Find, edit and update E85 retail locations–all from your iPhone.
The Renewable Fuels Association recently released a new iPhone App, E85 Fuelfinder–view in iTunes Preview–to help drivers locate E85 access nation-wide.
Users can add favorite stations, get driving directions, and view or update fuel prices. The application costs $1.99 and is available from the Apple App Store.
Read more from DomesticFuel.com.
Categories: Flex Fuel · Flex Fuel E85 · Green Business · News Links · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, e85 iphone app, find e85
“The definition of the World Green Car of the Year was expanded a bit today when the World Car of The Year organization named Volkswagen‘s BlueMotion product brand – including the Polo, Passat, and Golf models – as the 2010 World Green Car during the 2010 New York Auto Show. The 59-member jury’s statement declaring BlueMotion the winner took a swipe at hybrid technology when is said:
It is not necessary to add an electric motor and a heavy battery pack to achieve class-leading efficiency. Based on Volkswagen’s common-rail diesel engines, the BlueMotion models are among the most fuel-efficient vehicles on the market. In fact, the Passat BlueMotion can travel just about 1,000 miles on one tank of fuel in the European cycle. As far as internal combustion engines go today, these models are the ultimate you can get.
Even with these critical words, the organization did pick the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight as the Green Car of the Year runners-up. In other World COTY news, the VW Polo won the overall World Car of the Year title.”
Read more from Autoblog Green.
Find out where to fill up your diesel with cleaner burning biodiesel in California and Washington.
Categories: At the Pump · Biodiesel · Driver Testimonials · Emissions · Green Business · News Links · Retail locations · Vehicles
Tagged: Biodiesel, propel, biofuel, diesel, VW, biodiesel driver, Propel customer, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, Volkswagen TDI
The Clean Air Choice Team, lead by the American Lung Association in North Dakota, encourages drivers to choose American-made fuel this Independence Day weekend.
E85 Flex Fuel is a new option at the pump for most drivers. The goal of the Clean Air Choice Team is to educate consumers about E85 fuel and its compatibility with flexible fuel vehicles.
Robert Moffitt, a spokesperson for the American Lung Association in North Dakota, said, “we calculate that if a single flex fuel vehicle is fueled with E85 instead of gasoline for a year, it prevents 4 tons of emissions from entering our air.”
The Clean Air Choice team has launch a North Dakota campaign encouraging drivers to fill tanks with E85 over the 4th of July weekend. Every trip to the pump is an opportunity to choose cleaner burning, domestically produced fuel.
Celebrate your freedom to choose what type of fuel to put in your car, truck or van. Find out if your vehicle can use Flex Fuel E85.
Categories: At the Pump · Emissions · Ethanol Research · Flex Fuel · Flex Fuel E85 · Green Business · News Links · Retail locations · Vehicles
Tagged: propel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel
Propel customer, Essential Baking Company, is highlighted in the latest edition of the National Biodiesel Board’s monthly bulletin.
“The Web site for The Essential Baking Company in Seattle says it all: “We’re fussy. Fussy about taste, the texture of our bread, the flakiness of our pastry, the richness of our desserts, and preserving the time-honored techniques of baking. And don’t even get us started about the importance of the pureness of what we put into our bodies or our impact on the environment.”
That commitment to the environment is fulfilled in part by using 99 percent biodiesel . . .” Read more from the National Biodiesel board.
Categories: At the Pump · Biodiesel · Biodiesel Production · Biodiesel Quality · Biodiesel Research · Driver Testimonials · Emissions · Green Business · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations · Vehicles · blog
Tagged: Biodiesel, propel, biofuel, diesel, biodiesel driver, Propel customer, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel
In January, American drivers displaced 784,000 barrels of foreign oil every day by using American-made ethanol fuel, the most renewable fuel ever used in America’s history. A big thanks to all Propel customers who contributed by choosing to fill their vehicles with renewable, homegrown Flex Fuel E85.
Together, we can change what we put in our tanks, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and support domestically-produced, cleaner burning fuel.
Read more from Domestic Fuel.
Categories: At the Pump · Driver Testimonials · Emissions · Flex Fuel · Flex Fuel E85 · Green Business · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, ford ffv, Propel customer, flex fuel tahoe, E85 driver, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel
Last Wednesday’s event brought drivers across Sacramento to Propel stations to fill with E85 Flex Fuel for $0.85/gallon. New and returning customers were happy to brave the morning’s stormy weather to fill their tanks with low-carbon, domestically produced E85.
