(Nissan Motor Co./Automotive World) In Brazil today, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today revealed the world’s first Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC)-powered prototype vehicle that runs on bio-ethanol electric power. Nissan president and CEO Carlos Ghosn said: “The e-Bio Fuel-Cell offers eco-friendly transportation and
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Back TO HOMESustainable Transportation Summit--Day 1 Bits and Pieces
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) When it's called the "inaugral Sustainable Transportation Summit," you know the organizers anticipate more to come. Discussed for the past four years or so, the US Department of Transportation's Office of Energy Efficiency &
July 12, 2016 Read Full Article
California Ponders Changes to Fuel Rules as Tesla Cries Foul
by John Lippert (Bloomberg) ... The rapid growth of Tesla Motors Inc. and the increasing range of other electric vehicles have the state contemplating new requirements that anger both Tesla and competitors like Honda Motor Co. They say California is changing
July 08, 2016 Read Full Article
Renewable Biofuels Are Vital to an All-of-the-Above Energy Strategy
by William Feehery (The Hill/DuPont Industrial Biosciences) ... One of the most vital and immediate tools at our disposal in the campaign for energy independence is renewable fuel. It is the only technology that can address the de-carbonization of the
July 01, 2016 Read Full Article
Volkswagen's Diesel Settlement Will Fund Range of Clean Air Efforts
by David Shepardson and Joel Schectman (Reuters) German automaker Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) will pay more than $15.3 billion to settle charges that it cheated on U.S. diesel emissions tests, an agreement that will fund buybacks for consumers and provide up to
June 28, 2016 Read Full Article
Final Preparations for the World’s First Electric Road Project
(Scania) Outside Gävle in central Sweden, the last preparations are being made at the test strip for an electrically powered truck from Scania operating under real traffic conditions. “It’s amazingly quiet,” says test driver Therése Persson. Just a couple of days
June 24, 2016 Read Full Article
Modernizing the Electric Grid and Its Integration with the Transportation Sector
by Bill Brandon (Biofuels Digest/) ... Some, like Mark Z. Jacobson, assert battery electric vehicles (BEV) are “the key transportation solution”. ... Just deploying BEVs does not guarantee they will be clean. The Dutch effort to push BEVs resulted in an increased
June 21, 2016 Read Full Article
Power Plants Are No Longer America’s Biggest Climate Problem. Transportation Is.
by Brad Plumer (Vox) A new energy era is upon us: For the first time since 1979, America’s cars, trucks, and airplanes emit more carbon dioxide than its power plants do. ... The story here is that the United States has made
June 15, 2016 Read Full Article
Electric Cars Are Not Necessarily Clean
by David Biello (Scientific American) Your battery-powered vehicle is only as green as your electricity supplier -- ... Tesla has advertised its vehicles as having zero emissions, helping fuel the mania for the fun-driving sedan, but that's not necessarily true. Although the
May 26, 2016 Read Full Article
European Bioethanol Offers 15% CO2 Reductions in Transport – Blocking It Is a Form of Climate Crime
by James Cogan (Biofuels Digest/Ethanol Europe Renewables Ltd.) ... The European Commission in Brussels is right now putting the finishing touches to a Communication on Transport Decarbonisation, due out this summer. ... There is a risk the Communication may support fossil
May 23, 2016 Read Full Article
Mass. Top Court Says State GHG Rules Not Good Enough
by Keith Goldberg (Law 360) Massachusetts' top court on Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision backing the state's approach to greenhouse gas regulations, saying the state's climate change law requires officials to craft rules that establish annually decreasing limits on multiple
May 18, 2016 Read Full Article
Energy Secretary: U.S. Must Be Energy Independent
by Donnelle Eller (Des Moines Register) Energy security remains a top concern, even with growing U.S. supplies of oil, natural gas and renewable energy, said U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, kicking off a public forum on energy policies, electric markets and the grid in Des
May 09, 2016 Read Full Article
Volkswagen Teams with Shell to Convince EU the Way to Decarbonize Transport
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Belgium, Volkswagen has teamed with Shell on a new report by Roland Berger promoting a policy path forward towards a European transport market that achieves environmental and GHG goals set at the COP21 meeting
April 29, 2016 Read Full Article
Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double
by James Stafford (OilPrice.com) Demand for lithium—the hottest commodity on the planet and the only commodity to show positive price movement in 2015—is poised to continue on its upward trajectory, becoming the world’s new gasoline and earning the moniker of
April 14, 2016 Read Full Article
Ethanol Completes the Puzzle
by Dave VanderGriend (Ethanol Producer Magazine/ICM/Urban Air Initiative) We have a tremendous opportunity to make the case in the Midterm Review in what EPA says will be a "data driven and transparent process." We can show how carbon reductions are indeed
April 07, 2016 Read Full Article
Fuel Option that Reduces Emissions Already Exists
by Mark Dorenkamp (Brownfield Ag News) ... A proposal introduced last week by Representative Pat Garofalo would provide rebates of up to $2,500 dollars for those who buy or lease a new electric or plug-in hybrid car. Minnesota Biofuels Association executive director
April 05, 2016 Read Full Article
Tesla’s Model 3 Could Destroy Elon Musk’s Company
by Edward Niedermeyer (The Daily Beast) It won’t hit the road for two years, it won’t be as cheap as promised, and it will be plagued with problems. Worst of all, the firm may run out of money before the
April 01, 2016 Read Full Article
Electric Car Bill Will Do Little to Reduce Emissions
(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) Today’s Star Tribune reported of a proposal in the Minnesota legislature that calls for a financial incentive to boost electric or plug-in hybrid sales in the state to reduce emissions. According to the report, consumers would receive rebates
March 31, 2016 Read Full Article
Lab Creates New Biofuels to Expand Alternative Energy Sources
by Allison Ong (Daily Bruin) ... UCLA researchers have been using bacteria, microscopic organisms responsible for disease and digestion, to convert living matter into liquid fuel. (Paul) Lin, a chemical engineering graduate student, is one of many students who work to
March 29, 2016 Read Full Article
2016 National Renewable Energy Policy Forum: What's Next? Driving Growth in a New Policy Landscape Explores a World of Clean Power Plans and Favorable Tax Incentives; Exposes Potential Cracks
by Joanne Ivancic* (Advanced Biofuels USA) For a meeting about renewable energy held on St. Patrick's Day, EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, Janet McCabe, began her address with appropriate words from an old Irish
March 19, 2016 Read Full Article
Commentary: Implementing The Electric RFS
by Jim Lemon and Michael Lemon (BioCycle/Biogas Researchers, Inc.) Michael Lemon describes steps to move EPA forward on the RFS renewable electricity pathway on Tuesday, April 5 at BioCycle WEST COAST16. ... Steps to expand deployment of clean energy technologies like renewable
March 18, 2016 Read Full Article
Biofuels Are Back on the EU Agenda
by Sonja van Renssen (Energy Post) Biofuels are returning to the political agenda in Europe as EU policymakers start to shape a strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport after 2020. Biofuels producers continue to argue that they are
March 03, 2016 Read Full Article
Is The Electric Vehicle A Crude Oil Killer?
