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U of M Report ; U.S. Drivers Using Less Fuel

U of M Report ; U.S. Drivers Using Less Fuel

Contact Bernie DeGroat ANN ARBOR April 1, 2014; Despite U.S. population growth, fuel consumption by American drivers of light-duty vehicles is now lower than it was 15 years ago, says a University of Michigan researcher. In a follow-up to a series of reports released last year, Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation R ... Continue reading

Reduced Oil Imports Helping Deficit - Imagine If USA Used No Gasoline - WOW!

Reduced Oil Imports Helping Deficit - Imagine If USA Used No Gasoline - WOW!

Oil net imports have declined since 2011, with their value falling slower than volume Source: U.S. Census Bureau: Foreign Trade Division The drop in net imports of oil (crude and petroleum products combined) was the major contributor to the United States reaching its lowest net trade deficit in November 2013 since 2009 ... Continue reading

Find Out Which Sustainable Technologies Make Sense for Your Business at The Work Truck Show 2014 Green Truck Ride-and-Drive

Find Out Which Sustainable Technologies Make Sense for Your Business at The Work Truck Show 2014 Green Truck Ride-and-Drive

Fleet operators planning for the future can save time this year by trying out 23 sustainable technology vehicles in one place during the Green Truck Ride-and-Drive at The Work Truck Show® 2014. Every vehicle is available for test-drives on city streets and in a new closed-access course, providing Show attendees with ... Continue reading

2014 Chicago Auto Show - The Auto Channel's Purdy And Cannell Wrap-up

2014 Chicago Auto Show - The Auto Channel's Purdy And Cannell Wrap-up

CHICAGO AUTO SHOW 2014 HIGHLIGHTS By Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau lede photo CannellChicagoAuto2014-6062 Chicago February 9, 2014; Your TACh team was all over the Chicago Auto Show this week as a variety of manufacturers made news. Characteristically, here in the Windy City (and it wa ... Continue reading

2014 Honda Civic Hybrid and Honda Civic CNG Pricing and Specs

2014 Honda Civic Hybrid and Honda Civic CNG Pricing and Specs

2014 Honda Civic Hybrid and Honda Civic CNG Pricing and Specs ... Continue reading

CNG At CountryMark Convience Stores

CNG At CountryMark Convience Stores

CountryMark announced that it is adding compressed natural gas (CNG) to its lineup of transportation fuels. ... Continue reading

Pennsylvania Awards 33 Incentive Grants for CNG Fuel Vehicles

Pennsylvania Awards 33 Incentive Grants for CNG Fuel Vehicles

DEP Announces Second Round Opening for Act 13 Natural Gas Vehicle Grants SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 7, 2013; The Corbett Administration today awarded more than $3 million in Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIG) to 33 companies, counties and organizations making the switch to compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural ... Continue reading

Fiat's 'Methane Programme' Wins the 'Ecobest 2013' Award

Fiat's 'Methane Programme' Wins the 'Ecobest 2013' Award

The Fiat Group has been the leading European original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for methane-fuelled vehicles for more than 15 years: more than 560,000 units sold, comprising Natural Power cars and commercial vehicles. ... Continue reading

USA Alt Fuel Auto Loans Resume

USA Alt Fuel Auto Loans Resume

U.S. to Revive $25 Billion Auto Loan Program A U.S. alternative-vehicle loan program criticized by Republican lawmakers for financing two failed startups will resume marketing to industry groups and possible applicants, an Energy Department spokeswoman said yesterday. Bloomberg reports that the $25 billion Advanced Tec ... Continue reading

Who's Supply, Who's Demand? World Petroleum Use Sets Record High In 2012

Who's Supply, Who's Demand? World Petroleum Use Sets Record High In 2012

The world's consumption of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, and other petroleum products reached a record high of 88.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2012, as declining consumption in North America and Europe was more than outpaced by growth in Asia and other regions (see animated map). A previous arti ... Continue reading

BIO Welcomes Release of Final 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard Rules

BIO Welcomes Release of Final 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard Rules

The Biotechnology Industry Organization today welcomed the release of the final rule and 2013 Renewable Volume Obligations for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), noting that EPA's carefully balanced implementation of the RFS has provided advanced biofuel developers and investors with confidence that if they can produce ... Continue reading

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