Engineers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have studied a simple vehicle-platooning scenario and determined the best ways to deploy vehicles in order to save fuel and minimize delays. Their analysis shows that relatively simple, straightforward schedules may be the optimal approach for saving fuel and minimizing delays for autonomous vehicle fleets. The findings may also apply to conventional long-distance trucking and even ride-sharing services.
Neste is producing the first “Christmas diesel” in a holiday recycling campaign inviting Finns to collect the fat from baked Christmas hams in an effort to produce enough 100% renewable fuel to drive around the world three times. The festive charity stunt aimed to demonstrate the power of recycling and circular economy.
Grocery stores and service stations across the country had set up collection points for ham fat. The collected fat went on to be processed and finally turned into a diesel by Neste. The result was the world’s first “Christmas diesel”. By producing 100% renewable diesel from waste fat, the fuel’s carbon footprint can be reduced by up to 90% when compared with regular diesel.
China Yuchai International Limited, manufacturer and distributor of engines for on- and off-road applications in China through its main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited ("GYMCL"), announced that it has delivered a total of 303 hybrid engines to Inner-Mongolia Tian'an Public Transportation Group and Lanzhou Mass Transit Company. All of these engines are compliant with National V emission standards.
The Busworld team wishes all its bus and coach friends a wonderful 2017 with lots of BUSiness.
Renewable natural gas (RNG or biomethane) will fuel vehicles in the fleet of the city of Pamplona’s County Council as part of a pilot project presented this week by Gas Natural Fenosa and Spanish business group Hera. Additionally, the pilot project will analyse potential injection into the distribution network. This initiative has the support of NILSA (a public company attached to the Government of Navarre), the public corporation Sodena, the private companies FCC and TCC, and the Pamplona County Council.