Lew Fulton | 07/24/2014 The Obama administration is thinking creatively about how to address the 2015 requ ... Continue reading

Fourteen Percent of Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles Sold in 2035 Will Run on Alternative Fuels

Fourteen Percent of Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles Sold in 2035 Will Run on Alternative Fuels

Medium and heavy duty vehicles (MHDVs) represent less than 5 percent of the total vehicle market today, and the vast majority of these use conventional internal combustion engines (ICE) powered by either gasoline or diesel. That is changing as less expensive alternatives to petroleum-based fuels, such as natural gas, l ... Continue reading

Clean Energy to Double CNG Capacity for Saddle Creek Heavy-duty Truck Station

Clean Energy to Double CNG Capacity for Saddle Creek Heavy-duty Truck Station

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today announced plans to double the CNG station capacity at Saddle Creek Transportation’s natural gas station in Lakeland, Fla., where an additional 25 heavy-duty natural gas trucks are expected to fuel. Additional fueling agreements recently signed have resulted in the construction of new ... Continue reading

Natural Gas Bi-Fuel Systems for Diesel Engines Granted CARB Certification

Natural Gas Bi-Fuel Systems for Diesel Engines Granted CARB Certification

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that the Altronic GTI Bi-Fuel® product line has received aftermarket certification from CARB for use on off-road compression ignition engines in stationary applications. The Altronic GTI Bi-Fuel® system is designed to allow diesel engines to operate on a blend of di ... Continue reading

Is Everyone Happy? OPEC Sure Is

Is Everyone Happy? OPEC Sure Is

Vienna June 11, 2014; In an AP story published today titled "OPEC Keeps Output Target At 30 Million Barrels", OPEC Secretary General Abdullah Al-Badry was quoted as saying; "We have a very comfortable price and the market is very stable." The story went on to say that many OPEC members are at their production capacity ... Continue reading

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