by Robert Rapier (Forbes) ... Petroleum is in an entirely different category. It is used primarily for transportation, and it has held more than 90% of the transportation market for over 60 years. ... Biofuels made a push in the 2nd half of
February 26, 2016 Read Full Article
Yogi Berra on Bioenergy
by Douglas Faulkner (Biofuels Digest/Leatherstocking) ... In reflecting recently about the state of bioenergy and trends in the transportation industry, I was reminded of one of my favorite sayings of his (Yogi Berra's): “The future ain’t what it used to be”. Yogi
February 23, 2016 Read Full Article
Octane Benefits Highlighted at National Ethanol Conference
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... Held Feb. 15 to 17 in New Orleans, the NEC painted a strong future for the ethanol industry in the speakers addressing the conference theme, “Fueling a High Octane Future.” Following the state
February 22, 2016 Read Full Article
Gasoline Keeps Getting Dirtier while Alternatives Keep Getting Cleaner
by David Roberts (VOX) The Union of Concerned Scientists has issued a new report that takes a high-level look at three key transportation fuels: gasoline, biofuels, and electricity. It compares their greenhouse gas emissions, taking into account their full life cycle,
February 10, 2016 Read Full Article
Why Flint? Why Dieselgate? Why Was the EPA Prevented From Acting?
by Robert E. Kozak* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Of all the grandstanding by politicians over the Flint, Michigan, drinking water disaster perhaps the most hypocritical has been that of Democrats such as Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton heaping all the blame on
February 09, 2016 Read Full Article
Next Step for Volt, Green Car of the Year, Should Be E85 Capability
by Landon Hall (Fuel Freedom Foundation) Don’t let all the accolades go to your head, Chevy Volt. You’re still not a truly green car, despite what it says on your new piece of hardware. ... But the label of “green car” should
January 25, 2016 Read Full Article
Why Isn't The 2016 Chevy Volt A Flex-Fuel Plug-In Hybrid That Can Use E85 Ethanol?
by John Voelcker (Green Car Reports) ... Michelle Malcho from Chevy's communications group responded: The engine was chosen to be the most efficient overall for the entire system. Plus, the goal was to get to regular unleaded gasoline as it was a top
January 25, 2016 Read Full Article
Energy Department Announces $58 Million to Advance Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Technologies
(U.S. Department of Energy) U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced more than $58 million in funding for vehicle technology advancements and released a report highlighting the successes of DOE’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program while touring the
January 23, 2016 Read Full Article
Renewable Hydrogen From Tri-Generation Fuel Cells Included Under California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)
(Globe Newswire/FuelCell Energy) Distributed renewable hydrogen solution receives contingent approval for Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Credit Market to sell or trade credits; Using stationary fuel cells to convert biogas from wastewater treatment into renewable hydrogen, power, and heat (tri-generation), offsetting
January 22, 2016 Read Full Article
The Government Has Spent a Lot on Electric Cars, but Was It Worth It?
by Charles Lane (Washington Post) In August 2010, I proposed this wager to a fellow journalist: President Obama’s declared goal was to get 1 million plug-in hybrid and all-electric cars on the road in the United States by 2015. I
January 11, 2016 Read Full Article
Centre Offers Biofuel to Delhi to Check Pollution
(Business Standard) The Centre is willing to offer one million litres of bio-diesel a day to the Delhi government to combat the rising menace of pollution, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Besides, the Centre will
December 28, 2015 Read Full Article
West Coast Mayors Form EV Consortium, Pledge Carbon Reductions
by Bengt Halvorson (Clean Car Reports) ... (M)ayors of four large West Coast cities—Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland—met in Portland for a two-day summit and united to reduce carbon emissions on a regional level. The signed declaration, by the
December 17, 2015 Read Full Article
Electric Cars Can’t Take the Cold
by Jeff Plungis (Bloomberg) Batteries generate power less efficiently as temperatures drop. --- ... The trouble is, except for Oregon, none of the states have California’s temperate weather. The batteries used by the greener cars generate electricity from chemical reactions that work
December 07, 2015 Read Full Article
Ten States Impose EV Flat Fees; Georgia Is Highest
by Danny King (AutoBlog) Washington, Colorado, Virginia And Oregon Also On Growing List -- These fees were put into place in order to offset the revenue shortfall from more fuel efficient vehicles, electrified powertrains, and the resulting lower gas
December 03, 2015 Read Full Article
Here’s How the U.S. Can Dump Fossil Fuels for Good
by Joe Uehlein and May Boeve (Grist.org) The world must go fossil-free — and fast. But the proposals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that the U.S. and other countries are proposing for the upcoming climate summit in Paris will still allow
November 24, 2015 Read Full Article
Electric Cars and the Coal that Runs Them
by Michael Birnbaum (The Washington Post) Cheap electricity, a changing climate This is part of a series exploring how the world’s hunger for cheap electricity is complicating efforts to combat climate change. --- ... But behind the green growth is
November 24, 2015 Read Full Article
Energy Security and Reducing GHGs in Transportation: The Vital Role of Biofuels
by Dr. Bruce E. Dale (Michigan State University/25 x '25) U. S. renewable fuel policy has two primary objectives: 1) to reduce petroleum imports and thereby increase energy security and 2) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) generation in the transportation
November 20, 2015 Read Full Article
How Michigan’s New Road Funding Plan Affects Alt-Fuel Vehicles
by Tony Antonelli (Next Gen Transportation News) ... Notably, three of the bills – H.B.4736, H.B.4738 and H.B.4614 (now P.A.174, P.A.176 and P.A.178, respectively) – directly impact the clean fuels industry. P.A.174: Sponsored by State Rep. Michael McCready, this legislation increases registration
November 19, 2015 Read Full Article
New Research Shows Electric Cars 50 Percent Cleaner Compared to Gasoline Over Their Lifetime
(Union of Concerned Scientists) Do battery electric vehicles really reduce global warming emissions compared to gasoline cars? The answer is a clear yes, according to a new study from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Over their entire lifetimes—from manufacturing to driving
November 17, 2015 Read Full Article
BP Says Carbon Charge Needed to Make Renewables Cost Competitive
by Sarah Kent (Global Finance) ... The cost of producing energy from renewable sources such as solar and wind will fall sharply over the next 35 years, BP PLC said Monday, but without a system in place that levies a charge for
November 03, 2015 Read Full Article
No Rich White Guy Left Behind: The Selling of Electric Cars as Zero Emission Vehicles
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Electric cars and their $1600 cost per ton for CO2 reduction. And, yep, you’re paying for it. Electric cars have environmental benefits, no doubt about it, and anyone who drives one is making a contribution to
October 26, 2015 Read Full Article
Big Electric Shocks Big Oil: California’s New Emissions Law Enlists Utilities to Help Wean Drivers off Gasoline.
