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Minnesota First State With 200 E85 Outlets

Minnesota First State With 200 E85 Outlets

Sales, Availability of Cleaner, Renewable-Based Fuel up Sharply in Upper Midwest SAINT PAUL, Minn., March 6 -- Minnesota, the nation's per capita leader in use of biofuels, reached another significant milestone on the path toward oil independence and cleaner skies when the state's 200th E85 outlet opened this week. E85 ... Continue reading

Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine Recieves Investment

Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine Recieves Investment

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--March 6, 2006--The Scuderi Group, an engine development company currently building the break-through Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine, announced today that it has received over $8 million in funding from numerous private investors since kicking off its official fundraising campaign last summer. This f ... Continue reading

World Premiere Of The Most Economical Polo: Polo Bluemotion Consumes Just 1 Gallon Of Diesel Per 60 Miles

World Premiere Of The Most Economical Polo: Polo Bluemotion Consumes Just 1 Gallon Of Diesel Per 60 Miles

BlueMotion symbolizes Volkswagen's sustainability activities WOLFSBURG / GENEVA – March 5, 2006: At the Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen presented its first series production vehicle under the BlueMotion banner: the Polo BlueMotion. The compact vehicle with a power output of 59 kW / 80 PS consumes an average of just ... Continue reading

GM, Toyota agree to extend advanced technology collaboration and focus on safety-related technologies

GM, Toyota agree to extend advanced technology collaboration and focus on safety-related technologies

DETROIT March 2, 2006; General Motors Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. have agreed to extend their advanced technology collaboration agreement two more years with a focus on safety and congestion-related technologies, and industry codes and standards. The agreement covers information exchange and collaborative research in ... Continue reading

Renewable Fuels Industry To Discuss Investment Opportunities at Biodiesel Summit

Renewable Fuels Industry To Discuss Investment Opportunities at Biodiesel Summit

NEW YORK, March 1 -- The Strategic Research Institute is proud to announce the Biodiesel: Opportunities and Investments Summit, to be held April 27 & 28, 2006, at InterContinental Houston - Houston, Texas. The Biodiesel: Opportunities and Investments Summit provides a leading discussion on the technical, financial and ... Continue reading

Over 100 mpg While Running on Fuel Vapor, New Concept 3-Wheeled Vehicle Coming to Market

Over 100 mpg While Running on Fuel Vapor, New Concept 3-Wheeled Vehicle Coming to Market

MAPLE RIDGE, British Columbia--March 1, 2006--Fuel Vapor Technologies Inc. ("FVT") is pleased to announce that it has launched an introductory offer to purchase its tandem seated three wheeled concept car. The FVT test prototype, the CV-3000 is being developed as a performance vehicle that combines power, fuel efficien ... Continue reading

Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Felicity Huffman, Join Star-Studded Roster of Hybrid Riders for 4th Annual 'Red Carpet, Green Cars' Drive-Up

Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Felicity Huffman, Join Star-Studded Roster of Hybrid Riders for 4th Annual 'Red Carpet, Green Cars' Drive-Up

Global Green USA Campaign Highlights Clean Air Solutions Who: Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Will Ferrell, Paul Giamatti, Jake Gyllenhaal, Felicity Huffman, Frances McDormand, Joaquin Phoenix, Winona Ryder, David Strathairn and Naomi Watts What: A record 25 Academy Award nominees and presenters are expected to parti ... Continue reading

GM Plunges Deep Into European Waters at 2006 Geneva Motor Show - VIDEO ENHANCED

GM Plunges Deep Into European Waters at 2006 Geneva Motor Show - VIDEO ENHANCED

Geneva - March 1, 2006: Top GM officials took the stage yesterday to reveal plans and unveil a bunch of new product.</p> Here's some great video clips of the event. It's like being there! Bob Lutz, GM Vice Chairman, intros new Opel GT. http://previews.thenewsmarket.com/Previews/GMEU/VideoAssets/ASF/GMEU_40 40_34038.WMV ... Continue reading

Detroit Diesel and Freightliner LLC Deliver and Support Customer Demonstration Vehicles in Preparation for EPA '07

Detroit Diesel and Freightliner LLC Deliver and Support Customer Demonstration Vehicles in Preparation for EPA '07

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 27 -- Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) and Freightliner LLC today announced that their joint Customer Demonstration Program is on track as 40 planned customer demonstration vehicles have been assembled at three of the company's manufacturing facilities that assemble Class 8 vehicles. Most of these ... Continue reading

As the Price of Gasoline Skyrockets, Consumer Demand for Greener Cars Increases

As the Price of Gasoline Skyrockets, Consumer Demand for Greener Cars Increases

DUBLIN, Ireland--Feb. 24, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33496) has announced the addition of Automotive Environment Analyst - February Issue to their offering Automotive Environment Analyst is a dedicated round-up of all the latest global happenings and analysis specific to the ... Continue reading

Renault Hi-Flex Clio at Paris Agricultural Show

Renault Hi-Flex Clio at Paris Agricultural Show

Paris &#8211; February 24, 2006: Renault is exhibiting a Hi-Flex Clio 1.6 16v at the 2006 Paris International Agricultural Show. Produced for the Brazilian market, the Clio features Renault-developed Flex Fuel technology, with a highly versatile engine that can run on fuel containing petrol and ethanol in any proportio ... Continue reading

US DOE Program Committed to Alternative Fuel Vehicles

US DOE Program Committed to Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Washington DC Febryuary 23, 2006; The AIADA newsletter reported that in an interview with BusinessWeek Online, Edward Wall, program manager for the Department of Energy's Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies, laid out some of the program's biggest accomplishments, including: advances in the area of battery res ... Continue reading

Production of Cars Running on Renewable-Fuel Engines Increases - VIDEO ENHANCED

Production of Cars Running on Renewable-Fuel Engines Increases - VIDEO ENHANCED

http://previews.thenewsmarket.com/Previews/GM/VideoAssets/ASF/ GM_4013_33715.wmv Reducing the nation&#8217;s dependence on foreign oil was a major aspect of President Bush&#8217;s State of the Union address this year. Car manufacturers are on their way to making that goal a reality &#8211; creating vehicles that can ru ... Continue reading

Clean Diesel Introduces Urea Quality Sensor Technology in Europe

Clean Diesel Introduces Urea Quality Sensor Technology in Europe

STAMFORD, Conn.--Feb. 22, 2006--Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. ("Clean Diesel" or "The Company") (OTCBB: CDTI & AIM: CDT/CDTS), a developer of technological solutions to reduce harmful engine emissions, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. / Mitsui Kinzoku ("M ... Continue reading

Bush Touts Alternative Energy, Hybrid Vehicles

Bush Touts Alternative Energy, Hybrid Vehicles

Washington DC February 21 2006; The AIADA newsletter reported that President Bush reiterated his energy plan yesterday in Milwaukee, calling for increased spending on science research, development and education, and greater incentives for the makers and users of alternative sources of energy, reports The Washington Pos ... Continue reading

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