All Entries Tagged With: "B20"

Ford’s 2011 F-Series Super Duty trucks are A-OK for B20 biodiesel

In Michigan, Ford announced that the 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty diesel pickups will be compatible with a 20 percent biodiesel blend (B20). The new F-Series engines were torture-tested internally by Ford to more than 250,000 miles to test their durability cycles with multiple biodiesel blends, according to the company.
According to the National Biodiesel Board, [...]

September 02, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

2-20-99: getting back to basics with biodiesel

“2-20-99″ sounds like a date* but it’s really a direction — not the latitude/longitude kind, but an old way to talk about biodiesel that ought to make a comeback.
It refers to B2-B20-B99.
In the consumer world, few can articulate a reason to use biodiesel. Now, there’s an important difference between having a reason, and being able [...]

August 31, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 4

Powers Distributing switches 15 trucks to diesel-electric hybrids

In Michigan, Powers Distributing announced that it would convert 15 trucks in its fleet to DuraStar Hybrid Medium Duty Trucks – the first biofuels-hybrid trucks on the market. International DuraStar Hybrid trucks employ a hybrid technology that includes a 60-horsepower electric motor and 460-volt batteries supplementing a 244-horsepower engine that runs on B20 biodiesel. With [...]

March 03, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0