by Mark Hertsgaard (Bloomberg Businessweek) When California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 350 on Oct. 7, it looked like a huge win for the oil industry. The original version of the bill included a mandate to cut the state’s petroleum
October 23, 2015 Read Full Article
Zero Emission Vehicles: Not Really
by Don Siefkes, Debbie Baron and Eileen Broderick (E100 Ethanol Group, Mendo Alcohol Fuel Group) ... California Governor Jerry Brown and other Governors, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and much of the major media are continuing their unnerving habit
September 21, 2015 Read Full Article
Survey: Americans Don't Want to Pay for Neighbor's EV
(American Energy Alliance) Today, the American Energy Alliance released a new survey examining voters’ attitudes toward transportation policy, specifically government support for electric vehicles. The results show that Americans are deeply skeptical of government making decisions for them with respect
September 15, 2015 Read Full Article
California Takes the Lead on Climate Policy
by Steven Cohen (Huffington Post/Columbia University's Earth Institute) ... As Alejandro Lazo reported in the Wall Street Journal last week: Democrats in California, which already has the toughest climate-change rules in the U.S., are pushing to strengthen them drastically, an effort that
September 09, 2015 Read Full Article
EVs Could Cut Global Gasoline Use By 2040
by Mike Barnard (Clean Technica) ... The good news is that electric vehicles will reduce gasoline consumption even if no other levers are used related to personal transportation. The bad news is that it will be 15 to 20 years before gasoline consumption
September 08, 2015 Read Full Article
U.S. Surpasses 'Major Milestone' for Alternative Fueling Stations
by Joseph Bebon (Next Gen Transportation News) With little fanfare, the U.S. reached the 20,000 mark for the number of alternative fueling stations operating throughout the nation back in May, according to data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
August 17, 2015 Read Full Article
Tensions over U.S. Electric Vehicle Mandates Spill into the Open
by Joseph White (PlanetArk) A long-simmering dispute between automakers and U.S. regulators over policies to promote electric vehicles spilled into the open on Tuesday, in the high stakes struggle over the future of automotive technology. The heads of two major lobby groups
August 05, 2015 Read Full Article
The Future of Low-Carbon Road Transport: What Role for Second-Generation Biofuels?
by Joern Huenteler and Henry Lee (Belfer Center Programs or Projects) The promise, prospects, and public policy trade-offs related to second-generation biofuels in road transport were addressed in an executive session convened at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan,
July 29, 2015 Read Full Article
Increasing U.S. Energy Security and Reducing Greenhouse Gases in the Transportation Sector: Electricity vs. Biofuels
(OurEnergyPolicy.org) The question is: How can U.S. policymakers best support energy security and GHG emission reduction, considering the need for both biofuels and low-carbon electric vehicles? What fraction of transport energy can be supplied by each source, and what policy options
July 15, 2015 Read Full Article
Study: Even with High LDV Electrification, Low-Carbon Biofuels Will Be Necessary to Meet 80% GHG Reduction Target; “Daunting” Policy Implications
(Green Car Congress) A study by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Michigan State University colleague has concluded that even with a relatively high rate of electrification of the US light-duty fleet (40% of vehicle miles traveled and
July 03, 2015 Read Full Article
INSIGHT-California's Push for Cleaner Buses Could Edge out Natural Gas
by Nichola Groom (Reuters) Fifteen years ago, California led the way to cleaner transit buses with strict tailpipe emissions standards that effectively ushered out diesel as the primary fuel for buses in the state and replaced it with natural gas. Now,
July 02, 2015 Read Full Article
Hybrid, EV Sales Tumble in 2015
by David Shepardson (Detroit News) Sales of hybrid and electric vehicles fell sharply in the first half of 2015, hurt by low gas prices, fewer incentives and a broader market shift away from cars. This is shaping up to be the
July 01, 2015 Read Full Article
Oregon Lawmakers Look to Swap LCFS for Fuel Tax
(Argus Media) Oregon governor Kate Brown (D) and a group of eight legislators have negotiated a proposal to kill the state's new low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) in return for a 4¢/USG rise in the gasoline tax that would pay for
June 26, 2015 Read Full Article
Obama Scales Back Overly Ambitious Goals for Electric Car Use
by Jeff Green/Angela Greiling Keane (Bloomberg) In a 2009 executive order, the president had called for 1 million plug-in vehicles on the road by 2015, but poor sales and lower gas prices have intervened. President Barack Obama's long-standing goal to have
May 26, 2015 Read Full Article
The New Voices Debuts: The Advanced Bioeconomy Comes to Streamed Video
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the advanced bioeconomy takes to the airwaves as The New Voices debuts today as a digital streaming experience — the first three episodes of the program are online today as the regular cast and
March 23, 2015 Read Full Article
Energy Union Pushes for E-Mobility and Alternative Fuels in Transport
(EurActiv) The European Commission plans further steps to decarbonise the transport sector through a shift to alternative fuels and electro-mobility, according to the latest draft of the Energy Union proposal, ... According to the draft proposal, the Commission will take steps to
February 27, 2015 Read Full Article
Biofuels vs Hybrids vs Plug-ins vs Gasoline: Who’s the Cost Winner?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Have low gas prices changed the equation for drivers looking to reduce pain at the pump? Who’s the best on cost? And, is there surprising news on emissions? ... We looked at a couple of good data
February 10, 2015 Read Full Article
Conventional Gasoline Models are Expected to Represent Less Than Half of Vehicles Sold Worldwide by 2017
(Navigant Research) Stop-start capability anticipated to be the most important innovation in improving fuel efficiency, report concludes A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the emerging global market for technologies that improve fuel economy, including global market forecasts for light-duty vehicle
