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Greenlings: PHEV? DSG? VMT? A guide to common green vehicle acronyms

Deciphering the new vocabulary of the green car movement can sometimes be a real head scratcher. To alleviate as much confusion as possible, we would like to present our readers with a list of common acronyms and what they mean, with plenty of links for more information. If you have some TLAs (that's three-letter acronyms) that you'd like us to add to our glossary, just let us know in the comments. Find the list after the jump. . ... Read more →

Governors' Biofuels Coalition wants E15 waiver decision sooner rather than later Sebastian Blanco

The big news in ethanol circles is the current debate over whether or not to raise the amount of the biofuel in the national gasoline supply from a maximum of 10 percent to 15. The EPA recently ...

Feds punt on E15 waiver decision, want to test ethanol's effect on more cars Sebastian Blanco

There is some ethanol in almost all of the gasoline sold in the U.S. Usually, this amount is no more than 10 percent of the total and, if it's more than that, it jumps all the way to 85 percent and is ...

EPA: let's talk about that E15 raise a little longer Sebastian Blanco

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is looking into what might happen to the environemnt if the maximum level of ethanol mixed into the national liquid fuel supply is increased from 10 percent ...

"Great ethanol scam" can easily cost you $1,000, says BW Sebastian Blanco

The undeniable shift towards E15 continues, but not everyone is liking it. Business Week's Ed Wallace has collected a series of anecdotes that shows what he calls the "unpublicized trend" of ethanol ...

GM makes the case for testing E15 ethanol blend 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

GM has long been a proponent of using high-level ethanol blend, E85, in motor vehicles. But, with all of the talk of putting E15 or E20 (gasoline with 15 or 20 percent ethanol blended in) into the national supply - see these earlier posts about the EPA, the Minnesota Ag Department, the Secretary of ...

Ethanol will raise cost of food programs by $900 million 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

A quick follow-up on the E15 warranty post from earlier today. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has found that increased ethanol use in 2007 and 2008 led to a rise in food prices of about 10-15 percent (FIXING OUR MISTAKES UPDATE: this sentence should end: "of the 5.1 percent increase in ...

EPA's E15 proposal prompts warranty worries 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

A little search for recent stories on the fate of E15 (gasoline with 15 percent ethanol blended in) in the U.S. shows how the tide seems to be turning in favor of expansion of the biofuel here. The EPA is considering it, the Minnesota Ag Department says E20 is just fine for fuel pumps, the ...

EPA wants to hear your thoughts on E15 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a call today that asks for comments on what would happen if E15 became common in the national gasoline supply. In early March, Growth Energy and 54 ethanol manufacturers submitted an application for a waiver that would allow them to increase the blend ...

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack supports E15 or E20 blend 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday, 11 Midwest Ag secretaries asked Obama to raise ethanol blend to 15 or 20 percent. It should come as no big surprise that Obama's Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, also made a statement in favor of raising the ethanol blend to either E15 or E20 "over the course of the next couple ...

11 Midwest Ag secretaries ask Obama to raise ethanol blend to 15 or 20 percent 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Agriculture secretaries from eleven states sent a letter to President Obama today asking that the amount of ethanol blended into gasoline be raised to 15 or 20 percent. Currently, this amount is limited to, at most, 10 percent unless we're talking about E85 fuel. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture ...

UL changes tune, will allow E15 in UL87 pumps 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this month, it was reported that Underwriters Laboratories had not yet approved gas dispensing pumps that were labeled with the UL87 certification to carry concentrations of ethanol higher than 10 percent. Meanwhile, many states in the corn belt were considering bumping the current E10 ...

What is cellulosic ethanol and how does it fit with green cars? 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

There is a lot of controversy surrounding biofuels. Various studies have shown that crop-based biofuels contribute to global warming more than they help prevent it, that ethanol is no better than gasoline, and that South East Asian rainforests are suffering for biofuels, to name just three. The ...

Minnesota congressman wants to see E15 nationwide 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The chairman of the agriculture committee in the U.S. House of Representatives wants to mandate that the ethanol blends in gasoline be raised from the current 10 percent to 15 percent. Collin Peterson (D-MN) comes from a state that grows a lot of corn and produces a lot of ethanol. Minnesota ...

$700,000 study will test the feasibility of gas-ethanol blend pipeline 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Association of Oil Pipe Lines along with the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will study the effect of E10, E15 and E20 blends on corrosion and cracking of pipelines. The results of the $700,000 study is expected in 12 to 18 months and ...

Toyota to sell ethanol vehicles by 2008 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Thanks in part to the strong Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) market in Brazil, Toyota will begin selling FFVs in the United States by 2008, the Financial Times is reporting. While many of the 6 million FFVs on the American market can use up to E85, Toyota is worried about ethanol’s corrosive ...

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