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Consumers Want The Cars They Want - Look To Technology To Solve The Gasoline Price Inflation Says AutoPacific Report

Consumers Want The Cars They Want - Look To Technology To Solve The Gasoline Price Inflation Says AutoPacific Report

LONG Lomg Beach Calif. Noted automotive consulting firm AutoPacific’s latest round of Fuel Price Impact Survey (FPIS) data comes amid alarmingly high fuel prices and continued conflict in Ukraine. ... Continue reading

New Electric Vehicle Information Brief Educates Policymakers on Need for Battery Investment to Aid Electric Vehicle, Hybrid Transition

New Electric Vehicle Information Brief Educates Policymakers on Need for Battery Investment to Aid Electric Vehicle, Hybrid Transition

"Our circular supply chain ... is critical to meet the mix of technologies that EVs require." New information brief explains the role of 12 volt batteries that are found in nearly all electric vehicles (EVs). These made in America batteries power virtually all nonmotive electrical functions. ... Continue reading

Stellantis Debuts Hurricane Twin-Turbo I-6 Engine that Cuts Emissions, Increases Fuel Economy and is More Powerful (Includes Recommended Fuel)

Stellantis Debuts Hurricane Twin-Turbo I-6 Engine that Cuts Emissions, Increases Fuel Economy and is More Powerful (Includes Recommended Fuel)

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 25, 2022 -- Stellantis unveiled its new 3.0-liter Hurricane twin-turbo inline six-cylinder engine that delivers better fuel economy and fewer emissions than larger engines while at the same time generates more horsepower and torque than many naturally aspirated V-8 and boosted six-cylinder po ... Continue reading

F-150 LIGHTNING TOWS 10,000 POUNDS UP COLORADO’S I-70 ON COLDEST FEBRUARY DAY IN BOULDER IN 123 YEARS, DAVIS DAM IN TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT

F-150 LIGHTNING TOWS 10,000 POUNDS UP COLORADO’S I-70 ON COLDEST FEBRUARY DAY IN BOULDER IN 123 YEARS, DAVIS DAM IN TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT

Ford engineers took the first all-electric F-Series to two of America’s toughest real-world towing routes during development – Davis Dam in the summer and TFLTruck’s Ike Gauntlet™ in the winter. ... Continue reading

EIA This Week In Petroleum

EIA This Week In Petroleum

U.S. ethane consumption has grown every year since 2008, outpacing consumption growth for all other petroleum products. Ethane consumption, which we report as product supplied, grew by 50,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2021, according to preliminary data from our February 2022 Petroleum Supply Monthly. ... Continue reading

China maps 2021-2035 plan on hydrogen energy development

China maps 2021-2035 plan on hydrogen energy development

BEIJING, March 23, 2022; (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities on Wednesday released a plan on the development of hydrogen energy for the 2021-2035 period as the country races toward its carbon peaking and neutrality goals. By 2025, China will put in place a relatively complete hydrogen energy industry development system, wi ... Continue reading

Repair Vehicle Now Pay Later OPY Options

Repair Vehicle Now Pay Later OPY Options

SAN DIEGO, March 22, 2022; Opy USA Inc (Opy), a leading payments fintech announced its launch into the U.S. automotive vertical, offering its flagship OpyPay product at many of the major franchised auto dealerships including Nissan, Volkswagen, and Honda. Opy's Select Dealer Council (SDC) includes groups introducing Op ... Continue reading

Argonne National Laboratory Certifies The Auto Channel's Position on Tyler Lark Anti-Ethanol Study

Argonne National Laboratory Certifies The Auto Channel's Position on Tyler Lark Anti-Ethanol Study

It's nice to have America's top research lab confirm what we've said! ... Continue reading

EV-MOTORING GUIDE

EV-MOTORING GUIDE

Most popular EVs of 2022 Use Solar to charge your clean green cars ... Continue reading

Gasoline Prices Around The World

Gasoline Prices Around The World

Updated on march 15th 2022 For many months now the price of fuel has been increasing in many countries - but that’s not the case for every country around the world. We looked at the current fuel costs for the countries deemed the top 50 countries in the world (by population) and found that Venezuela has the cheapest ... Continue reading

2023 Maserati Grecale Global Premiere

2023 Maserati Grecale Global Premiere

MODENA, Italy, March 22, 2022 -- The new Maserati Grecale SUV is "The Everyday Exceptional". Grecale strikes the right balance between versatility, elegance, performance and innovation, guaranteeing performance, comfort and safety, all at the same time. These features are combined with off-road capabilities and uncompr ... Continue reading

Letter from Europe.

Letter from Europe.

Dear Letter from Europe. Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief I have been having quite an adventurous time in Mini’s new EV version. ... Continue reading

Chick-fil-A Good to Eat, Good To Drive - Chooses Darling Ingredients to Turn Used Cooking Oil into Renewable Fuel

Chick-fil-A Good to Eat, Good To Drive - Chooses Darling Ingredients to Turn Used Cooking Oil into Renewable Fuel

IRVING, Texas, March 21, 2022 -- Darling Ingredients Inc. , the world's leading company turning food waste into sustainable products and producer of renewable energy, today announced Chick-fil-A, Inc. has chosen Darling Ingredients to convert its used cooking oil into cleaner burning renewable transportation fuel. Darl ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up March 13-19, 2022

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up March 13-19, 2022

These are this past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets ... Continue reading

GM Goes Cruising

GM Goes Cruising

DETROIT — Today, General Motors Co. announced it is acquiring SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s equity ownership stake in Cruise for $2.1 billion and separately will make an additional $1.35 billion investment in Cruise, replacing a previous commitment made by the fund in 2018. ... Continue reading

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