December 23, 2014 Read Full Article
Study: All-Electric Cars May Not Be so Green
(Fuel Fix) People who own all-electric cars where coal generates the power may think they are helping the environment. But a new study finds their vehicles actually make the air dirtier, worsening global warming. ... The key is where the source of
December 16, 2014 Read Full Article
The Absurdity of Zero GHG Formula-E Racing or Advanced Biofuel Racing is the Real Deal
by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) This past weekend the first race of the much hyped Formula-E electric car series was run in Beijing, China. http://www.racer.com/f1/formula-e/item/108558-formula-e-di-grassi-wins-as-prost-triggers-last-lap-crash The 45 minute race, which required two electric cars (with top speeds about 80 mph
September 13, 2014 Read Full Article
Renewable Fuel Standard Rules Give Boost to Biogas
by Amanda Bilek (Biomass Magazine) There is little doubt that allowing biogas-based transportation fuel projects to sell either advanced biofuel or cellulosic compliance credits will give a big boost to U.S. projects. In early July, the U.S. EPA published a final
August 11, 2014 Read Full Article
China Loses Appeal of WTO Ruling on Exports of Rare Earths
(Reuters) ... China produces more than 90 percent of the world's rare earths, which are key elements in defense industry components and modern technology from iPhones and disk drives to wind turbines. It imposed strict export quotas in 2010, saying it
August 08, 2014 Read Full Article
Stanford Prof Says California Can Exit Fossil Fuels by 2050, and Create 220,000 Jobs in the Process
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Stanford engineering professor Mark Jacobsen, writing in Energy, says that the state of California could completely abandon fossil fuels by 2050 with dedicated development of its solar, wind, tidal, wave, geothermal resources and
August 04, 2014 Read Full Article
In New Twist, RFS Could Boost Electric Vehicles
by Amanda Peterka (E&E Publishing/Greenwire) The federal policy used to build up the nation's ethanol and advanced biofuel capacity could soon be harnessed to spur the development of electric vehicle infrastructure. In a final rule issued last week, U.S. EPA said it
July 09, 2014 Read Full Article
Transportation Forecast: Light Duty Vehicles
(Navigant) Light Duty Stop-Start, Hybrid Electric, Plug-In Hybrid Electric, Battery Electric, Natural Gas, Fuel Cell, and Conventional Vehicles: Global Market Forecasts, 2014-2035 ... Over 1.2 billion vehicles are on the world’s roads today, and more than 95% belong to the LDV segment. Of
May 27, 2014 Read Full Article
Will Obama Help George W. Bush Achieve His 10-Year Goal for Gasoline Consumption?
by Maxx Chatsko (The Motley Fool) ... President Bush believed America could reduce gasoline consumption from 142 billion gallons in 2007 to just 114 billion gallons in 2017. The biggest reduction would come from a projected annual production of 35 billion gallons
May 12, 2014 Read Full Article
For Tesla, Graphite-Pollution Worries Ratchet up China Sales Challenge
(China Daily USA) Electric vehicles already were a hard sell in China. Now, battery-pollution concerns have made the task even tougher. Graphite used in US luxury electric-vehicle maker Tesla Motors Inc’s batteries has been tied to pollution problems in China.
May 09, 2014 Read Full Article
Neil Young Responds to PMO's Defence of Oilsands
by Trinh Theresa Do (CBC News) Singer takes aim at government spokesman's suggestion that even rock stars rely on the oil industry When it comes to Canada's oilsands, Neil Young isn't keen to let the Prime Minister's Office have the last
January 15, 2014 Read Full Article
Record Season for Ethanol in Brazil Unlikely to Be Repeated
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Brazil ethanol industry saw record supplies for the 2013/2014 crush season just being wrapped up, and got a welcome boost from auto executives who said ethanol-powered cars are more viable for reducing
December 23, 2013 Read Full Article
Alternative Fuel Vehicles to Gain Traction Over the Next 10 Years
(Fuels Institute) The growth of vehicles running on alternative fuels will accelerate over the next decade, but diesel fuel- and gasoline-powered vehicles will continue to dominate market share, according to “Tomorrow’s Vehicles: What Will We Drive in 2023?” a new
November 22, 2013 Read Full Article
How Electric Cars Can Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions
by Joshua Linn and Virginia McConnell (Resources Magazine) ...The motivation for these policies is that many consider electric vehicles to be essential for achieving the long-term goals of dramatically reducing vehicles’ oil consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In reality, GHG
November 18, 2013 Read Full Article
Study Highlights GHG Reduction Potential of Butanol, Drop-In Biofuels
(Biomass Magazine) U.K.-based Element Energy recently published a report finding that advanced biofuels offer a more cost-effective means to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next 17 years, when compared to electric vehicles. The report, titled “The Role of
October 31, 2013 Read Full Article
Father of the Prius Sees Long Road to a Fully Electric Future
by Howard Schneider (The Washington Post) Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada rode his pioneering work on the Prius hybrid to the top of the world’s biggest car company. But that doesn’t mean he is a zealot when it comes to
October 01, 2013 Read Full Article
Celebvocate: Neil Young for Ethanol, Farm Bill
by Reliable Source (The Washinton Post) ...Event: National Farmers Union rally promoting passage of a five-year farm bill and touting the renewable fuel standard. Venue: Capitol Hill’s Lower Senate Park. ...What he wants: Fuel standards mandating an increased amount
September 12, 2013 Read Full Article
Fueled vs Electric Cars: The Great Race Begins
Thomas Blakeslee (Renewable Energy World) ...Though solar electric is the clear winner based on land use, biofuels are still in the race (particularly if commercial scale) designer algae becomes a reality. Biofuels have a gigantic advantage in remote areas because
September 04, 2013 Read Full Article
The U.S. Tight Oil Boom: Geopolitical Winner or Long-Term Distraction?
