Illinois-based ClearFlame Engine Technologies, an innovation company, showcased their FuelAdaptive engine at a sustainable trucking forum hosted by US Senator Pete Ricketts, the Nebraska Trucking Association and the Clean Freight Coalition.
The forum underscored how innovative solutions in trucking can concurrently decrease carbon emissions throughout a vehicle’s lifecycle and align with the operational criteria necessary for fleets to promptly, lucratively, and sustainably adopt these new technologies.
Successfully completes the first pilot
ClearFlame has completed the first on-road pilot in collaboration with a major US fleet, with a second pilot underway and a third planned for September.
The trials validate ClearFlame’s engine modifications that use ethanol to achieve diesel-like performance, resulting in over 40 per cent fuel cost and carbon emission reductions.
BJ Johnson, ClearFlame’s CEO & co-founder says, “First pilot results validated that our upfit delivers the critical outcomes we’ve been working diligently to achieve. The truck’s uptime hit 98 per cent and it delivered 100 per cent of its loads, its fuel savings averaged 42 per cent and carbon emissions fell by 45 per cent.”
“We welcome the opportunity to demonstrate that renewable, homegrown fuels like ethanol give fleets a profitable, sustainable and immediate solution to meet government and customer demands for lowering Scope 3 emissions.”
Brief about ClearFlame
Founded in 2016 by engineering entrepreneurs Drs. BJ Johnson and Julie Blumreiter, ClearFlame Engine Technologies is dedicated to pioneering impactful innovations that benefit society, the environment, and business profitability.
The company has secured over $50M in funding, including seed funding, Series A financing, and recent Series B investments.
Notable investors in ClearFlame Engine Technologies include Mercuria, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, WINDVentures, Rio Tinto, and Clean Energy Ventures.
The company’s patented FuelAdaptive engine technologies effectively lower carbon emissions and decrease expenses, with initial product applications targeting the trucking and power generation sectors.