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Beware the biodiesel-ready Scorpion! 2011 Ford Super Duty gets all new 6.7-liter diesel V8

Ford's ongoing issues with its long-time heavy duty diesel engine supplier, Navistar, will soon be coming to an end. The 2011 edition of the Ford Super Duty pickups will get an all-new, in-house designed diesel V8 code-named Scorpion. So, now, if Ford has any durability issues with its big diesels it will have no one to blame but itself. Officially the Scorpion retains the Power Stroke badge, but that and eight cylinders in a V-configuration are all that are carried over. The Scorpion engine picks up a variety of technologies that have ... Read more →

GM will have first factory-certified B20 diesels vehicles next spring Sam Abuelsamid

One of several interesting little surprises to come out of this week's GM product technology showcase was the upgraded 6.6-liter Duramax V8. Unfortunately, the 4.5-liter diesel developed for the ...

Try B100? Not in your new diesel engine Sebastian Blanco

Manufacturers of diesel engines make it clear that small amounts of biodiesel are usually fine (most say B5, or diesel with five percent biodiesel mixed in, is OK), but they won't make any promises ...

EPA ups America's Renewable Fuel Standard to 10.21 percent for 2009 Sebastian Blanco

In 2009, the U.S. will use at least 11.1 billion gallons of renewable fuel. This was the pronouncement of the EPA today regarding an increase in the Renewable Fuel Standard Increased from 7.76 percent ...

Volkswagen not yet planning to support higher biodiesel concentrations Sam Abuelsamid

Back in 2007, when Volkswagen was kicking off its Dieselution tour, we asked VW of America CEO Stefan Jacoby about official support for biodiesel concentrations higher than five percent. At the time ...

ASTM approves new biodiesel blends, bring on the B20! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Fans of biodiesel have reason for a small celebration as this week as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) voted to approve a standard for B20 biodiesel. ASTM controls the standards for commercially available fuels (among many other things) to ensure that what is sold at the pump ...

Blue Sun Biodiesel get $3m loan for B20 and B100 expansion facilities 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Blue Sun Biodiesel, the company that supplies B20 to the top biodiesel municipal fleet in the nation, has got at least one wealthy friend. An anonymous "private individual" has given the company a $3 million unsecured term loan for building up to ten new biodiesel blending and terminal locations ...

B20 Biodiesel pumps not delivering what they promise? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Drivers of diesel-powered vehicles, especially those that are still under warranty, might want to steer clear of pumps marked B20 for the time being. As we've reported before, the reason why no manufacturer will currently honor a warranty when using anything greater than B5 is that there is still ...

Two Corporate Express truck fleets in Colorado and Kansas now drinking B20 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It was just last week that Corporate Express announced it would test Isuzu's hybrid trucks in its delivery fleet. Now the Dutch-based company has said that the majority of its trucks in Kansas and Colorado are being filled up with B20. The biofuel is Fusion B20 made by Colorado's Blue Sun Biodiesel, ...

Safeway to consume some soy getting your tofu to market 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Nation grocery store chain Safeway has announced that they have converted their entire distribution truck fleet to running on biodiesel. The company has over 1,000 trucks in their fleet, all of which are now fueled with biodiesel. Safeway estimates that the move will cut the cumulative carbon ...

Allied Waste may pick up your trash with trucks running biodiesel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There are all sorts of environmental problems when it comes to trash. How do we deal with all of the garbage that is thrown out? A great deal of it ends up piled up in landfills while a small portion ends up being recycled. Consider, too, the ramifications of needing to pick all that trash up. The ...

Ohio encouraging biodiesel through tax credits, grants 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Not a very exciting headline, I know, but realize what this means. With the state government offering tax incentives on soybean-based B20 biodiesel as well as E85 ethanol, each retailer can lower their price per gallon by at least ten cents, making the two renewable resource fuels that much more ...

San Francisco plans on running city bus fleet on B20 using WVO 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

So, they've made ads that are dumb, and possibly even offensive, depending on who you ask, and they just opened their first B20 station recently. But San Francisco is really putting some effort into greening their city. The newest evidence of this fact is that the San Francisco Public Utilities ...

Cummins approves the use of B20 in some engine ranges 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

With the growing acceptance of biodiesel, the fuel has become more available and standards are being created to make sure that all biodiesels are created equal. With some of those hurdles being overcome, manufactures are able to do a better job of testing and ensuring that their engines will operate ...

Rome to run public buses on B20 biodiesel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Rome has announced that it will start a trial to run 200 of its public buses on a B20 biodiesel blend. The move is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality. The plan will look carefully at the carbon emissions of the supply chain as well. If successful, Rome's entire ...

Case IH endorses use of B20 biodiesel in all its engines 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hot on the heals of Kubota announcing their support for B5 biodiesel blends in their engines, Case IH has one upped them by embracing B20 biodiesel blends across its entire line. In addition to now supporting B20, every piece of equipment leaving the Case IH factory will have a biodiesel blend in ...

Oregon construction firm uses biodiesel to eliminate diesel odor at hospital site 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While I do not question that biodiesel is a cleaner fuel than standard diesel, I don't think I'd dive right in to the smell of it burning in an engine the way that Portland, Oregon construction safety coordinator Dane Brewer (of Anderson Construction) does in this article. Libby Tucker, wrting in ...

New biodiesel specifications will keep particulate filters clean 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

By now, we know all about the new ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel widely available throughout the States, but where does biodiesel fuel stand in relation to new emissions policies and technologies? At the beginning of October, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) released a new ...

Austin, Texas has more B20 than your town 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) would like everyone to know that there is more to Austin, Texas than live music: it's also the town with the most retail stores selling biodiesel (B20) in the United States. Coincidentally, there are twenty B20 pumps in Austin, most of them recently-biodieseled ...

New Holland is first OEM to go whole hog into B20 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

New Holland, manufacturer of large-scale agricultural and construction equipment, is the first American original equipment manufacturer to "announce full support of the use of 20 percent biodiesel (B20) in all the diesel engines that it produces", according to a release on Renewable Energy Access. ...

Maine biodiesel and biofuel heating fuel newspaper report 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

It’s probably the afterglow of Earth Day and the media timing their stories to be timely, but there seems to be an amazing number of local newspapers with stories online that talk about various biodiesel or ethanol or recycling efforts. We’ve already looked at Wisconsin and Napa ...

DaimlerChrysler hypes its green credentials, with some validity 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In time for Earth Day, DaimlerChrysler released a press release hyping all the green automobile advances they’ve done in the last few years and mentioning what’s around the corner for the company. The top three items: 1.5 million Flexible Fuel Vehicles sold, the Jeep Liberty CRD can use ...


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