2018 Kia Niro Hybrid Wagon Earns IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ Award
Jun 21, 2018
The Niro, which was introduced in the 2017 model year, earns good ratings across the board in IIHS crashworthiness tests, including the newest evaluation, the passenger-side small overlap front test. The good crashworthiness ratings also apply to the Niro Plug-In Hybrid. ... Continue reading
Volvo Cars Reviews 1994-2019 From The Auto Channel Experts +VIDEO
Jun 20, 2018
Volvo Reviews, index to 20+ years of expert Volvo Reviews from The Auto Channel veteran journalists; 1994-2019 ... Continue reading
The Detroit News Gets Ethanol Wrong, Again
Jun 19, 2018
The full text of my reply to The Detroit News' editorial "End The Ethanol Mandate" By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL For the past few years, The Detroit News has taken several swipes at ethanol in order to impugn its use as fuel, as well as to denounce the entire renewable fuel program ... Continue reading
Peter Ferrara's Big $6.3 Million Payday For Bashing Ethanol
Jun 18, 2018
Open letter to a Big Oil floozy - Hello Peter, I just finished reading your June 15th article for Investor's Business Daily, "Republicans Can Pass Another Tax Cut ... By Killing The Ethanol Mandate," and I want to congratulate you on getting such a fantastic payday of $6.3 million. ... Continue reading
Tariffs On "Made In China" Products Coming Into US Market
Jun 18, 2018
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today released a list of products imported from China that will be subject to additional tariffs as part of the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of American technology and intellectual property. On May 29, 2018, ... Continue reading
Autonomous Vehicles: Uncertainties and Energy Implications
Jun 18, 2018
The potential effect autonomous vehicles may have on the future of personal mobility and freight movement has received considerable attention in recent years. This attention has focused not only on discussion of real and perceived costs of travel, shared-use mobility [1], travel patterns, vehicle design, and vehicle ow ... Continue reading
Adoption of autonomous vehicles could increase U.S. transportation energy consumption
Jun 18, 2018
In the AEO2018 Reference case, autonomous vehicles are powered by conventional gasoline internal combustion engines. Despite the relative fuel efficiency of battery electric and hybrid electric vehicles compared with conventional gasoline internal combustion engines, more energy is consumed in both sensitivity cases (u ... Continue reading
Jun 17, 2018
Larry Nutson, Senior Editor and Chicago Car Guy along with Michigan Bureau contributing editors Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell compile TACH's Take On Last Weeks Automotive News In Digest Sized Content ... Continue reading
AUTO LAB - Auto Talk Radio LIVE from New York City This Saturday June 16, 2018 7-9 AM
Jun 16, 2018
Auto Lab is a 28 year old weekly automotive-focused radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of no bull experienced hands-on automotive experts in-studio providing listeners with honest, practical and street-smart car repair and buying advice. ... Continue reading
Hey Taxi - Ford's New Hybrid and Diesel Versions - Taxis The Original Autonomous Vehicles
Jun 15, 2018
“Taxi operators want vehicles that are reliable, efficient and comfortable,” ... Continue reading
We Need A Lasting Solution To The Lies Told By Big Oil and API
Jun 15, 2018
Yesterday, June 14, 2018, my very good friend - the president and CEO of American Petroleum Institute (API) - sent me a letter headlined "We Need a Lasting Solution to the Broken Renewable Fuel Standard." I say "my very good friend" - Jack Gerard - sent me a letter because the email was addressed to me, and the letter ... Continue reading
Ford - Daimler Fuel-Cell Development JV To Close
Jun 14, 2018
2 Min Read DETROIT June 14, 2018; Joseph White writing for Reuters reported that Ford Motor Co and Daimler AG are winding down a joint venture formed to develop automotive fuel cell technology, Ford said on Wednesday, as both companies plan to take their respective fuel cell technology development in-house. The Automot ... Continue reading
Over 70 Million Battery-Electric Vehicles Will Be Sold in 2032, says Information Trends
Jun 14, 2018
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2018 -- Over 70 million light-duty battery-electric vehicles will be sold in 2032 compared to less than a million sold in 2017, according to a market research report published by Information Trends. The battery-electric vehicle sales in 2032 will be almost half of the overall light-duty vehicles so ... Continue reading
Opel/Vauxhall Develops Next Generation Four-Cylinder Petrol Engine for Groupe PSA
Jun 13, 2018
Opel/Vauxhall will take on the global responsibility for the development of the next-generation of high-efficiency petrol engines for all Groupe PSA brands (Vauxhall, Opel, Peugeot, Citroën, and DS Automobiles) at its engineering center in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The next generation of four-cylinder engines will be opt ... Continue reading
Jun 12, 2018
Larry Nutson, Senior Editor and Chicago Car Guy along with Michigan Bureau contributing editors Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell compile The Auto Channel's Take On Last Weeks Automotive News ... Continue reading
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