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Bosch Powers First-Launched 50-State Clean Diesel Vehicles Available in U.S.

Bosch Powers First-Launched 50-State Clean Diesel Vehicles Available in U.S.

   Volkswagen's 2009 Jetta TDI features key Bosch fuel efficiency and engine performance improvement technology

Posted : Thu, Nov 20, 2008

Category : World-Business / Auto News

Volkswagen's All-New Clean Diesel Jetta TDI Sets New Guinness World Record for Lowest Fuel Consumption at 58.82 MPG

Volkswagen's All-New Clean Diesel Jetta TDI Sets New Guinness World Record for Lowest Fuel Consumption at 58.82 MPG

   The world's most fuel efficient couple, John and Helen Taylor, have broken the current world record for lowest fuel consumption across the 48 contiguous United States averaging 58.82 miles to the gallon

Posted : Mon, Sep 29, 2008

Category : World-Business / Auto News

Researchers Generate Hydrogen Without The Carbon Footprint

Researchers Generate Hydrogen Without The Carbon Footprint

   A greener, less expensive method to produce hydrogen for fuel may eventually be possible with the help of water, solar energy and nanotube diodes that use the entire spectrum of the sun's energy, according to Penn State researchers.

Posted : Fri, Jul 18, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Biofuels Partnership Targets Multiple Butanol Molecules

Biofuels Partnership Targets Multiple Butanol Molecules

   DuPont and BP have announced that their partnership to develop and commercialize biobutanol is targeting advanced metabolic pathways for 1-butanol as well as other higher octane biobutanol isomers.

Posted : Fri, Feb 15, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Airbus completes first test flight with alternative fuel on civil aircraft

Airbus completes first test flight with alternative fuel on civil aircraft

   An Airbus A380 aircraft has successfully completed the world's first ever flight by a commercial aircraft using a liquid fuel processed from gas (Gas to Liquids - GTL) in the first stage of a test flight programme to evaluate the environmental impact of alternative fuels in the airline market. The flight from Filton, UK to Toulouse, France, lasted three hours. The flight was piloted by Hugues van-der-Stichel and Frank Chapman.

Posted : Sun, Feb 03, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Ford Rolls Out Blueprint for Sustainability to Improve Fuel Economy, Reduce Emissions

Ford Rolls Out Blueprint for Sustainability to Improve Fuel Economy, Reduce Emissions

   Ford Motor Company is rolling out a range of global environmental technologies that will provide customers more fuel-efficient vehicles that emit fewer greenhouse gases.

Posted : Wed, Nov 14, 2007

Category : World-Business / Auto News

Study Finds Coal-to-Liquid is Cheaper Than Petroleum

Study Finds Coal-to-Liquid is Cheaper Than Petroleum

   A recent study by the Center for Forensic Economic Studies found converting coal to liquid fuel offered significant strategic benefits for meeting energy demand nationwide and helping depressed coal regions such as those in the Commonwealth.

Posted : Tue, Oct 09, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News

FORD SETS LAND SPEED RECORD WITH FORD FUSION HYDROGEN 999 FUEL CELL RACECAR

FORD SETS LAND SPEED RECORD WITH FORD FUSION HYDROGEN 999 FUEL CELL RACECAR

   Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] today became the world's first automaker to set a land speed record for a production-based fuel cell powered car. The Ford Fusion Hydrogren 999 fuel cell car raced to 207.297 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah to set the record.

Posted : Thu, Aug 16, 2007

Category : World-Business / Auto News

MIT team cooks up simple fuel recipe

MIT team cooks up simple fuel recipe

   MIT student Jules Walter has seen firsthand the impact of deforestation in his native Haiti: Nearly 98 percent of the island's forests are gone, and more trees are being cut down every year.

Posted : Wed, Aug 01, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News

MIT researchers work toward spark-free, fuel-efficient engines

MIT researchers work toward spark-free, fuel-efficient engines

   In an advance that could help curb global demand for oil, MIT researchers have demonstrated how ordinary spark-ignition automobile engines can, under certain driving conditions, move into a spark-free operating mode that is more fuel-efficient and just as clean.

Posted : Tue, Jul 24, 2007

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

ZAP Electric Car, Truck Deliveries Pass 500

ZAP Electric Car, Truck Deliveries Pass 500

   Electric vehicle pioneer ZAP announced today that it has delivered over 500 units of its XEBRA car and truck.

Posted : Thu, Jul 12, 2007

Category : World-Business / Auto News

2008 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

2008 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

   Ford Motor Company announced today its new 2008 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor will be offered as a flexible fuel vehicle allowing it to operate on E85 ethanol or gasoline.

Posted : Sat, Mar 31, 2007

Category : World-Business / Auto News

Saab BioPower 100 Concept

Saab BioPower 100 Concept

   The Saab BioPower 100 Concept showcases the first production-based engine to be optimized for pure bioethanol (E100) fuel.

Posted : Thu, Feb 15, 2007

Category : World-Business / Auto News
 
 
 
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