Drivers across the region joined together to reduce approximately 30,000 lbs of CO2 and save over $10,000 at the pump–in just one day!
Propel team members enjoyed meeting new customers at the pumps on Wednesday, as well as catching up with many loyal Propel users. We appreciate all your comments and suggestions on ways to improve customer experience at the pumps.
See more pictures from the event on our Facebook page.
Categories: At the Pump · Driver Testimonials · Emissions · Flex Fuel · Flex Fuel E85 · Green Business · Green House Gases (GHG) · Pricing · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations · Vehicles
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, ford ffv, Event, Propel customer, flex fuel tahoe, E85 driver, alternative fuel, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel
On Wednesday, February 24th, Propel will offer E85 Ethanol for $.85/gallon at all Sacramento locations. The goal of the program, in partnership with CALSTART, is to help inform the 25,000 Flex Fuel drivers in Sacramento of the economic savings and environmental benefits of fueling with domestically produced, low carbon fuel. Join us at the pump on Wednesday from 9 am to 6 pm!
Promotion Details
Where: All Propel Sacramento area locations – see map
When: Wednesday, February 24, 9 am – 6 pm
More Info: Email info@propelfuels.com or call 1.800.871.0773
Not sure if you have a Flex Fuel Vehicle?
E85 capable Flex Fuel vehicles can be identified by the manufacturer’s vehicle badge, yellow gas cap, or by checking the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) online. Find out if your vehicle is E85 compatible by checking online at www.propelfuels.com/driveE85.
Categories: At the Pump · Flex Fuel · Flex Fuel E85 · Pricing · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel
Enterprise, the largest vehicle rental company in North America, announced plans to fuel their entire airport shuttle fleet of more than 600 buses on biodiesel. Most shuttle buses will begin by using a B5 biodiesel blend, while in nine regions, buses will use a B20 blend with the intention of converting the entire bus fleet to B20 in the next five years.
By switching to biodiesel, the Enterprise fleet will reduce carbon emissions by the equivalent of retiring 40 shuttle buses and will reduce petroleum use by 420,000 gallons–in the first year alone.
In California, Propel Fuels and Enterprise have formed a partnership aimed to educate Enterprise customers on the availability and benefits of alternative fuels, and to fuel Enterprise’s rental cars with renewable E85.
Categories: Biodiesel · Biodiesel Quality · Emissions · Energy Balance · Green Business · Green House Gases (GHG) · News Links · Propel Biofuels · Vehicles
Tagged: Biodiesel, propel, biofuel, diesel, Flex Fuel, biodiesel driver, Propel customer, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel
Propel community members share their stories.
Elk Grove, CA – Elk Grove Clean Fuel Point - December 2009
We met Jennifer fueling her C230 Mercedes-Benz with Flex Fuel at the Elk Grove Clean Fuel Point. She has been filling with Propel ever since the service department at her vehicle dealership told her that her C230 was flex fuel capable.
Mercedes does not badge flex fuel models, making it difficult to figure out which vehicle are flex fuel capable.
Flex Fuel Capable Mercedes Models:
C230 Sedan 2.5L, model year 2007
C240 Luxury Sedan & Wagon 2.6L, model year 2005
C300 Luxury & Sport 3.0L, model years 2008 – 2009
C320 Sedan, Sport Sedan & Wagon 3.2L, model years 2003 – 2005
Categories: Driver Testimonials · Flex Fuel · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations · Vehicles
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Mercedes, Flex Fuel, E85, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel
The 2010 U.S. Ethanol Industry Salary study estimates nearly a half-million direct and indirect jobs generated by the ethanol industry nationally.
Jobs tied to the ethanol industry are heavily concentrated in rural America, and makeup a significant portion of the economic impact of the industry. As Mike Bryan states in his editorial for the January issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine, “the importance of the domestic ethanol industry to the vibrancy of the U.S. economy, especially the rural economy, cannot be overstated.”
On a local level, Propel Fuels has teamed up with the Sacramento Regional Conservation Corps to provide life and skills training for at-risk youth in the area. Involvement in the program provides corps members training in critical skills such as job responsibility, timeliness and teamwork, while exposing them to the promising industry of renewable energy.
As the domestic economy struggles back to its feet, the burgeoning alternative energy industry provides a bit of hope for new jobs and economic growth.
