Press Release from Green Star Products
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. (BUSINESS WIRE) Nov. 13, 2006 — Green Star Products, Inc. (US OTC: GSPI) today announced that it has signed an agreement with De Beers Fuel Limited of South Africa to build 90 biodiesel reactors.
Each of the biodiesel reactors will be capable of producing 10 million gallons of biodiesel each year for a total production capacity of 900,000,000 gallons per year when operating at full capacity, which is 4 times greater than the entire U.S. output in 2006.
The 2-ton reactors will be built by GSPI at their Glenns Ferry Facility in Idaho and delivered over the next 18 months. The first reactor was shipped November 8, 2006 by airfreight to South Africa.
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On Day #12 of the E-Class Experience, the E320 Guy leaves Europe and heads into Asia. On the drive from Perm to Yekatarinburg, we cross the Ural Mountains and leave the snow behind. The drivers have been impressed with the E320 safety features and also with their time in Russia. From here, it’s on to Kazakhstan, then into China.
It’s Day #11 and the trek through Russia continues as leave Kazan on our way to Perm. This is the second to last day of driving for the second leg of the Paris-Beijing 2006 E Class Experience and we learn about changing tires and putting on chains, just in time. On our way to Perm we hit the first meaningful snow of the trip. It makes for one of the longest days of the tour. The E320 Guy reports.
From Forbes about the dealership tie-up:
TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - AB Volvo and Nissan Diesel Motor Co Ltd plan to start using their sales channels to sell each other’s trucks, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, quoting Leif Johansson, chief executive of the Swedish truck maker.
The two are considering selling Nissan Diesel’s trucks through Volvo dealerships in Europe and North America and offering Volvo’s large trucks at Nissan Diesel’s dealerships in Japan, it said.
They are also looking into selling Nissan Diesel’s small trucks under the Volvo brand, the business daily quoted Johansson as saying.
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Here is the Peugeot version of the Citroen Dispatch. I think I’ve figured out why I don’t like the looks of it. Read about it first and then see if you agree.
From Channel4.com
It’s based on a van, but Peugeot’s new nine-seat people-carrier disguises that well and could become a hit with outsized families when it goes on sale in February.
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