Corning DuraTrap® AT Filters Selected by Hyundai . Kia Motors for Clean Diesel Passenger Cars
Apr 16, 2007
CORNING, N.Y.--Corning Incorporated announced today that Hyundai . Kia Motors is equipping select European-market diesel passenger cars with Corning DuraTrap® AT filters. Corning began serial production of AT filters for Hyundai . Kia Motors at the end of 2006. This agreement represents additional high-volume produc ... Continue reading
Siemens VDO Debuts Diesel Dosing Aftertreatment System
Apr 16, 2007
DETROIT, April 16, 2007 Siemens VDO is helping diesel customers meet impending emissions requirements across the globe with its diesel dosing exhaust aftertreatment system. Using the company's vast fuel injection experience, with its proven DEKA injection products, the diesel dosing injector provides a highly efficient ... Continue reading
Alternative Fuels Vehicles 2007 Industry Awards
Apr 13, 2007
AFVi Honors Seven Recipients Anaheim, Ca-The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) recognized outstanding leadership in the alternative fuels and vehicles industry at the 13th Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference & Expo 2007. The leadership awards are given annually to honor the achievements of people a ... Continue reading
Apr 12, 2007
Wednesday, 04/11/2007 Print Version Exactly a century ago in 1907 Theodore Roosevelt told Congress that to waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, would result in undermining, in the days of our children, the very prosperity which ought ... Continue reading
Gov. Schwarzenegger to Michigan: Get Off Your Butts
Apr 12, 2007
Washington DC April 12, 2007: The AIADA newsletter reported that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reacts to a billboard along Interstate 75 in Detroit which criticizes him for mandating vehicle emission caps in California that Detroit automakers are unwilling to meet. The billboard reads, "Arnold to Michigan: ... Continue reading
Motor Press Guild to Hold Alternative Fuels Panel April 10
Apr 9, 2007
LOS ANGELES, April 9 -- The Motor Press Guild (MPG), America's largest professional automotive media association, will hold a panel-style luncheon on April 10 to discuss alternative fuel solutions. With gas prices on the rise, CAFE standards in the press and the President claiming that E85 is the answer, this timely MP ... Continue reading
Hyundai Prepares a Diesel for U.S.
Apr 6, 2007
Washington DC April 6, 2007; The AIADA newsletter reported that Hyundai may soon offer diesel engines to U.S. consumers as an alternative to gasoline-electric hybrids if it can clear cost and technical hurdles, the automaker said yesterday. Steve Wilhite, chief operating officer of Hyundai Motor America, said diesels m ... Continue reading
International Award Recognizes BLUETEC Clean Diesel System at New York International Auto Show
Apr 5, 2007
MERCEDES-BENZ E320 BLUETEC DECLARED â2007 WORLD GREEN CARâ MONTVALE, NJ April 5, 2007; The Mercedes-Benz E320 BLUETEC was named the â2007 World Green Carâ today at a breakfast awards ceremony during the 2007 New York International Auto Show. Mercedes-Benz BLUETEC, distinguished as the worldâs c ... Continue reading
Volkswagen 60 MPG Polo Bluemotion a Finalist in Green Car of the Year
Apr 4, 2007
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. April 4, 2007; The European-market Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion has been selected as a finalist for the 2007 World Green Car title. A jury comprised of more than 40 international automotive journalists representing the worldâs most significant automotive outlets chose this yearâs finalists. ... Continue reading
Honda Named 'Greenest Automaker' by Union of Concerned Scientists - VIDEO ENHANCED
Apr 3, 2007
- America's Most Fuel Efficient Car Company Earns Fourth Consecutive Title - TORRANCE, Calif., April 3 -- Honda, the most fuel efficient car company in America(1), has earned the title of America's "2007 Greenest Automaker" from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for the fourth consecutive time. The award is given ... Continue reading
Diesel Technology Forum to Unite Automotive Industry, Legislators, Media
Apr 3, 2007
--Diesel Technology Forum: Who: The Diesel Technology Forum (DTF), an association of companies that manufacture diesel engines, components, fuel and emissions control systems. What: An event -- The Clean Diesel Technology Tour, the largest-ever gathering of clean diesel executives, vehicles and technologies. Environmen ... Continue reading
Automotive X Prize Announces Draft Guidelines for Competition to Inspire Super-Efficient Vehicles
Apr 3, 2007
Innovators Invited to Help Solve One of Our World's Grand Challenges SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The X PRIZE Foundation, the organization behind the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE that successfully challenged teams to build private spacecraft to open up the space frontier, is taking a step towa ... Continue reading
2007 Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec Review
Mar 31, 2007
MERCEDES E320 BLUETEC DIESEL Torquey, Efficient, Teutonic Luxury By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau A 700-mile cruising range? Wow. I like that. That means fewer stops at the fuel pump, but itâll be mighty costly to fill âer up. This week regular unleaded gasoline is $2.45, here in mid Michigan ... Continue reading
New Green Big-Rigs Cut Greenhouse Gases, Save Truckers Up To $11,000 Yearly
Mar 30, 2007
News for Release: Friday, March 30, 2007 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency * New Green Big-Rigs Cut Greenhouse Gases, Save Truckers Up To $11,000 Yearly * Contact: Dave Ryan, (202) 564-4355 / ryan.dave@epa.gov (Washington, D.C. - March 30, 2007) Starting this month, truck and trailer manufacturers are offering custo ... Continue reading
Hybrids/Diesel Engines Steadily Gaining U.S. Market Share, Says Report
Mar 29, 2007
NEW YORK, March 28 -- Conventional gas engines will remain dominant in the U.S. market, but hybrids and diesels are steadily gaining market share, especially as gas prices and concerns about global warming rise and technology advances, concludes a report by J.D. Power and Associates (which, like Standard & Poor's, is a ... Continue reading
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