(PR NewsWire/American Security Project) New ASP Report examines geopolitical effects of the surge in U.S. oil production The American Security Project released a new report analyzing the geopolitical effects of the boom in tight oil production. The major findings are that the recent surge in
August 22, 2013 Read Full Article
Unclean at Any Speed: Electric Cars Don’t Solve the Automobile’s Environmental Problems
by Ozzie Zehner (IEEE Spectrum) ...Some states offer additional tax incentives. California brings the total credit up to $10 000, and Colorado to $13 500—more than the base price of a brand new Ford Fiesta. West Virginia offers the sweetest
July 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Who is the Winner? EVs or Flex-Fuel Vehicles and Biofuel?
by Kon Thueanmunsaen (J.D. Power Global Auto Blog) In looking at the future of alternative fuel vehicles—principally electric vehicles (EVs)—in the Thai market, it appears that the only push for promoting EVs is coming from the Electricity Generating Authority of
July 01, 2013 Read Full Article
Geotalk: Sylvian LeDuc on Why Woody Biofuels Wouldn’t Be the Best Plan for the EU
(European Geosciences Union) ...Attention has now turned to second generation biofuels, produced from non-edible sources such as wood or waste plant residual like straw. In the next decade, these biofuels are expected to replace three to five per cent of
May 07, 2013 Read Full Article
President’s FY2014 Budget Boosts DOE Vehicle Technology Spending 75% to $575M; $282M for Advanced Biofuels
(EV-olution.org) President Obama’s FY 2014 budget proposal submitted to Congress provides $28.4 billion in discretionary funds for the Department of Energy, an 8% increase above the 2012 enacted level. Among the direct transportation-related highlights of the department’s budget proposal are $575 million
April 11, 2013 Read Full Article
Spatially Explicit Life Cycle Assessment of 5 Sun-to-Wheels Pathways Finds Photovoltaic Electricity and BEVs Offer Land-Efficient and Low-Carbon Transportation
(Green Car Congress) A new spatially-explicit life cycle assessment of five different “sun-to-wheels” conversion pathways—ethanol from corn or switchgrass for internal combustion vehicles (ICVs); electricity from corn or switchgrass for battery-electric vehicles (BEVs); and photovoltaic electricity for BEVs—found a strong
April 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Alternative Fuels on the Rise in Wisconsin
by Josh Lintereur (htrnews.com/Sheboygan Press Media) ...There are now about 250 Wisconsin retailers and other businesses offering alternative fuels, such as natural gas, biodiesel, E85, and electric, with more in development, according to Wisconsin Clean Cities, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit that
March 18, 2013 Read Full Article
The Electric Car Mistake
by Charles Lane (The Washington Post) The Obama administration’s electric-car fantasy finally may have died on the road between Newark, Del., and Milford, Conn. The New York Times’s John M. Broder reported Friday that the Tesla Model S electric car he was test-driving repeatedly
February 12, 2013 Read Full Article
Clean Fuel Backers Seek Oregon Program Extension
by Christina Williams (Sustainable Business Oregon) Proponents of Oregon's Clean Fuels Program cosponsored an event in Salem Wednesday with Drive Oregon that brought a troupe of electric vehicles to the Capitol in Salem. On the heels of a report on Oregon's
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
EU Launches Clean Fuel Strategy
(European Commission) The European Commission today announced an ambitious package of measures to ensure the build-up of alternative fuel stations across Europe with common standards for their design and use. Policy initiatives so far have mostly addressed the actual fuels
February 06, 2013 Read Full Article
Energy Secretary Steven Chu Ignores Biofuels at DC Auto Show and in Resignation Remarks
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) In yesterday’s address on Policy Day at the Washington, DC Auto Show, Energy Secretary Steven Chu spoke passionately about the need for the US to reduce dependence on foreign oil. He listed the ways
February 01, 2013 Read Full Article
EU Releases Proposal on Deploying Alternative Fuel Infrastructure
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A recently released European Commission proposal on deploying alternative fuels infrastructure recognizes the importance of biofuels but does not go far enough, said ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association. On Jan. 24 the European Commission
January 30, 2013 Read Full Article
Washington Auto Show Policy Day Brings Biofuels Conversation to Capitol Hill
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) “Affordable Mobility: A Roadmap to Energy Efficiency” framed a public discussion of automotive issues for Capitol Hill staff which ranged from fuel efficiency and the new CAFÉ (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards to increasing
January 30, 2013 Read Full Article
The Capex-Opex Fallacy, Electric Cars, and Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Earlier this week, a new study from researchers at UC Santa Barbara determined photovoltaics to be much more efficient than biomass at turning sunlight into energy to fuel a car. “Even the most land-use efficient biomass-based pathway,” the
January 25, 2013 Read Full Article
Photovoltaics Beat Biofuels at Converting Sun’s Energy to Miles Driven
(Bren School of Environmental Science and Management) New study shows solar power is not only better in terms of energy efficiency, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions – but is cost competitive, too ...As electric vehicles (EVs) increasingly enter the market and
January 24, 2013 Read Full Article
15 Burning Questions (and Answers) for Biofuels in 2013
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Policy, finance, technology, feedstocks, markets, prices, opposition. Here’s what’s on your mind, as the critical 2013 deployment year for biofuels looms. So here are 15 burning questions as suggested by various Digesterati — divided for convenience
December 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Are Electric Cars Bad for the Environment?
