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Pickens Plan Daily: OPEC Cuts Oil Production to Raise Prices Hey, Army! Get this!

Pickens Plan Daily: OPEC Cuts Oil Production to Raise Prices Hey, Army! Get this!

Courtesy T. Boone Pickens If we ever needed a lesson in why we need to cut down on our dependence on foreign oil our “friends” over at OPEC gave it to us today. They have announced they are going to cut oil production by some 2.2 million barrels per day. They are doing that so that the price will rise from wh ... Continue reading

Thegreencarwebsite.co.uk Finds The Fuel Of The Future

Thegreencarwebsite.co.uk Finds The Fuel Of The Future

It is a question that no one seems to have a definitive answer for. Just which fuel will take the place of fossil fuels in the future? Even the car manufacturers seem to be hedging their bets. Toyota, Chevrolet and Nissan are focusing on hybrids with the potential for the introduction of full electric vehicles in the f ... Continue reading

Octillion Builds Intellectual Property for Generating Electricity Using Wasted Energy

Octillion Builds Intellectual Property for Generating Electricity Using Wasted Energy

WASHINGTON--Octillion Corp. (OTCBB: OCTL), a next-generation alternative and renewable energy technology developer, today announced that the Company has filed its initial set of patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and is building an intellectual property portfolio related to the development of f ... Continue reading

Japan Car Execs Say Technology Race Still Wide Open

Japan Car Execs Say Technology Race Still Wide Open

TOKYO December 9, 2008; Chang-Ran Kim writing for Reuters reported that as Detroit's Big Three automakers flirt with collapse, punished for years of over-dependence on gas-guzzlers, the future of the motor industry would seem to belong to energy conscious rivals such as Japan's Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co Ltd. ... Continue reading

We Have Met The Enemy And He Is Us.......

We Have Met The Enemy And He Is Us.......

When Walt Kelly (originator of Pogo) penned those words, he probably didn't mean to apply the homily to the automotive business segment. But, given the events of the last six months, eating our young as a practical illustration couldn't be any more accurate. ... Continue reading

The Alternative Energy Association Announces Three Point Plan to Stimulate America's Economy

The Alternative Energy Association Announces Three Point Plan to Stimulate America's Economy

PALM BEACH, Fla.--The Alternative Energy Association, Inc., a Florida-based non-profit organization has announced its Three Point Plan to stimulate the American economy, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and create millions of new jobs. The Three Point Plan focuses on three solutions which relate to fuel efficient v ... Continue reading

City of Glendale, CA Contracts with Clean Energy to Build, Operate New CNG Fueling Station to Support Growing Municipal Fleets, Serve Surrounding Communities

City of Glendale, CA Contracts with Clean Energy to Build, Operate New CNG Fueling Station to Support Growing Municipal Fleets, Serve Surrounding Communities

SEAL BEACH, Calif.--The City of Glendale, California has awarded a 10-year contract to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to build, operate and maintain a new large-scale public access compressed natural gas (CNG) station to support the City’s CNG vehicle fleets and serve surrounding communities. The planned Clean Energy-ow ... Continue reading

Creeps at OPEC Threaten to Cut Oil Production to Raise Prices...We Say Up Yours!

Creeps at OPEC Threaten to Cut Oil Production to Raise Prices...We Say Up Yours!

AUTO CENTRAL - October 23, 2008: At a meeting earlier today in Vienna, the OPEC pigs gathered to discuss the looming financial crisis...not our crisis mind you, the economic crisis being felt by the world's public...but the crisis that our dear friends in Iran, Venezuela, Libya and the rest of the Barbary pirates are h ... Continue reading

Press Pass Coverage of the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show: "It's As If You Were Here"

Press Pass Coverage of the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show: "It's As If You Were Here"

2008 LA Auto Show,LOS ANGELES - November 23, 2008: Once again, TheAutoChannel.com is proud to present exclusive PRESS PASS COVERAGE of the Los Angeles Auto Show, one of the world's great car and truck shows. Watching TACH's video coverage is like having Media Credentials to this major automotive event. You'll see the s ... Continue reading

Why It's Essential for Congress to Provide Financial Stimulus to the U.S. Auto Industry

Why It's Essential for Congress to Provide Financial Stimulus to the U.S. Auto Industry

The Fate of the Industrialized World Hangs In the Balance This Is Not Merely Issue of Protecting a Segment of the Work Force; it’s an Issue of Societal Progress By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher Innovation has almost always been the stimulus to advance human civilization. Sometimes the innovations ... Continue reading

GM Hydrogen4 Fuel Cell Vehicles Set For First Real-World Euro Test

GM Hydrogen4 Fuel Cell Vehicles Set For First Real-World Euro Test

The goal of achieving sustainable mobility with zero emissions came a step closer today when GM announced the European part of its biggest ever test programme for fuel cell vehicles. ... Continue reading

Honda Begins Leasing FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Vehicle in Japan

Honda Begins Leasing FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Vehicle in Japan

Tokyo, Nov 25, 2008; Honda Motor Co., Ltd. began leasing the FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle in Japan, delivering the first vehicle to the Ministry of the Environment. This transaction follows directly upon a completed lease to the Ministry of the FCX fuel cell vehicle, predecessor to the FCX Clarity. Initially, Honda pl ... Continue reading

An Introduction to Automotive CNG (Compressed Natural Gas)

An Introduction to Automotive CNG (Compressed Natural Gas)

Provided by CNGPrices.com What is CNG? CNG stands for Compressed Natural Gas. It is the same stuff that is piped into most homes in the United States, and it may already be what you use for cooking on your stove and for heating your house. Where do we get CNG? Just like oil, CNG is drilled out of the ground. In fact, m ... Continue reading

2008 LA Auto Show: Kia Motors Unveils 54MPG Next Generation Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

2008 LA Auto Show: Kia Motors Unveils 54MPG Next Generation Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

Revolutionary Borrego FCEV Debuts at Los Angeles International Auto Show -- World premiere for new Borrego FCEV -- New technologies boost performance of fuel cell electric vehicle LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 -- Kia Motors Corporation's (KMC) Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) program takes a major technological step forward to ... Continue reading

2008 LA Auto Show: Kia Motors America Introduces All-New Soul - COMPLETE VIDEO

2008 LA Auto Show: Kia Motors America Introduces All-New Soul - COMPLETE VIDEO

Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced the North American debut of the all-new Soul passenger vehicle at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. With Soul's arrival as an early model year 2010 vehicle to the C-Segment, it allows young and young-at-heart buyers to have the freedom to truly personalize and emotionally connect ... Continue reading

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