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Heat Up - Sweden / USA - Alternative fuel efforts
USA - Fleet Owner -Jun 1, 2006: -- Truck makers and engineering entrepreneurs alike are racing to build new engines that operate on a variety of non-petroleum-based fuels rarely used in the worldwide heavy commercial vehicle market... Sweden-based Scania, for example, is making its current heavy truck engines operate on 100% rapeseed methyl ester or RME. After completing long-term tests, Scania said it can now guarantee operating reliability on 100% RME for all its trucks with engines featuring unit injectors. That means most Scania trucks built during the past eight years—some 300,000 vehicles—can use this fuel... In the United States, Deland, FL-based Turbine Truck Engines (TTE) is wrapping up design work on a 540 hp detonation cycle gas turbine engine (DCGT) for Class 8 highway trucks in the U.S. that runs on E85 – a blended fuel comprised of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. The company noted it’s in negotiations to secure a $10 million dollar equity line of credit to sponsor further development and production of this engine design...
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