http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/e85 Blog Articles Tagged with 'e85' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1118411?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 A decade ago, natural gas looked like the certain winner of a shift to lower-emission energy sources, as concerns about greenhouse gas emissions grew. The path to that outcome has been much bumpier than expected, however. Rising natural gas prices an... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:46:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1118411?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115056?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 Retail sales of gasoline in Minnesota in July 2008 declined 9% compared to sales in July 2007, according to figures from the Minnesota Department of Commerce. As gasoline sales declined, the amount of ethanol-based E85 sold during the same period inc... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:39:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115056?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1112926?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 An early sketch of the OMNIVORE single-cylinder concept. Click to enlarge.Lotus Engineering, the automotive consultancy division of Lotus, will collaborate with Queen s University Belfast (QUB) and Jaguar Cars Ltd to develop an engine which maximiz... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:07:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1112926?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1112644?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 Using a direct-injected alcohol fuel as a second, boosting fuel can allow a turbo-charged, high-compression ratio spark-ignited gasoline engine to replace larger diesels in certain heavy-duty applications, according to work being done by Ethanol Boos... Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:25:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1112644?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1111695?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard is back in the news. One of the main results of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) was to increase the overall US new car fleet CAFE target to 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Now th... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:41:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1111695?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111316?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 Ceres is readying a number of different switchgrass varieties for Spring 2009 sowing, optimized for different regions in the US. Click to enlarge. Ceres, Inc. is preparing to introduce its first commercial offering of energy crop seeds this fall unde... Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:32:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111316?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111317?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 US Representatives Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) and John Shimkus (R-IL) introduced bipartisan legislation H.R.6734, The E85 and Biodiesel Access Act that would streamline the process and provides greater incentives for service station owners to install... Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:44:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1111317?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1108732?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 The test engine is based on an Opel 2.2L Ecotec Direct engine. Click to enlarge.Among the projects of Argonne National Laboratory s Transportation Technology R&D Center is the development of the omnivorous engine . The project seeks to combine... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:16:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1108732?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1107153?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 My Clean Break column this week wonders whether the Ontario government really means to backtrack on its ethanol strategy, or simply wants to tweak it so that the jump from a 5 per cent to 10 per cent ethanol mandate is sustainable. Ontario Premier Da... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:41:35 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1107153?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1107461?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 The National Governors Association (NGA) and General Motors Corp. will work together to expand the nationwide infrastructure and distribution network for E85 ethanol aimed at being ready when next-generation ethanol made from a variety of non-grain s... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:46:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1107461?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1104881?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 GM will offer 18 flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) in the US for model year 2009, ranging from the four-cylinder Chevrolet HHR small crossover to the full-size Cadillac Escalade ESV luxury utility.We continue to believe that biofuels, specifically E85, i... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:36:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1104881?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1102121?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative (HB 1270), an act intended to support the development of a statewide advanced biofuel industry. Louisiana is now the first state to enact alternative... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:16:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1102121?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1100897?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 The operating principle of Mazda s Smart Idle Stop System (SISS). Click to enlarge.Mazda Motor Corporation is targeting an average 30% reduction in the fuel consumption of its new vehicles worldwide by 2015. To achieve the reduction, Mazda will app... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:27:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1100897?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1099304?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 The scenario that resulted in the lowest increase in transport-sector GHG emissions used an economy-wide carbon price beginning at $10/ton CO2, 2% annual improvement inCAFE, and a gasoline and diesel tax increasing at 10% per yearin real terms (tax i... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:28:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1099304?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1091405?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 Ford s flex-fuel Escape PHEV.Ford Motor Company delivered its first-ever flexible-fuel capable plug-in hybrid (PHEV) SUV to the US Department of Energy (DOE).Like the other prototype Escape PHEVs, this vehicle is equipped with a 10 kWh lithium-ion ... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:55:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1091405?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1090883?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 Toyota Motor Company (TMC) President Katsuaki Watanabe outlined the company s new action plans in the areas of research and development, manufacturing and social contribution for promoting energy diversity in automobiles and reducing its carbon foo... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:28:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1090883?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1090264?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 A heat wave is hardly the ideal time for one's home/office air conditioning to break down--an unspoken risk of telecommuting, I suppose--but it's given me an opportunity to catch up on a raft of articles, as I camp out in libraries, coffee shops, and... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:18:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1090264?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1080774?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 Collantes proposes a logic sequence to assess whether to keep, eliminate, or revise the AMFA provisions. Click to enlarge.The two decade-old Alternative Motor Fuels Act the statue that currently provides automakers with incentives under the CAFE pr... Fri, 30 May 2008 05:13:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1080774?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1076880?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 The Swedish company SEKAB, which delivers about 90% of all ethanol in Sweden for E85 and ED95 (ethanol for heavy-duty vehicles using compression ignition engines, earlier post), announced that it will be the first company to supply verified sustainab... Mon, 26 May 2008 12:57:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1076880?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1075933?rsstype=tag&tag=e85 Cellulosic ethanol producer Coskata has rapidly brought its microbes to levels of commercial productivity with the assistance of genomic analysis that identified optimized nutritional pathways. Click to enlarge. Source: CoskataGeneral Motors is picki... 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