(CleanSkies.com)  Argonne Laboratories are working on technology that could change the way your car drives.  It’s an engine that runs on any type of fuel – an omnivorous engine.  That could be music to the …

by Stockholm Bureau (Fox Business News)  Scania said it has been granted SEK30 million by Sweden’s Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation Initiative to develop a biofuel engine intended for heavy commercial vehicles.
…Focus will be on …

(Operation Free)  Stock car racing fans at Kansas Speedway on September 30 will receive an unusual message from one of the cars speeding around the track: America needs to compete in the “Race to Energy …

by John Parry (WeeklyTimesNow)  Buyers of Holden’s new Commodore will be able to run it on 85 per cent ethanol.   But they will have to drive to Melbourne or one of four other capital cities to …

by John Voelcker  (GreenCarReports.com)  We’ve written before about just how worried automakers are at proposals by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to increase the ethanol content of pump gasoline from 10 to 12 or even 15 …

by Natasha Odendaal (Engineering News)  Local general aviation company Adept Airmotive has developed the first general aviation engine that is able to power a light aircraft with a range of environment-friendly alternative fuels, such as biofuels …

by John Davis (DomesticFuel)   The next generation of biofuels must be developed in conjunction with advanced combustion engines, if there is to be long-term success of those biofuels. That word comes from researchers at the Sandia National …

(Drayson Racing)   Drayson Racing is again using international sportscar racing to prove the overall performance a Flex-Fuel race car can achieve. Jonny Cocker (Guisborough, Yorks, UK) used the No.11 Drayson Racing Lola Coupé with Judd …

Ford designed its 2011 Super Duty® diesel pickup trucks to run on 20 percent biodiesel, and has included a discussion of biodiesel in their diesel truck marketing campaign.
Mike Rowe of TV’s “Dirty Jobs” fame tells …

For more than a decade, the DEER Conference has been the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) primary mechanism for the public exchange of state-of-the-art advanced combustion engine research and development (R&D).
DEER brings together professionals in …

by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechMedia)  Scuderi Engine says it can improve efficiency—and likely car mileage—with a new type of engine.
…While electric cars grab all of the headlines, efficient combustion engines may actually well play a larger …

(The Financial Express)  …Asked about plans to take the Nano global, Telang said many of the emerging markets have a similar requirement as that of India. “In the SAARC countries, the expectations of vehicles are …

by Robert Rapier (Consumer Energy Report/R Squared Energy Blog)  …Reader Paul Nash came up with a specific plan…
Specific Recommendations

Scrap the VEETC (since there is a mandate already and it expires at the end of 2010).
Maintain …

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, here’s a look at some of the more interesting biofuel-related patent applications logged at the US Patent and Trademark Office in recent weeks. The USPTO’s archive is not for …

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  During Friday’s qualifying, the E-85 powered number 61 and 62 Ferraris fielded by Risi Competizione of Houston, Texas, stormed to the 1st and 2nd positions in qualifying. 
Ferraris are known …

by Don Siefkes (E100 Ethanol Group/Des Moines Register)  The recent oil platform blowout in the Gulf of Mexico shows the madness of the United States continuing to use 140 billion gallons of gasoline a year …

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  At this year’s American Coalition for Ethanol Conference & Trade Show, two speakers gave particularly strong arguments for chipping away at the power and monopoly of Big Oil. It …

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  …Larry Nitz, GM’s executive director of hybrid and electric powertrain engineering, described ethanol as the the best short-term solution. GM has sold 5.5 million flex-fuel vehicles to date. “If the fuel …

(FREEP.com)   During the 2010 Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars on Tuesday, auto executives debated which technologies to boost fuel efficiency will catch on in the short term. 
Barb Samardzich, Ford’s vice president of powertrain …

by Brian McNeill (The Daily Progress)   All eyes will be on the “Very Light Car” — designed by the Charlottesville-based team Edison2 — at the finals of the multimillion-dollar X Prize competition to build a vehicle …

by Jim McFarland (Circle Track)  Initial Results For Our First Engine Dyno Session Open Up Some Distinct Possibilities For Future “Green” Racing
This project is clearly getting some traction. While initial reader responses have largely been in support …

by Godwin Kelly (Daytona Beach News Journal)  Racing history may one day look back at Forrest Jehlik and his rag-tag band of volunteer engineers and technicians, who have worked in oven-like heat at New Smyrna …

by Michelle Kautz   (DomesticFuel)   Chevrolet has released the technical manual for the Holden-based 2011 Chevrolet Caprice PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle) and it includes an E85 compatible platform. …General Motors (GM) says its 0-100km/h time of …

National Research Council report says continued near- and long-term Government /Industry R&D is needed to reduce petroleum dependence and greenhouse gases 
In its third report on the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership (FC&FP), the National Research Council …

(E100 Group/Biofuels Digest)  The recent oil platform blowout in the Gulf of Mexico shows the madness of the United States continuing to use 140 billion gals of gasoline/yr to power our light duty cars and trucks.
The …