Categories: Biodiesel Production · Flex Fuel · Green Business · News Links · Propel Biofuels · Uncategorized
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, green jobs, ethanol production
Replacing Cobalt in 2011, Chevy Cruze will be available with two engine options, an E85-capable 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder that produces 140 hp, or a 138 hp 1.8-liter four-cylinder. The Cruze high-efficiency version will hit 40-mpgs highway, aided by variable valve timing, electric, speed-sensitive steering. The typical automatic transmission Cruze, should hit 37 mpg. The Cruze is an important model to GM, as it competes directly with Civic and Corolla models.
Categories: Emissions · Flex Fuel · Green Business · Vehicles
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, GM, Chevy, Cruze, Cobalt
South Dakota based POET is pioneering commercial-scale next generation ethanol 
production with their Project Liberty plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa. The 25 million-gallon-per-year plant reached a significant benchmark yesterday receiving a 20 million dollar commitment from Lt Governor Patty Judge. Former four-star General Wesley Clark spoke to attendees about the important role they would play in providing more homegrown fuel for the nation.
“We are involved in something that is historic,” Clark said. “We are going to significantly reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources, and we will strengthen America’s national security.”
POET currently operates a pilot-scale cellulosic plant in Scotland, S.D. currently producing 20,000 gallons per year of cellulosic ethanol. The newly funded Iowa plant will commercialize the process creating hundreds of new green jobs.
Categories: Energy Balance · Feedstocks · Flex Fuel · Green Business · News Links · Next Generation Feedstock
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, E85 driver, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, waste feedstock, next generation, next generation fuel, cellulosic fuel, cellulosic ethanol, POET
A study released by the University of Nebraska found that E85 delivers more efficiency over higher petroleum fuel blends, offsetting much of the loss in Miles Per Gallon (MPG) typically attributed to E85. The study illustrates that when calculating fuel MPG performance, both the energy density of the fuel (BTUs), and the energy efficiency must be accounted for.
The report tested light, medium and heavy vehicles showing E85 improved energy conversion by 13, 9 and 14 percent respectively when compared to higher petroleum blends. This increased efficiency translates into an MPG decrease of only 14 to 19 percent depending on vehicle size using E85, showing that energy density and efficiency of fuel both factor into overall MPG performance.
This difference in MPG is compensated by the lower price of E85 blends at the pump that are on average 20-30% less than regular unleaded. In fact, Propel E85 is nearly 60 cents cheaper than regular gasoline, making E85 the ecomomic choice.
Categories: At the Pump · Driver Testimonials · Energy Balance · Flex Fuel · Pricing · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations · Vehicles
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, cheap gas, cheap gas in CA, cheapest gas in CA
While many auto manufacturers are looking to hybrids and electrics, Volkswagen stays focused on fuel efficient clean diesel passenger vehicles. Currently making up less than 3% market share in the US, J.D. Power forecasts the diesel passenger segment to grow to 8% by 2015. Not even close to the 50% market share seen in Europe, but Volkswagen hopes to own that 8%. Why Diesel? The Volkswagen TDI format improves fuel economy by 30% and puts out 25% less greenhouse gas emissions than what a gasoline engine would.
Read interview Mark Barnes, COO of Volkswagen America.
Categories: Biodiesel · Emissions · Green Business · News Links · Propel Biofuels · Vehicles
Tagged: alternative fuel, Biodiesel, biodiesel driver, biofuel, diesel, domestic fuel, Green Business, Jetta TDI, low-carbon fuel, propel, Volkswagen TDI, VW
Propel has teamed up with Sacramento Regional Conservation Corps to provide life and skills training for at-risk young men and women at Propel’s retail fueling locations.
“Our partnership with SRCC allows us to not only help young people develop important skills that will assist them the rest of their lives, but creates a skilled workforce for the growing renewable fuels industry.” said Rob Elam, Propel’s President and Co‐Founder. “We look forward to expanding this important program on a larger scale as our network of alternative fueling stations grows.”
Involvement in the program provides corps members training in critical skills such as job responsibility, timeliness and teamwork, while exposing them to the promising industry of renewable energy.
“The opportunities that Propel has provided for the young people in our program are invaluable and offer them a positive environment in which they can channel their energy,” said Andi Liebenbaum, Deputy Director of the Sacramento Regional Conservation Corps. “The exposure our corpsmembers are receiving to the renewable fuels industry can only help them in a future job market.”
Read more about the SRCC and Propel partnership.
