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May 23 | News
Gasoline prices this summer could stay relatively steady provided that
an
already-tense Middle East doesn't flare up and nothing else happens to
disrupt
supplies, a Purdue
University economist
says.
May 23 | News
A new study by civil engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that using stiffer pavements on the nation's roads could reduce vehicle fuel consumption by as much as 3%—a savings that could add up to 273 million barrels of crude oil per year, or $15.6 billion at today's oil prices. This would result in an accompanying annual decrease in carbon dioxide emissions of 46.5 million metric tons.
Apr 19 | Featured Articles
The first 3D-printed car body may set the pace for a new mode of
manufacturing.
Apr 10 | News
Fuel economy of all new
vehicles sold in the United States
has topped 24 mpg for the first time ever, say researchers at the
University of Michigan Transportation Research
Institute.
Mar 23 | News
Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on the development of drop-in, affordable aviation biofuels. The collaboration agreement supports the industry's multi-pronged approach to continuously reduce the industry's carbon emissions.
Feb 23 | News
Tomorrow's aircraft could contribute to their power needs by harnessing energy from the wheel rotation of their landing gear to generate electricity. They could use this to power their taxiing to and from airport buildings, reducing the need to use their jet engines. This would save on aviation fuel, cut emissions, and reduce noise pollution at airports.
Feb 3 | News
As the United States transitions away from a primarily petroleum-based transportation industry, a number of different alternative fuel sources—ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hydrogen—have each shown their own promise. Hoping to expand the pool even further, researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have begun to investigate adding one more contender to the list of possible energy sources for light-duty cars and trucks: Compressed natural gas.
Feb 2 | News
A Stanford University research team has designed a
high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly
transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet
apart.
The long-term goal of the research is to develop an all-electric highway
that
wirelessly charges cars and trucks as they cruise down the road.
Jan 16 | News
After two months of
increases, the average fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the
United
States fell by a half mile per gallon last month, say researchers at the
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
Jan 10 | News
Joint BioEnergy Institute researchers have determined the 3D crystal structure of a protein that is key to boosting the microbial-based production of bisabolane as a clean, green, and renewable biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel fuel.
