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Synthetic Fuel Producers Betting on Methanol Must Have Forgotten It is Toxic
Synthetic Fuel Producers Betting on Methanol Must Have Forgotten It is Toxic

23 Sep 2023, 08:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Read any articles about the so-called e-fuels, and you will see that most of them talk about methanol, a highly toxic fuel.

 
Hydrogen Storage? Liquids Can Be the Answer to Power FCEVs
Hydrogen Storage? Liquids Can Be the Answer to Power FCEVs

30 Apr 2023, 16:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Toyota lent a Mirai for Brazilian research that will use ethanol to obtain green hydrogen. In France, a startup developed a liquid solely to carry the gas.

 
Stellantis Defends Ethanol-Powered Cars As Being Cleaner Than EVs in Europe, But Are They?
Stellantis Defends Ethanol-Powered Cars As Being Cleaner Than EVs in Europe, But Are They?

4 Apr 2023, 11:59 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It is important to stress that the concern is only related to carbon emissions, which is a massive mistake the automotive industry should not make

 
ICE Ban: Germany's Block Reveals Strategy Behind Flex-Fuel Hybrids for Emerging Countries
ICE Ban: Germany's Block Reveals Strategy Behind Flex-Fuel Hybrids for Emerging Countries

3 Mar 2023, 10:15 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Apparently, the plan was never to kill combustion engines: only to give them something neutral for them to burn instead of fossil fuels.

 
How Will a Global Business Like the Automotive Industry Deal With Different Car Solutions?
How Will a Global Business Like the Automotive Industry Deal With Different Car Solutions?

28 Feb 2023, 10:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Carlos Tavares said Brazilians didn’t need electric cars: they have ethanol. What about the engines to burn it? Who will develop them?

 
Triumph Will Test Sustainable Racing Fuels for Moto2 World Championship Bikes
Triumph Will Test Sustainable Racing Fuels for Moto2 World Championship Bikes

21 Dec 2022, 13:17 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / By 2024, the engines supplied by Triumph for the Moto2 series will be able to run on E40. The series will switch to E100 by 2027, as the Hinckley brand noted

 
Why the Combustion Engine is Doomed, Regardless of Fuel or Electric Aids
Why the Combustion Engine is Doomed, Regardless of Fuel or Electric Aids

27 Apr 2022, 19:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Those counting on them to resist in emerging countries did not realize legislation and globalization already signed their death sentences

 
Startups Manage to Make Ethanol Out of Thin Carbon Dioxide
Startups Manage to Make Ethanol Out of Thin Carbon Dioxide

7 Mar 2022, 22:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Twelve and LanzaTech joined their technologies to create a renewable fuel without the need for crops, biomass, or enzymes

 
Hydrogen Combustion Engines Are a Lousy and Desperate Attempt to Keep Them Alive
Hydrogen Combustion Engines Are a Lousy and Desperate Attempt to Keep Them Alive

20 Feb 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Hydrogen has much better use converted to electricity with fuel cells. If we were to burn it, we should stick to renewable fuels instead

 
Biofuels Have a Big, Big Problem Nobody Talks About
Biofuels Have a Big, Big Problem Nobody Talks About

2 Feb 2022, 09:23 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Trying to keep the combustion engine alive can end up becoming a bigger issue than just letting it be as it is. There's a thing wrong with biofuels

 
SSC Tuatara Can Run on Synthesized Methanol Without Any Modifications
SSC Tuatara Can Run on Synthesized Methanol Without Any Modifications

5 Oct 2021, 16:35 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / SSC, the American company that makes the Tuatara hypercar, has announced that the vehicle is capable of running even on synthesized methanol without any mods.

 
The World Is Free of Leaded Gasoline, but Don't Celebrate Because It's Complicated
The World Is Free of Leaded Gasoline, but Don't Celebrate Because It's Complicated

4 Sep 2021, 13:54 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The United Nations announced that the last country that sold leaded gasoline in the world has exhausted its supply. However, it can still be bought today.

 
Truck Runs on Whisky Waste, Cuts Down CO2 Emissions by 95%
Truck Runs on Whisky Waste, Cuts Down CO2 Emissions by 95%

29 Jul 2021, 09:38 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A special technology employed in Scotland allows whisky brand Glefiddich to run its delivery trucks on production waste and residues. It is very effective.

 
E50 Toyota GR Supra Drag Races C8 Corvette, E85 Ford Mustang With Drag Radials
E50 Toyota GR Supra Drag Races C8 Corvette, E85 Ford Mustang With Drag Radials

12 Apr 2020, 16:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Yes, the 2020 Toyota Supra is pretty good at rolling drag racing if you can find someone who can re-flash the ECU for an E50 tune

 
MIT Working on Gasoline-Alcohol Engine for Plug-In Hybrid Heavy Duty Truck
MIT Working on Gasoline-Alcohol Engine for Plug-In Hybrid Heavy Duty Truck

9 Apr 2019, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / MIT team to present at the SAE International conference this week a plug-in hybrid truck engine that can run on gasoline, ethanol, or methanol

 
Octane And Cetane Ratings - Your Guide To Diesel Fuel And Gasoline's Specs
Octane And Cetane Ratings - Your Guide To Diesel Fuel And Gasoline's Specs

2 Dec 2016, 17:43 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Winter is upon us, and many of you are probably seeing commercials of "winter fuel," and probably wondering what that it. We explain octane and cetane ratings

 
EPA to Reduce Ethanol Requirement
EPA to Reduce Ethanol Requirement

18 Nov 2013, 09:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has proposed to reduce the amount of ethanol that is required to be mixed with the gasoline supply. This is the first time the EPA has taken st...

 
Better Biofuels from E.coli
Better Biofuels from E.coli

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Once again common bacteria may prove in the future they are more useful than previously thought. If the bacteria saving planet scenario seems as if depicted from the science fiction literature, rese...

 
World First: Dual Fuel Motorcycle
World First: Dual Fuel Motorcycle

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Dragos Rusu / The bike world is changing rapidly, aiming to follow in the footsteps of the car world. If petrol reserves run out, then that means that bikes too will have to find an alternate source of fuel unles...

 
Speed Record in Ethanol-fueled Ford Mustang
Speed Record in Ethanol-fueled Ford Mustang

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / When you're a corn farmer in Oklahoma and also a race car museum owner, there is a high possibility that you enjoy car races in vehicles using what appears to be the next generation of fuels ru...