by Leo Hickman (The Guardian) Academics in Norway have published a study arguing that electric cars can be more polluting than is widely assumed. Leo Hickman, with your help, investigates. A study by engineers based at the Norwegian University of Science and
October 23, 2012 Read Full Article
Obama Fuel-Economy Rule Gives Sweeteners To Honda, Tesla
by Angela Greiling Keane (Bloomberg) Honda Motor Co. (7267), which last year complained that a proposed fuel-economy rule was unfair to non- U.S. automakers, got a boost when the final version added extra credits for sellers of natural gas-powered vehicles. Honda,
August 29, 2012 Read Full Article
Urbee – The Documentary
(Manitoba Electric Vehicle Association) We’ve mentioned Urbee here before; unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you’ll know that this exciting made in Manitoba green vehicle has been making headlines in recent times due to it’s unique approach. Here’s your chance to
August 28, 2012 Read Full Article
Representative Bob Filner Introduced the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2012, H.R. 6275
(Clean Energy Victory Bonds) On August 2, Representative Bob Filner and 10 cosponsors introduced the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2012, H.R. 6275 in the House of Representatives. The bill, officially entitled “To promote the domestic development and deployment
August 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Compared to What: the Low-Down on Alt Energy Subsidies
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Hybrids, plug-in electrics struggle to pass the consumer’s “compared to what” test – and how much do those tax credits cost, anyway? ...Take, for example, the trouble with hybrids. We saw a report yesterday that only one in
April 12, 2012 Read Full Article
Electric Cars and Liberals’ Refusal to Accept Science
by Charles Lane (The Washinton Post) OpEd: President Obama boasted at a United Auto Workers conference last week that General Motors was back in business, producing cutting-edge vehicles like the plug-in electric Chevrolet Volt. He even promised to buy one when his time
March 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Smokestack vs. Tailpipe: How Clean Are Electric Vehicles? It Depends What You Mean by ‘Clean.’
by Katherine Tweed (GreenTechGrid) There is a short answer and a long answer. The short answer is that if you are just asking about CO2, the electric vehicle, even from the dirtiest of U.S. coal plants, is still cleaner than a
February 24, 2012 Read Full Article
Automakers Press for Some Changes to Fuel Rules
by David Shephardson (Detroit News) Automakers asked the Obama administration Monday to make modest changes to a proposed boost in fuel efficiency standards for the 2017-2025 model years and to allow the use of some credits to meet requirements as
February 24, 2012 Read Full Article
House Proposal Would Raise Gas Tax and Some Vehicle Fees
by O. Kay Henderson (RadioIowa) Iowa’s gas tax would be eight cents per gallon higher by April, 2014 under a proposal that has cleared a five-member House panel. The bill also calls for new yearly fees for hybrid vehicles and for
February 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Road Use by E.V. Drivers: To Tax or Not to Tax?
by Jim Motavalli (New York Times) Drivers of purely electric vehicles avoid paying the gas taxes included in the cost of a petro-product fill-up. Consequently, if E.V.’s were to become widely adopted, less money could flow into accounts that pay to build
February 15, 2012 Read Full Article
Crash-Testing the Plug-In: Ford CEO Alan Mulally on the Pitfalls of His Company’s Newest Car.
by Joanne Lipman (The Daily Beast) For more than three years, President Obama has been singing the praises of electric cars. He’s repeatedly called for 1 million plug-in and hybrid vehicles on the road by 2015. He’s ignored the skeptics who said
January 26, 2012 Read Full Article
Flex-Fuel Cars Find Few Pumps, Chargers Aplenty: BGOV Barometer
by Angela Greiling Keane (Bloomberg) Public charging stations for electric autos outnumber outlets for alternative motor fuels by almost two to one, even though there are hundreds of times more flex- fuel vehicles than plug-in cars on U.S. roads. The BGOV
December 23, 2011 Read Full Article
Battery-Car Future Undercut by Europe, Improvements in ICE Technology
by Neil Winton (Detroit News) Investment bank Morgan Stanley came up with a nasty surprise for Nissan-Renault and other cheer-leaders for battery powered cars when it cut its electric vehicle sales forecast by nearly 50 per cent for 2025. Europe’s economic
December 19, 2011 Read Full Article
For Obama’s Green-Car Revolution, Fits and Starts
by Carol D. Leonnig and Joe Stephens (The WashingtonPost) The Obama administration has poured roughly $5 billion in taxpayer funds into the electric-car industry, offering incentives to manufacturers, their suppliers and even car buyers who might want to go green. But analysts say
December 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Electric Cars May Not Be So Green after All, Says British Study
by Ben Webster (The Australian) Electric cars could produce higher emissions over their lifetimes than petrol equivalents because of the energy consumed in making their batteries, a study has found. An electric car owner would have to drive at least 129,000km
June 20, 2011 Read Full Article
LowCVP Study Demonstrates the Increasing Importance of Measuring Whole Life Carbon Emissions to Compare Vehicle Performanc
(Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership) Electric and hybrid cars create more carbon emissions during their production than standard vehicles – but are still greener overall, according to a new report. The report highlights the increasing importance of accounting for whole life carbon
June 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Push Stalls In 'Car Crazy' Germany
by Eric Westervelt (NPR) ...And even though it's cheaper, the new 10 percent ethanol gas is not something she'd risk putting into her car, the 32-year-old says. "You bet I'm worried about my car — most of all about the motor,"
May 25, 2011 Read Full Article
JD Power: Battery, Hybrid-Electric Cars Are Overhyped
by Matthew Lynley (VentureBeat/Reuters) Plug-in electric and hybrid electric vehicles are over-hyped and won’t meet many car companies’ 2020 sales targets, according to global marketing information firm JD Power & Associates. Battery-powered and hybrid-electric cars will only capture around 7.3 percent