Categories: At the Pump · Biodiesel · Flex Fuel · Green Business · News Links · Propel Biofuels · Retail locations
Tagged: Biodiesel, propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, srcc, conservation corps, green jobs
USPS Fills at Propel's Citrus Heights, CA location
The U.S. Postal Services was awarded the Environmental Achievement of the Year by Postal Technology International magazine. In addition to recycling and energy-efficiency efforts, the Postal Service recently announced plans to replace 6,500 vehicles with 1,000 E85 ethanol-capable and 900 gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles.
In the Sacramento region, the USPS is a loyal customer of Propel clean, American Flex Fuel and biodiesel.
Categories: At the Pump · Biodiesel · Flex Fuel · Green Business · News Links · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations · Vehicles
Tagged: Biodiesel, propel, biofuel, fleet, Flex Fuel, E85, biodiesel driver, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, USPS
Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood touts the title of the greenest in the city with the most LEED buildings and is currently under evaluation for the LEED Neighborhood Development certification.
In the midst of this growth and construction, Propel’s flagship biodiesel station remains open at the busy intersection of Westlake Ave and Broad St.
Categories: Biodiesel · Green Business · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations
Tagged: Biodiesel, propel, biofuel, diesel, biodiesel driver, Propel customer, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, South Lake Union
Propel community members share their stories.
Rocklin, CA – Rocklin Clean Fuel Point – Thursday, September 3rd.
Martha has been filling her Ford Explorer with Flex Fuel for the last three months and loves it–especially the price, nearly 70 cents cheaper than regular gasoline.
Her husband noticed that they could use Flex Fuel E85 from a label posted on the inside of the gas tank door.
She lives in Penn Valley, CA, but works conveniently close to Propel’s Rocklin location–though she’d like to see a station in Grass Valley area sometime soon. She and her husband are big proponents of E85 and spread the word to friends and family.
Can your vehicle run Flex Fuel E85? Find out.
Categories: At the Pump · Driver Testimonials · Flex Fuel · Pricing · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations · Vehicles
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, ford ffv, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel
Propel has teamed up with students from Sacramento State for a summer internship program. Students are conducting short customer surveys at all Propel Sacramento locations– Monday, August 17th through Sunday, August 23rd.
Stop by any Propel Sacramento location, take our survey and register to win $300 of FREE fuel. And chat with our friendly interns, they’re doing a great job!
For a map of Propel California locations, visit our station locator.
Categories: At the Pump · Biodiesel · Driver Testimonials · Emissions · Flex Fuel · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations
Tagged: Biodiesel, propel, biofuel, ethanol, diesel, Flex Fuel, E85, Event, biodiesel driver, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, Free Fuel, customer survey, internship
Propel community members share their stories.
Sacramento, CA – Folsom Blvd Clean Fuel Point – Monday, August 10
Met Fred filling up his Flex Fuel Chevy Tahoe at Propel’s Folsom Blvd location in Sacramento–it’s conveniently close to home for Fred and he likes to save money at the pump.
Right now, Propel’s Flex Fuel E85 is nearly 70 cents cheaper than regular gasoline!
Fred looks forward to Propel stations in the Bay Area and in Fresno.
You can sign up for new station announcements or request a station in your area on Propel’s website.
Categories: At the Pump · Driver Testimonials · Flex Fuel · Pricing · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations · Vehicles
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, tahoe, Propel customer, flex fuel tahoe, E85 driver, alternative fuel, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel
King 5 regularly fills up their fleet vehicles at Propel’s Downtown Seattle biodiesel station. The satellite truck fills at the high flow dispenser–it pumps 30 gallons per minute!
Categories: At the Pump · Biodiesel · Driver Testimonials · Green Business · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations
Tagged: Biodiesel, propel, diesel, fleet, biodiesel driver, Propel customer, alternative fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel
CNBC’s The Tech Effect features Propel and reports on the growing access to clean fuels in the Sacramento, California region.
Propel Fuels offers customers choice at the pump beyond traditional petroleum options. Matt Horton, Propel CEO says, “today we’re selling E85 ethanol and biodiesel, tomorrow we’ll be selling hydrogen and electric vehicle charging–whatever makes sense at the time.”
Propel customers like Paul Wikoff, choose to use Flex Fuel E85 not only because it is less expensive than regular gasoline, but also for the environmental and health benefits.
