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Money Still Doesn?t Grow on Trees, but Soon Diesel Might http://www.dieselbombers.com/showthread.php?t=1... Ok so it already kinda does, but a professor at UNC is trying to clone the properties of the copaiba tree to help mother nature help us.
From the Greeleytribune.com
If, say five years from now, you’re filling your car’s tank with low-cost fuel made from grass, algae or another non-food plant, you might have a University of Northern Colorado professor to thank.
Chhandak Basu, an assistant professor of biological sciences, is researching whether a gene from a tropical “diesel tree”ť can be cloned into other plants for mass production of biofuel.
Diesel Sparks Ford's Record Sales in Europe http://www.dieselbombers.com/showthread.php?t=1... Just-auto.com shows efficient diesels could spell success for car manufacturers, but will manufacturers listen? Probably not.
Ford’s record European sales are being powered by its new efficient engines - made here in the UK.
The automaker sold over 1m vehicles across Europe and demand is increasing for its new 1.4- and 1.6-litre diesel engines, built in Dagenham, Essex, which power the Fiesta, Focus and Fusion.
The Focus 1.6 TDCi range, along with 1.4/1.6 diesel Fiestas and the 1.6 TDCi Fusion posted registrations up 38% year on year in the first half of 2008.
Denso to Research Producing Diesel from Algae http://www.dieselbombers.com/showthread.php?t=1... July 9 (Bloomberg) ”” Denso Corp., 23 percent owned by Toyota Motor Corp., has started to research and develop technology to make fuel from algae.
Denso began the project at the beginning of this year, Tomohiro Miura, a spokesman, said by phone today. No other details have been decided, he said.
The Asahi newspaper reported earlier that Denso will mass- produce diesel made from algae by 2013. The company, based in central Japan’s Kariya city, will extract neutral fat and light oil materials to make diesel from the algae, the paper said.
Denso gained 2.7 percent to 3,490 yen as of 9:36 a.m. on the Tokyo stock exchange.
Mini Wants To Bring A 50mpg Diesel To The US http://www.dieselbombers.com/showthread.php?t=1... From just-auto.com
As the US car shows signs moving towards small, fashionable and fuel-efficient vehicles, BMW’s Mini unit is preparing its first electric vehicles for launch there in 2009 with a small crossover utility vehicle to follow.
Mini would also like to offer a diesel engine if it can develop one that gets at least 50mpg on the highway in EPA tests and meets strict emissions standards in California and northeast states, Jim McDowell, vice president of Mini USA, told the Detroit Free Press earlier this week.
Jetta Clean Diesel Will Be Eligible for Alternative Motor Vehicle Tax Credit http://www.dieselbombers.com/showthread.php?t=1... HERNDON, Va.””Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced that buyers of the Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen are eligible for a $1,300 Federal Income Tax Credit. The Internal Revenue Service has issued a certification letter affirming that the vehicles qualify for the Advanced Lean Burn Technology Motor Vehicle income tax credit.
New Generation of Earnhardt Grabs the Wheel http://www.dieselbombers.com/showthread.php?t=1... Jeffrey Earnhardt, 19, is racing in the lower-level Camping World East regional series and is being groomed as the fourth generation of his family to make it in Nascar.
