{"id":5293,"date":"2020-04-20T16:42:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T14:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=5293"},"modified":"2020-04-20T16:42:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T14:42:18","slug":"seattle-lowers-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2020\/04\/20\/seattle-lowers-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Lowers Emissions by 33% with Renewable Gasoline Blend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city of Seattle tested\u00a0the new fuel on light- and medium-duty vehicles.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The City of Seattle has completed its isobutanol blended gasoline pilot projec<\/span>t<\/a> on its fleet vehicles and is gearing up for phase two of the pilot. The city reduced carbon emissions at its Cedar Falls location by 33%\u00a0during phase one of the pilot, which consisted of using the gasoline blend on four standard combustible engine\u00a0vehicles for four months.<\/span><\/p>\n

The city used a blend of 20% Gevo renewable isobutanol with 80% gasoline to reduce carbon intensity levels. The blend costs about $1.50 per gallon above the cost of conventional gasoline.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The outcome of the trial was overwhelmingly positive. The testing vehicles saw no adverse effects on their engines, filters, driving performance, driver satisfaction, nor the existing fuel pipelines. We are now ready to move to a higher blended fuel and begin Phase II ahead of schedule,\u201d said Timothy \u00a0Cesarek, chief commercial officer of Gevo, in a release.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the second phase, set to begin within two months, the same vehicles will be tested using 50% renewable content to further reduce carbon levels, although not all the renewable content will be isobutanol, according to Gevo. Gevo\u2019s goal is to replace 100% of each gallon of gasoline with renewable content.<\/span><\/p>\n

Philip Saunders, green fleet program manager for Seattle, stressed that\u00a0fleet electrification is still the city\u2019s No. 1 goal for its fleet. If all goes well, the city will use renewable gasoline on emergency vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor most people in the fleet business, they know emergency and police vehicles are using the most fuel,\u201d Saunders said. \u201cThis would definitely affect our carbon footprint.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The City of Seattle\u2019s goal is to reduce fleet emissions by 50% by 2025. It was awarded the 2019 Green Fleet Award, ranking No. 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: https:\/\/www.greenfleetmagazine.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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