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Portland, OR may sue Ford after violating truck biofuel warranty

When a manufacturer expressly tells you that using certain types of fuel in a vehicle will cause damage and using said fuel will void the warranty, it's probably a good idea not to use the fuel in question. The city of Portland, Oregon certainly deserves credit for its aggressive use of biodiesel in its municipal truck fleet. However, if Portland or any other city is going to pursue such a program, they really should make sure the diesel engines in its vehicles are compatible with the fuel. Six of the 50 2008 Ford Super-Duty trucks purchased ... Read more →

Two Million Mile Haul testing fuel efficiency of biodiesel vs. diesel Sebastian Blanco

Photo by C.P.Storm. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Let's see, two million minus 400,000 is ... carry the two ... 1.6 million. Alternately, eighty percent of the total. That's what we're ...

DTE Energy will use biodiesel in 800 Vehicles Sebastian Blanco

The DTE Energy company, which provides natural gas and electric services to Michigan customers, is going to start using biodiesel in its fleet of 800 diesel trucks and service vehicles (things like ...

Desperate for biodiesel? Would you steal two trucks full of it? Sebastian Blanco

Did they steal the biodiesel or the trucks? Two trucks, a 2,400-gallon tanker and a Dodge Ram flatbed, were stolen from a biodiesel station near Fort Worth, Texas last Wednesday. The trucks carried ...

Portland, OR may sue Ford after violating truck biofuel warranty 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

When a manufacturer expressly tells you that using certain types of fuel in a vehicle will cause damage and using said fuel will void the warranty, it's probably a good idea not to use the fuel in question. The city of Portland, Oregon certainly deserves credit for its aggressive use of biodiesel ...

Two Million Mile Haul testing fuel efficiency of biodiesel vs. diesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by C.P.Storm. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Let's see, two million minus 400,000 is ... carry the two ... 1.6 million. Alternately, eighty percent of the total. That's what we're dealing with with the current status of the Two Million Mile Haul being undertaken by groups like ...

DTE Energy will use biodiesel in 800 Vehicles 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The DTE Energy company, which provides natural gas and electric services to Michigan customers, is going to start using biodiesel in its fleet of 800 diesel trucks and service vehicles (things like bucket trucks and light-duty vehicles). DTE will present a ceremony on Tuesday to mark the shift to ...

Desperate for biodiesel? Would you steal two trucks full of it? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Did they steal the biodiesel or the trucks? Two trucks, a 2,400-gallon tanker and a Dodge Ram flatbed, were stolen from a biodiesel station near Fort Worth, Texas last Wednesday. The trucks carried "thousands of gallons" of fuel but the problem for the station owner (Bobby Camp of DFW Biodiesel) is ...


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