Dual fuel vehicle

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008704",
  "term": "Dual fuel vehicle",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Dual Fuel Vehicle",
  "definition": "1. A motor vehicle that is capable of operating on an alternative fuel and on gasoline or diesel fuel. These vehicles have at least two separate fuel systems which inject each fuel simultaneously into the engine combustion chamber.\n\n2. A motor vehicle that is capable of operating on an alternative fuel and on gasoline or diesel fuel. This term is meant to represent all such vehicles whether they operate on the alternative fuel and gasoline/diesel simultaneously (e.g., flexible-fuel vehicles) or can be switched to operate on gasoline/diesel or an alternative fuel (e.g., bi-fuel vehicles).\n\n3. Any motor vehicle (or motor vehicle engine) engineered and designed to be operated on two different fuels, but not on a mixture of the fuels.\n\n4. Any motor vehicle engineered and designed to be operated on two different fuels, but not on a mixture of the fuels.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary",
    "U. S. Energy Information Administration Glossary",
    "40 CFR 88.102-94 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 86.1803-01 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/dual-fuel-vehicle/"
}