Categories: At the Pump · Biodiesel · Driver Testimonials · Emissions · Flex Fuel · Green Business · Media · News Links · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations · blog
Tagged: Biodiesel, propel, biofuel, ethanol, Flex Fuel, E85, biodiesel driver, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, CNBC The Tech Effect, fuel prices
Propel’s downtown Seattle station is selected as the Daily Journal of Commerce’s Project of the Month for July.
photo by Lara Swimmer
“An American icon goes green, smells good too.
Propel Biodiesel’s Seattle station is an urban oasis. Filling up there can be a meditative experience.
If you’re green at heart but still attached to your internal combustion engine, don’t give up hope. If it’s diesel you need, pull your Bug or your tractor-trailer into the South Lake Union station at Broad and Westlake and fill up. It’s roughly the same price per gallon as regular diesel . . .”
Categories: At the Pump · Biodiesel · Biodiesel Production · Biodiesel Quality · Feedstocks · Green Business · Next Generation Feedstock · Propel Biofuels · Retail locations · blog
Tagged: alternative fuel, Biodiesel, biofuel, diesel, domestic fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, propel, Propel customer
Not Corn…Cobs. This harvest refuse, typically plowed back into the field, is now a source of fuel for American drivers, and new profit for American farmers.
Making this possible are the leading edge cellulosic ethanol plants like the Iowa based plant currently being built by Poet Energy. The $200 million plant will make cellulosic ethanol, which comes from plant material such as cobs, wood chips and switchgrass. About two dozen cellulosic ethanol projects are being developed or built around the country, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.
Poet spokesman Nathan Schock said the company hasn’t yet figured out how much it will pay farmers, but it could be $30 to $60 per ton for corn stover, which includes cobs and some stalk. An average acre in Iowa yields about 1.5 tons of corn stover.
Read more
Categories: Biodiesel Quality · Feedstocks · Flex Fuel · Green Business · Next Generation Feedstock · Propel Biofuels
Tagged: Biodiesel, propel, biofuel, alternative fuel, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, waste feedstock, second generation, next generation
The United States Postal Service is a regular customer at Propel’s California locations, filling their service vehicles with Flex Fuel E85. Nearly twenty percent of the Postal Service fleet is alternative fuel-capable, the majority of which are Flex Fuel Vehicles.
The USPS recently announced that it will be swapping 1,000 older vehicles for Flex Fuel-capable models as part of a larger replacement program. According to Ethanol Producer Magazine, the purchase of these vehicles “will bring the total number of alternative fuel-capable vehicles in the Postal Service fleet to more than 43,000.”
Lara, a mail carrier for the USPS, fills her service vehicle with Flex Fuel at Propel’s Elk Grove, CA location.
She likes the lower price of E85 and that it burns cleaner than regular gasoline.
For a list of all Flex Fuel-capable vehicles, visit Propel’s website.
Categories: At the Pump · Emissions · Green Business · Propel Customers · Retail locations · Vehicles
Tagged: alternative fuel, domestic fuel, E85, E85 driver, ethanol, fleet, Flex Fuel, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, propel, Propel customer
Algenol Biofuels announced plans for a pilot algae-biorefinery to produce ethanol from captured CO2. The demonstration plant will have the capacity to produce 100,000 gallons a year, with desired cost of the ethanol at $1.00 per gallon.
Algenol Biofuels
Paul Woods, CEO of Algenol, said in a recent press release, “this project sets the stage for commercial scale production by proving two critical principles: first, that ethanol can be made economically without consuming fresh water or displacing valuable farmland better suited to food and feed production; second, that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide can be reduced by capturing CO2 from a variety of industrial sources and using it to produce fuel that can displace conventional, high carbon gasoline.”
The project will move forward in partnership with Dow Chemical Company, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Membrane Technology & Research.
Propel’s fueling platform currently delivers advanced low-carbon fuels including biodiesel from waste stream feedstocks like recycled fats and oils, and locally grown, marginal land crops like camelina. The fueling platform is designed with the flexibility to accommodate low-carbon fuels today, as well as future fuels such as algae- and cellulosic-based fuels, hydrogen and electric chargers. As petroleum extraction becomes more harmful and invasive, today’s alternative fuels are already more sustainable, with next generation fuels on the horizon providing even greater benefits.
Categories: Big Oil · Biodiesel · Climate Change · Emissions · Feedstocks · Flex Fuel · Green Business · News Links · Next Generation Feedstock · Propel Biofuels
Tagged: algae, alternative fuel, biofuel, carbon, domestic fuel, E85, ethanol, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, propel
With revived concern over the cost of gasoline and the desire for increased fuel economy, clean diesels are proving to be a tempting choice for the American consumer.
