CA gas stations could get reprieve in vapor-free new nozzle fight

April 1st was the deadline for California gas stations to install new and cleaner pump nozzles or potentially close up shop because they were not in compliance with a 2000 rule from the California Air Resources Board. The problem for CARB was the gas vapors that escaped into the air, equivalent to smog-producing emissions of 450,000 cars a day, when using the old pumps. The problem for gas station owners was the $11,000 cost per pump to upgrade

Capstone demonstrates turbine compliant with 2010 EPA and CARB diesel standards

Capstone Turbine Corporation, maker of the micro turbines that are being used as a power source in some hybrid buses , has announced that they have demonstrated that their 30 kW microturbine is compliant with the new EPA and CARB standards that will come into effect in 2010. Makers of some internal combustion diesel engines have been having some difficulty meeting the criterion without the implementation of lots of expensive add-ons, usually exhaust treatment systems.

Miles EV names ex-Goldman Sachs exec as Co-Chairman

Click image to enlarge Miles Electric Vehicles is continuing to beef up its executive lineup, this time naming a new Co-Chairman alongside founder Miles Rubin. Steven “Mac” Heller has been on the board since last November. Heller was formerly head of mergers and acquisitions as well as the investment banking group at Goldman Sachs

Half of California gas stations could be forced to close for failing to install new nozzles

California gas station operators have known since 2000 that they would have to install new nozzles on their gas pumps by tomorrow.

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