May 09, 2011 Read Full Article
Twin Cities Clean City Coalition Top Gas Use Reducer
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) The U.S. Department of Energy has released a national ranking of Clean Cities programs that have had the most impact in the reduction of gasoline use. At the top of the list is the Saint-Paul-based Twin
April 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Lott, Dorgan, Jones, Reilly form Bipartisan Policy Center Energy Project
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, former Senators Trent Lott (R-MS) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND), former National Security Advisor General Jim Jones (Ret.) and former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly announced they will lead the new Bipartisan Policy Center
April 13, 2011 Read Full Article
Volvo's Ethanol-Powered Electric Car
by Gary Gastelu (Fox News) ...Starting in 2012 the Swedish automaker will begin selling a plug-in hybrid version of the V60 - a wagon version of the S60 sedan that is not offered in the United States. Not only will the
March 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuels Only Major Way to Decarbonise Road Fuel - BP
by Nigel Hunt (Reuters) Biofuels represent the only way to significantly reduce carbon emissions in road transport fuel and are likely to account for at least 12 percent of supply by 2030, an official with oil giant BP said on Wednesday. "There
March 15, 2011 Read Full Article
Echols Hopes Discussions Will Spur Ideas on Alternative-Fuel Vehicles
by Walter Jones (Morris News Service/The Augusta Chronicle) Georgia’s rookie state energy regulator is crossing the state in search of ideas for making the roads more friendly to cars and trucks that run on electricity, solar power, natural-gas and other
February 18, 2011 Read Full Article
Chevy Volt to Get California Tax Credit in 2012
by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechMedia) A crazy wrinkle in a California law makes it a bit difficult for the Volt to qualify for the $5,000 rebate, but the company believes it will make it. Also, updates on Volt shipments. ...General Motors won't
February 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Cost of Electricity Will Not Rise: Dr. Joseph Romm at the Green Car Summit. Bartlett Proposes Open Fuels Act
[caption id="attachment_16299" align="alignleft" width="300"] Warren Brown, automotive columnist for the Washington Post, discusses Congressman Roscoe Bartlett's Open Fuel legislation with Astrid Dorner, US Correspondent for Handelsblatt, Lisa Lyons Wright, Energy and Stem Cell Legislative Assistant and Press Secretary for Congressman
January 31, 2011 Read Full Article
DOE Federal Lab Says Life Cycle Analysis Does Not Factor in Rare Earth Metals or Mountain Top Removal
[caption id="attachment_16291" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="From left, Warren Brown, automotive columnist for the Washington Post and Ron Cogan, publisher of Green Car Journal co-moderate Green Car Summit Panel: Tom Baloga, VP Engineering for BMW North America; Susan M. Cischke, Group VP,
January 31, 2011 Read Full Article
China Will Scale Faster Than US in Race for New Transport Fuels, Accenture Report Finds
(BusinessWire/Accenture) China could lead the race to roll out electric vehicles and will deploy new transport technologies at scale more quickly than the United States, according to a report by Accenture that compares the two countries. But the US could
January 19, 2011 Read Full Article
U.S. Car Czar: Industry Faces Massive Change by 2023
by Nick Carey and Deepa Seetharaman (Reuters) The American auto industry will change more in the next dozen years than it has during the past 50, said the U.S. Treasury official charged with overseeing the government's investment in the auto
January 12, 2011 Read Full Article
Plug-in Vehicles and Their Dirty Little Secret
by John Petersen (Renewable Energy World) ...The dirty little secret of plug-in vehicles is that they'll all charge their batteries with inherently dirty night-time power and be responsible for more CO2 emissions than a fuel efficient Prius-class HEV that costs
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
China Has Seen the Future, and It Is Coal
by George Will (The Washington Post) Cowlitz County in Washington state ...approved construction of a coal export terminal from which millions of tons of U.S. coal could be shipped to Asia annually. Both Oregon and Washington are curtailing the coal-fired generation
December 30, 2010 Read Full Article
GM Exploring Increased Production of Chevrolet Volt, New E85 Flex-Fuel Version
(MLive.com) ...The Volt is capable of traveling around 35 miles on electricity before a gasoline-powered generator kicks to provide up to an additional 300 miles. GM global product chief Tom Stephens on Tuesday told Barkholz the company is considering a new
December 03, 2010 Read Full Article
EU-Wide Study Confirms Hydrogen Is a Key to Zero-Emission Road Transport
(MarketWatch/Linde) ...Linde is currently researching various production options aimed at gradually increasing the share of "green" sources in the hydrogen landscape. One of these uses liquid biomass (glycerine), a by-product of biodiesel production, as the feedstock. READ MORE From the report: The
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Governor Rendell Says Latest Investments in Alternative Fuels Make PA More Energy Independent, Spur Innovation
(Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection) Announces Nearly $8 Million for 21 Projects Promoting Biofuels, Natural Gas- and Electric-Powered Vehicles Governor Edward G. Rendell said today that Pennsylvania is cutting its appetite for foreign oil by more than a half-million gallons as
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Survey: Interest in Electric Cars Is growing, but Practical Concerns Remain
by Eric Evarts (Consumer Reports) ...Overall, 63 percent expect to get a significant increase in fuel economy, regardless of the type of vehicle they buy. Only 67 percent said they are considering a traditional gasoline engine in their next new-car
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Obama's Electric-Car Cult
by Charles Lane (The Washington Post) ...The pitch is lyrical, almost religious. It asks consumers to make an economic and technological leap of faith - just as both GM and the firm's biggest backer, the Obama administration, have invested, financially,
October 31, 2010 Read Full Article
Why Is China Still Hoarding Its Rare Earths?
