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Pushing Past B20: ARTCo Tests Year-Round B40+ Biodiesel on the Lower Mississippi | Featured Fleet

When Illinois fleets talk about “higher blends” of biodiesel, most conversations top out around B20, the threshold most engine warranties comfortably support and the level that earns a fleet entry into the B20 Club of Illinois. American River Transportation Company (ARTCo), a wholly owned subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), has spent the last two […]

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Making Electric Transportation Work for More Families | Board Insights: Samantha Bingham

For most of my career, clean transportation has been both my profession and something I have tried to practice in my own life. I spent 18 years leading the Chicago Area Clean Cities coalition, now the Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation, while also serving as the City of Chicago‘s Clean Transportation Program Director. Over those […]

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Advanced Air Mobility | Innovation Lane

The Quietest Clean Transportation Story in Illinois Is Happening at the Airport Two things are about to happen in Illinois that most clean transportation advocates are not tracking. In the south suburbs, Amazon is setting up drone delivery hubs in Markham and Matteson, with roughly 15 aircraft per site, flying packages up to five pounds […]

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Megawatt Charging Arrives: What MCS Means for Illinois Freight Corridors | Innovation Lane

When a Class 8 driver pulls off I-80 for a federally mandated 30-minute break, the truck is doing nothing productive. That short window, repeated millions of times a year across the U.S. freight network, is exactly what the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) is engineered around. After roughly eight years of development inside CharIN’s MCS Task […]

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The Connected Future of Electric Transportation | Board Insights: Tim Milburn

Introducing Tim Milburn — Founding Partner of Green Ways 2Go Since 2011, Tim has been active in clean transportation projects and consulting work, as a Partner at Green Ways 2Go. Project activities started with developing and deploying alternative fuel projects, including turnkey projects for EV charging, compressed natural gas, and propane autogas. Since 2016, most […]

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Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel—Understanding the Differences and Why Both Matter | Innovation Lane

As fleets continue exploring ways to reduce emissions while maintaining reliable operations, two renewable alternatives to petroleum diesel are receiving increased attention: biodiesel and renewable diesel. Although the fuels have similar names and can be produced from many of the same renewable feedstocks, they are distinct products with unique characteristics. Understanding these differences can help […]

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