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Auto industry experts warn Biden's EV mandate may limit gas car options in the future
President Biden's recent remarks about Americans being able to choose any car they want clash with his EPA's new stringent emissions standards, critics say.

The first electric school bus fleet in the US will also power Oakland homes
Battery-powered school buses in Oakland are expected to cut emissions and supply enough electricity to the grid for at least 300 homes.

Check Out Honda’s Fuel-Cell Big Rig, Part of a ‘Hydrogen Future’
At this weekend’s Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in Las Vegas, Honda will announce a fuel cell big rig of its own, along with a display of other zero-emission products, including an Autonomous ...

Renewable diesel vs. battery-electric: Which one has lower emissions?
So we've taken a look at CO2 in particular, battery electric vehicles ... diesel to trucking companies is that it would require no change whatsoever to the diesel powered trucks that they already run ...

The Car With The Largest Gas Tank In 2024
On the Ford Super Duty trucks with the more desirable diesel powertrain, your choices change. On the Regular Cab models, you’ll have 29 gallons of fuel ... vehicles. One such source is Fuelly. On this ...

Fueling Sustainability: The Rapid Rise of Renewable Diesel
Renewable diesel is appealing to trucking fleets as a way to reduce their carbon footprint as the industry enters a “period of peak complexity at this early stage of a sustainable transition.” ...

Gas Backward: Switching to a Gas Jeep Wagoneer From an EV
Lightning for our Jeep Wagoneer yearlong review SUV.According to a 2021 UC Davis study, around 20-percent of EV owners switch back to a traditional gas-powered vehicle. I inadvertently became one of ...

Engine Technology Forum Calls on House Leaders to Prioritize Action on the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Following Senate Passage
The Engine Technology Forum issued the following statement from Executive Director Allen Schaeffer following the U.S. Senate’s passage of S. 2195. “The Engine Technology Forum urges action in the U.S.

Diesel car sales plummet as Ulez 'demonises' fuel type as electric vehicle rates soar by 18 per cent
New data has shown that zero emission vehicles made up 16 per cent of the total share of new cars on the road, with experts highlighting the decline in diesel ...

These Electric School Buses Are on Their Way to Save the Grid
Loaded with ever more renewables, the grid will need to store a whole lot of energy. Enter: a new kind of magic school bus—one that can both charge and give power back.

Stepping on the gas: States raise fuel taxes, fees to offset declining revenue for roads
Call it the cost of efficiency. Most states have boosted gas taxes or tied them to inflation to recoup billions of dollars of highway fund revenues lost over the past decade to fuel-efficient, hybrid ...

New Flyer awarded contract from NJ Transit for up to 1,300 clean diesel buses
The initial order is for 175 Xcelsior® 40-foot clean-diesel transit buses with the option to purchase an additional 1,125 vehicles.

Senate okays aging diesel fleet renewal grants, rebates
The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act has saved more than 520 million gallons of fuel over the last nearly 20 years.

Could cars one day run on plastic waste? Ames National Lab researchers aim to find out
A graduate research assistant in the Ames National Laboratory-led Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics, or iCOUP, Wang along with other researchers is studying ways to break down ...

NHTSA opens investigation into 200K+ Ford vehicles over diesel fuel leak risks
Ford F-250, 350, 450, and 550 Super Duty vehicles equipped with 6.7L diesel engines of model years 2015-2021 are included in the investigation ...