by Steve LeVine (Foreign Policy) ...China's ban on the export of the 17 so-called rare-earth metals -- indispensible as of now in the manufacture of high-tech products like wind turbines, advanced batteries and flat-screen TVs -- has now passed three
October 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Three Fuel-Efficient Cars Win Automotive X Prize Competition
(Los Angeles Times) ...The Edison2 entry Very Light Car #98 from Virginia won $5 million in the mainstream class, running on E85 ethanol fuel. The aerodynamic 4-wheeled auto demonstrated the equivalent of 102.5 miles per gallon on the test track
September 21, 2010 Read Full Article
HSBC Predicts Bigger Growth for Low-Carbon Cars than Renewables Sector
by Damian Carrington (The Guardian) ...When fuel-efficiency measures and switches to lower-carbon transport such as trains and coaches are included, the report for investors predicts that the market will be worth $677bn (£440bn) a year in 2020 – up from
September 07, 2010 Read Full Article
New Fuel Economy Window Stickers Chock Full 'O Numbers
(Jalopnik) One of the draft window stickers released today will give buyers of 2012 models efficiency data for gas and electric vehicles. U.S. regulators want you to decide: How do you like letter grades? UPDATE: Automakers give it a "F." ...A
August 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Low Voltage
(Washington Post) Editorial: PRESIDENT OBAMA was back in Michigan recently, breaking ground on a plant that will make batteries for the Volt, the plug-in hybrid electric car forthcoming from government-owned General Motors. The Energy Department paid half the factory's $300 million
August 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Firm to Deploy 15,0000 Electric-Car Chargers in 13 Cities, Including District
by Danielle Douglas (Washington Post/Capital Business) ...Many of the nearly 200,000 electric hybrids on U.S. roads use internal generators to create power, but a fraction of these cars are plug-in hybrids, the market's fastest growing segment. Yet, there are only 465
July 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Likely to Have Major Role as Fuel
by Jim Kenzie (Wheel.ca) ...So far, everyone seems to think that the only way we’ll wean ourselves off decomposed dinosaur remains is if we either can’t find any more, or it becomes so expensive to find/extract/ship/refine that we’ll have to find
July 05, 2010 Read Full Article
California Energy Commission Approves $114.3 Million for Electric and Ethanol Vehicle Infrastructure
(Los Angeles Times) ...The California Energy Commission approved three awards to help set up electric- and ethanol-powered vehicle infrastructure around the state. Of the funds, $15.4 million comes from state coffers, $49.6 million is federal money and $49.3 million comes
June 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Battery-Only Cars Face Avalanche of Negatives
by Neil Winton (Detroit News) ...The only way that unaffordable, impractical, battery-only cars will sell is because of huge government subsidies, and a few early-adopter zealots with too much money who don't mind being stranded every couple of weeks. Germany,
June 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Honda: "Electric Cars Not Viable"
(Racer) Honda's chief executive Takanobu Ito has conceded the car industry still needs a breakthrough in battery technology in order to make electric cars viable. ...Ito also predicted that it will take 10 to 20 years before battery-run electric cars became
June 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Mississippi State University Wins Top Honors in Year Two of EcoCAR Competition
(General Motors) Student-Designed and Built Vehicles Put to the Test; Virginia Tech, Penn State Finish Second and Third. Students from Mississippi State University placed first in the 2010 EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge finals in San Diego today after designing and building
May 28, 2010 Read Full Article
Tea Party With a Difference
by Thomas Friedman (New York Times) ...I’m sure like all such protest movements the Tea Partiers will get their 10 to 20 percent of the vote. But should the Tea Partiers actually aspire to break out of that range, attract
May 11, 2010 Read Full Article
230 MPG For Chevy Volt? Not Likely
by Reilly Brennan (AOL Autos) EPA Mulls New Fuel Economy Guidelines The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon draft a new regulation for the way it calculates fuel efficiency for electric cars, potentially deflating the stratospheric fuel economy numbers trumpeted by
April 22, 2010 Read Full Article
V2G: Transportation Electrons vs. Power Electrons
by Eric Weshoff (GreenTechGrid) Integrating electric vehicles into the smart grid is an enormous and potentially explosive challenge. Erfan Ibrahim of EPRI has said that if electric vehicles reached a high level of market penetration and were to charge at night
April 09, 2010 Read Full Article
GSA Doubles the Federal Hybrid Fleet, DOE Takes the Lead in Updating to Hybrids
Agencies Move to Increase Energy Security and Fuel Efficiency. President Obama announced March 31, 2010, that the Federal Government will lead by example in replacing older cars in the federal fleet with fuel efficient hybrids and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, reducing our
April 06, 2010 Read Full Article
North American Grid Operators Study Concludes 1M Plug-in Electric Vehicles May Be On the Road by 2020; Staggered Charging Can Reduce Potential Negative Impact on Grid
(Green Car Congress) A group of US and Canadian power grid operators, who manage most of the North American bulk electric grid collectively, studied the effect that plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) would have on the electric power grid. Their study, “Assessment
April 02, 2010 Read Full Article
The View From Big Oil
by Alan Murray and Kimberley Strassel (Wall Street Journal) These days, giant oil companies find themselves trying to balance two big pressures on their business. Governments are trying to slash carbon emissions—but the world's thirst for oil is growing by leaps
March 22, 2010 Read Full Article
GM Confirms First Gen Volt Will Not Support E85 Ethanol
by Nick Chambers (Gas2.0) This morning I wrote a piece about how GM is lamenting the lack of E85 fueling stations in the United States. But the other interesting tidbit of information in there was a simple statement by GM’s
February 18, 2010 Read Full Article
Battery-Only Cars Make No Sense, But Still Find Investors
by Neil Winton (Detroit News) It's a bit like those old Looney Tunes cartoons, when the Road Runner races off a cliff and it takes a little while for gravity to establish its case for the inevitable swift vertical descent.
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Tesla To Kill Electric Roadster In 2011
by Ray Wert (Jalopnik) Who killed the electric car? Well, a closer evaluation of today's Tesla's IPO filing with the SEC reveals Tesla will. They plan to kill the Tesla Roadster after 2011. No, seriously. The boys over at Wired:Autopia pinged
January 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Washington Auto Show Emphasizes Electric Cars. Where’s DOE, Tesla, Fisker? Novozymes Represents for Advanced Biofuels Industry
[caption id="attachment_6035" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Last year DOE displayed the Green Challenge winner, but not in 2010. DOE also recognized young innovators and educated the public on its projects and investments in biofuels. Not in 2010."][/caption] by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)