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100,000-mile B20 bus road tests: biodiesel increases operating costs slightly, reduces emissions

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has completed testing of diesel and biodiesel on nine buses in a Boulder, Colorado project. The buses each racked up over 100,000 miles along the 16-mile "Skip" route in the city. Five buses ran on B20, the other four on standard petroleum diesel. NREL used standard 2000 model year Orion V buses with Cummins ISM engines that got about 4.41 mpg on the route using either diesel or biodiesel (laboratory testing had suggested a two percent drop in fuel economy using biodiesel). The buses were tested between ... Read more →

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100,000-mile B20 bus road tests: biodiesel increases operating costs slightly, reduces emissions

100,000-mile B20 bus road tests: biodiesel increases operating costs slightly, reduces emissions 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

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