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Three News Stories Of The Week: 2/15

AVL Advances Development of Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine for CO2 Neutral Transportation Hydrogen power on the horizon for farm machinery Biden plans to replace government fleet with electric vehicles   AVL Advances Development of Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine for CO2 Neutral Transportation AVL has continued with the development of a hydrogen combustion engine of theContinued

Scania
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Westport Fuel Systems To Cooperate With Truck And Bus Manufacturer Scania On A Direct Injected Hydrogen Engine Research Project

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Westport Fuel Systems Inc. (“Westport Fuel Systems”) (TSX:WPRT / Nasdaq:WPRT) today announced it has agreed to commence a research project with Scania to apply its HPDI 2.0TM fuel system with hydrogen to the latest Scania commercial vehicle engine. Preliminary test results are expected in the secondContinued

Heavy Duty Truck
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EPA Increases Clarity, Eases Implementation of Heavy Duty Vehicle Regulations while Proposing further Improvements

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing two actions regarding technical adjustments to improve testing procedures for vehicle and engine emissions programs. These amendments will increase compliance flexibility, improve harmonization with other requirements, increase clarity, correct errors, and remove outdated and unnecessary regulatory text. “The Trump Administration continues its efforts to reduce the regulatoryContinued

EV Trucks
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6 EV Trucks We’re Keeping Our Eye On In 2021

We might be engine certification experts but were also champions of emissions reductions. Consumer sedan EV’s are more popular than ever but a growing trend of EV light-weight and heavy duty trucks are entering the market and making waves. Here’s six EV Trucks we’re keeping our eye on: GMC Hummer EV Touted as the “World’sContinued

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Public Availability of Modified Text for the Procedures for Exemption of Add-On and Modified Part(s) for On Road Vehicles/Engines

Public Availability of Modified Text for the Procedures for Exemption of Add-On and Modified Part(s) for On Road Vehicles/Engines The California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) has posted a 15-day Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text for the Procedures for Exemption of Add-On and Modified Part(s) for On Road Vehicles/Engines. Public Hearing Date:Continued

ZEV Program
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The background and success of the ZEV program

While one of the more well known automobile emissions battles was kicked off in October 1997 with the introduction of the Toyota Prius hybrid, the California Air Resource Board (CARB) was already seven years into it’s Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program. The majority of awareness, protocols and standards in place across several cities in the UnitedContinued

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Turning Beer Into Fuel

In the spirit of the holidays, we’re keeping things light this week with a recent article from Science Daily on how scientists have recently discovered a way to create fuel using beer as a key ingredient. Here are the bullets:   Chemists at the University of Bristol have taken the first steps toward making sustainableContinued

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Most Accurate Climate Models Predict Most Alarming Weather

The United States is now at odds with almost every other country in the world. The Trump Administration’s denial of accepted climate science has set a new precedent for a government’s separation from factual science. Meanwhile, current studies are predicting an increase in the alarming weather patterns we’ve been seeing over the past few years.Continued

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Clean, Cheap Hydrogen from Methane

A team of Spanish, American, and Norwegian researchers have developed a membrane that produces compressed hydrogen from methane. The process results in nearly zero energy loss. The full story is available at Science Daily, but here are the bullets:   The team consisted of researchers from the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ), Valencia’s Polytechnic UniversityContinued