Volkswagen can testify to the selling power of clean diesel vehicles–June brought in the highest sales of TDIs since the release of the current lineup. According to a recent press release, “the Jetta SportWagen once again posted its best sales month ever with sales of 1,982 units. Clean diesel TDI’s accounted for 81 percent of SportWagen sales, 40 percent of Jetta sedan sales, and 29 percent of Touareg sales.” Adding to their fleet of available clean diesels, Volkswagen plans the release of the 2010 Golf TDI this fall.
Positive sales from Volkswagen may lure more manufacturers to bring diesel technology to the American market. In fact, manufacturers such as Audi, BMW, and Mercedes already offer diesel models.
Volkwagen TDI drivers are often strong supporters of alternatitive fuels. Seen here at the Propel SLU Station is the 2007 and 2004 Jetta TDI, and 2005 Jetta TDI Wagon.
Today’s clean diesel vehicles are not the smog-belching, clickity-clacking diesel vehicles you may be picturing. New diesels have quieter engines, enhanced performance and reduced emissions. A recent segment on National Public Radio, Diesel Cars Attempt a Comeback with Clean Diesels, reports on the reemergence of diesel vehicles into the American market as a quieter, cleaner next generation.
Categories: Biodiesel · Emissions · Green House Gases (GHG) · Particulates · Propel Biofuels · Vehicles · blog
Tagged: alternative fuel, Biodiesel, biodiesel driver, biofuel, diesel, domestic fuel, Jetta TDI, low-carbon fuel, propel, Volkswagen TDI, VW
Propel community members share their stories.
Sacramento, CA – Folsom Blvd Clean Fuel Point – June 2009
We met Cacee filling up his rig at Propel’s Folsom Blvd location. The Flex Fuel Chevy Silverado is part of Sacramento State‘s Parking Enforcement fleet.
Cacee has fueled the Sac State vehicle with Flex Fuel E85 since Propel started pumping in the Sacramento region at the beginning of this year.
Sac Sate has a number of Flex Fuel Vehicles and whenever possible they use Propel’s Folsom Blvd pump as it is conveniently close to campus.
Can your vehicle use clean, American-made fuel that is easier on your wallet?
Categories: At the Pump · Driver Testimonials · Flex Fuel · Green Business · Propel Biofuels · Propel Customers · Retail locations · Vehicles · blog
Tagged: propel, biofuel, ethanol, Chevron, fleet, Flex Fuel, E85, Propel customer, E85 driver, alternative fuel, low-carbon fuel, domestic fuel, sacramento state
If you look in the Propel parking lot you’ll see a common thread, clean diesel vehicles. As a fuel company working to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, we recognize the importance of providing access to both American-made fuels, as well as efficient clean diesel and Flex Fuel vehicles. Audi recently premiered its “Diesel. No longer a dirty word.” campaign with a provocative message that stuck home. The advertisement reminds us that America uses 1.5 million barrels of foreign oil each day. And with more efficient vehicles, we can send it all back. Watch the video — click here. Learn more about the Clean Diesel Movement.
America uses 1.5 million barrels of foreign oil each day.
With efficient cars and American-made fuels, we can send it all back.
Categories: Big Oil · Biodiesel · Emissions · Green Business · Propel Biofuels · Vehicles · blog
Tagged: alternative fuel, audi, audi tdi, Biodiesel, biofuel, diesel, domestic fuel, foreign oil, Green Business, low-carbon fuel, propel
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recommends that all cars built in the United States should have the ability to run E85 Flex Fuel. Chu maintains that Flex Fuel compatibility is smart investment that will cost the industry little due to the small incremental costs needed for each new car produced.
“I’ve been told it costs about $100 in gaskets and fuel lines to turn a car so that it can go all the way to E85,” Chu said, addressing government officials at the Des Moines Botanical Center. “But a new car, it would only cost $100 out of $15,000. Wouldn’t it be nice to put in those fuel lines and gaskets so that we can use any ratio we wanted?”
The idea has faced some opposition from manufacturers. “We oppose technology mandates of any kind,” said Charles Territo, with the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. “Manufacturers should be allowed to choose the types of technology they invest in. There’s only so much (research and development) money to go around.”
Categories: Flex Fuel · News Links · Politics
Tagged: alternative fuel, domestic fuel, E85, ethanol, Flex Fuel, propel
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