News By Topic: Vehicles and The Environment

An Open Letter to Barry Ritholtz and Bloomberg About Ethanol - with responses and additional replies

Sep 4, 2019

I want you to know that regardless of how much criticism you receive about the article and the information you presented that you are not the biggest knucklehead disseminating lies and incorrect information about ethanol, you are merely the latest knucklehead to do so. It appears that about the only thing you got right ... Continue reading

Ethanol Has Been Recognized as the Superior Engine Fuel for Over 100 Years

Sep 2, 2019

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Elihu Thompson is a man who has been almost forgotten by history. ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC, Saturday August 31, 2019, WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

Aug 31, 2019

Auto Lab Talk Radio on New York City's WNYM Radio AM 970 Is Streamed Worldwide On TheAutoChannel.Com Car Question or Concern? Automotive Career Opportunity, Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 To Speak With An Auto Lab Expert Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Pr ... Continue reading

U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Labor Day are lower than last year

Aug 30, 2019

The U.S. average retail price for all formulations of regular gasoline on August 26, 2019, was $2.57 per gallon (gal), 25 cents/gal (9%) lower than the price at the same time last year. This drop in the gasoline price is a result of lower North Sea Brent crude oil prices (a global benchmark for crude oil and the most r ... Continue reading

AAA: Labor Day Travelers Welcoming Cheaper Gas Prices

Aug 30, 2019

according AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The majority of Great Lakes and Central states saw pump prices push cheaper by as much as three cents this week. Statewide, gasoline is six cents cheaper on average across Kentucky at $2.35. ... Continue reading

2020 Ford Explorer Limited Hybrid Preview

Aug 29, 2019

2020 Ford Explorer Limited Hybrid with rear-wheel drive has EPA-estimated ratings of 27 mpg city/29 mpg highway/28 mpg combined; a four-wheel drive-equipped vehicle has EPA-estimated ratings of 23 mpg city/26 mpg highway/25 mpg combined With an 18-gallon fuel tank, all-new Explorer Limited Hybrid RWD has an EPA-estimat ... Continue reading

Cummins and Blue Bird Join Forces, Amplify Charge to Electrify California’s School Bus Fleets

Aug 29, 2019

California is leading the way in the electrification of school bus fleets. Hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and subsidies have been or will be made available to districts that wish to add electric buses to their fleets. ... Continue reading

TDK to Showcase Solutions for Battery/xEV Design at The Battery Show North America 2019

Aug 29, 2019

The Battery Show North America 2019, Suburban Collection Showplace, September 10-12, Novi, Michigan. Additionally, TDK-Lambda will present high current and high voltage programmable DC power supplies in Booth #2330. ... Continue reading

Cummins Partners with the University of California San Diego on Second-Life Battery Development

Aug 27, 2019

UC San Diego will perform accelerated testing and real-world application testing, and will develop an outdoor second-life demonstration system comprised of Cummins battery modules. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Group Showcases Future Mobility Vision at Hyundai Hydrogen World in China

Aug 26, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group announced today the opening of the Hyundai Hydrogen World -- an exhibition hall dedicated to the fuel-cell electric vehicle, related technologies and energy -- and illuminated the way forward for the world’s sustainable mobility. ... Continue reading

Nutsons Auto News Nuggets - Week Ending Auigust 24, 2019

Aug 25, 2019

Too Many Autonomous Crashes; Ferrari's New Models; Recharge At Shell Stations In Singapore; Bolt Extends Range; California CAFE Scam; Audi 600 HP Avant Wagon Coming; Car Brands In Popular Music; Mergers?; Volkswagen Recall. Pebble Beach 2019; Our Friend Spy Photog Jim Dunne Passes, RIP Jim ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC, Saturday August 24, 2019, WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

Aug 24, 2019

Auto Lab Talk Radio Is Streamed Worldwide On TheAutoChannel.Com. Car Question or Concern? Automotive Career Opportunity, Call Toll Free 888-692-7234. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing listeners with honest, practic ... Continue reading

Never Bring A Rapier To A Gun Fight

Aug 24, 2019

Prelude to Battle By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL ... Continue reading

HYUNDAI MOTOR TO SHOWCASE NEW EV CONCEPT AT FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW

Aug 21, 2019

Hyundai Motor will display the company’s focus toward the future direction of car design at the forthcoming IAA Frankfurt Motor Show (Sept. 10-22, 2019). Inspired by looking back at the brand’s first model in the 1970s, the fully-electric concept car will act as a symbolic milestone for Hyundai’s future EV design ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz EQV: World Premiere Of First Fully-electric Premium MPV Soccer Mom Hauler

Aug 20, 2019

If this super green class A soccer mom hauler can't entice Mama away from an SUV nothing will. Mercedes-Benz Vans presents its first electric vehicle that is positioned equally for private and commercial purposes Mercedes-Benz Vans presented the Concept EQV as a study at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2019. Now the ser ... Continue reading