(ETCGreen.com)  Vehicle owners now understand the ever dwindling supply and higher expense and risks of extracting petroleum will continue to increase the price at the pumps.
For over 100 years we have enjoyed this cheap energy …

(Honeywell)  Agreement Includes Testing of Bio-Based Renewable Fuels 
Honeywell announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop mature technology for Fuel Burn Reduction and test aviation biofuels …

by Al Lewis (Dow Jones Newswires/Denver Post)  Eddie Sturman wants to kill the electric car.
Electric cars were all the buzz this week (September 19, 2009) at the latest auto show in Frankfurt, Germany, but Sturman says …

(Scania)  Scania is delivering 85 ethanol-powered buses to Nobina, which operates on behalf of the Stockholm regional public transport company, Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). Ethanol buses will help SL fulfil its decision to invest only in …

(National Acadamies)   Various combinations of commercially available technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and other light-duty vehicles without compromising vehicle performance or safety, says a new report by the National …

by Larry P. Vellequette   (Toledo Blade)   A year ago, hundreds of people flocked to a 100,000-square-foot former factory building in Wauseon’s industrial area where a Napoleon, Ohio, inventor promised to begin building engines that would travel …

by Sue Cischke (Ford Motor Company, Huffington Post)   The short answer to that question is a simple yes.
…Opponents of bio-fuels claim billions of dollars have been wasted researching advanced bio-fuels, and that they will never …

by Bob Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Our friends at DeltaWing Racing brought their DeltaWing Prototype to the Indiana Society of Washington DC for their annual Indy 500 reception last week. “Senior Green Motor Sports Correspondent” and …

by Dan Olson  (Minnesota Public Radio)  …Coca-Cola started using alternative fuel vehicles in 2001. It has more than 250 fleet vehicles in the Twin Cities, and 10 of them are the hybrid-electric delivery trucks, along …

(Times Live)  A Durban company has unveiled a light aircraft engine which can operate on biofuel or liquid petroleum gas.
“Our technology benchmarks South Africa against the finest aviation engineering in the world,” said Andre Schoeman, chairman …

(Eco-Car Challenge)  Year Two of the EcoCAR Challenge has proven to be a test of wills for the 16 North American universities participating in this fierce competition. Over the last academic year, EcoCAR teams have spent …

by Sam Abuelsamid  (AutoBlogGreen)  …According Jim Federico, vehicle line executive for the global mid-size platform, combining direct injection and turbocharging will allow the new engine to get much closer to the volumetric fuel efficiency of …

(Fox News)  When NASCAR takes the green flag in 2011, race cars are expected to be fueled by E15 — a mixture of 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline.
Hendrick Motorsports is already testing the …

(UPI)  Amtrak plans to operate its Heartland Flyer Oklahoma-Texas service on animal-based biodiesel for the next year, officials say.
The first biodiesel-powered train pulled into Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram said. The train …

by Bob Brook  (Automotive Industries)  New information and comment by combustion experts at the recent SAE Congress meeting here provide substantial reasons to believe critical fuel combustion could be the first fundamental combustion advance for …

by Martin LaMonica  (cnet News)  The U.S. auto industry needs to “go green” in more than one way, says Bill Ford.   Ford is committed to making its vehicles more fuel efficient by investing in a …

by Gal Luft  (The Baltimore Sun)  …While both drilling and efficiency promise little relief, with growing instability in the Middle East and millions of Chinese and Indians moving from bicycles to cars, it is almost …

(Gerson Lehman Group)  Needless to say, as the ethanol industry continues to grow, the level of opposition continues to increase and the battle has become much more visible.  
Historically anti-ethanol rhetoric has originated from the American Petroleum Association (API) and …

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  There is hardly an organization in the world that has done more of the heavy lifting and hard work for ethanol than Growth Energy, but it takes a fair bit …

by Megan Peterson (WEAU.com)  A group of Durand High School (Wisconsin) students made the trip to Texas this past weekend to compete in a national competition to see who can build the most fuel efficient …

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  …The easiest way to gain the improved fuel economy is through “engine downsizing,” in other words, using smaller engines. But the new smaller engine technologies will not mean less power, like …

The Ford F-Series Super Duty is the most powerful and fuel efficient for the 2011 model year, offering customers their choice of either gas or diesel engines
…B20 compatibility added for 2011 model year:  The strict …

(EurActiv.com)  Industry is on track to ensure “carbon-neutral growth” in the aviation sector from 2020, but strengthened European Union support for research and development (R&D) is vital to help manufacturers deliver the green technologies required, …

At the Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition (RETECH 2010) the Volvo Group announced its first academic partnership in North America. Penn State was chosen as part of Volvo’s Academic Partner Program, which was launched …

Ricardo today announced the formation of a consortium that is open to automakers, Tier 1 suppliers, oil companies, additive manufacturers and government agencies, with the aim of evaluating the impact of biofuels on current and …