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The Bob Lutz Prophesies - How Did He Do? +VIDEO

The Bob Lutz Prophesies - How Did He Do? +VIDEO

AUTO CENTRAL - August 24, 2015: About 8 years ago, Bob Lutz visited the Western Automotive Journalists in Northern California. At the time, Bob was General Motors' vice chairman. He had just come up from Los Angeles where he was the primary presenter at the GM and Chevrolet Press Conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show ... Continue reading

You CAN Stop Living Life As An Enslaved Gasoline Vassal, Break Their Chains Use Ethanol Fuel

You CAN Stop Living Life As An Enslaved Gasoline Vassal, Break Their Chains Use Ethanol Fuel

An ethanol blend powered the first internal combustion engine; it powered Nicholas Otto's first automobile; it powered Henry Ford's first vehicle, and that the GM scientists who invented leaded petrol considered ethanol the Fuel of the Future. ... Continue reading

US Department of Energy Funded American Battery Technology Company Hosts Secretary DOE Boss Jennifer Granholm

US Department of Energy Funded American Battery Technology Company Hosts Secretary DOE Boss Jennifer Granholm

RENO, Nev., June 21, 2024 -- American Battery Technology Company , an integrated critical battery materials company that is commercializing its technologies for both primary battery minerals manufacturing and secondary minerals lithium-ion battery recycling, hosted U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm ... Continue reading

Daimiler Truck Cellcentric starts pilot production of fuel cell systems

Daimiler Truck Cellcentric starts pilot production of fuel cell systems

Next step towards preparing Europe's largest fuel cell production in a new factory in Weilheim towards the end of the decade Esslingen/Germany - A key milestone for the climate-neutral transport of tomorrow: cellcentric inaugurates pilot production for fuel cell systems at the Esslingen-Pliensauvorstadt site, taking an ... Continue reading

2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) - Review by Larry Nutson

2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) - Review by Larry Nutson

Volvo XC90 has an overall premium look and feel with nicely elegant interior and a stylish exterior. ... Continue reading

Toyota and Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland

Toyota and Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland

This collaborative effort aims to research sustainable energy solutions and provide local energy grid resilience PLANO, Texas and WASHINGTON, June 17, 2024 -- Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) and local energy utility Pepco are working together on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) us ... Continue reading

California Governor Dismisses Groundbreaking SEMA-Sponsored Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project - "No Budget For Conversions", Reinforces Truth That Climate Change Is Scam

California Governor Dismisses Groundbreaking SEMA-Sponsored Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project - "No Budget For Conversions", Reinforces Truth That Climate Change Is Scam

DIAMOND BAR, Calif., June 15, 2024 -- SEMA - the Specialty Equipment Market Association - is deeply disappointed that California's Senate Bill (SB) 301, legislation aimed at incentivizing the conversion of gas and diesel-powered cars into Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs), was vetoed by California Governor Gavin Newsom. Co ... Continue reading

A Week In The Life Of An Auto Writer - 2024 MAMA Spring Rally

A Week In The Life Of An Auto Writer - 2024 MAMA Spring Rally

A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF AN AUTO WRITER MAMA Spring Rally 2024 By Steve Purdy Shunpiker Productions Michigan Bureau TheAutoChannel.com It’s tough work, but someone has to do it. Someone has to travel to the Road America racing facility, near the lovely tourist village of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, each spring to spend a f ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up June 9-15, 2024

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up June 9-15, 2024

Top automotive story picks from this past week, important to you, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive news nuggets. ... Continue reading

America's Problem, American Solution

America's Problem, American Solution

RoadTrip takes an in-depth look at alcohol as an engine fuel” Joining The Auto Channel's Co-Publisher and show host Marc J. Rauch, is David Blume, author of the most authoritative book and seminar series on ethanol and Ed Begley, Jr., actor and leading environmental activist. In the first half of the show Ed talk ... Continue reading

IF ONLY! - NEAT Implementation Would Have Increased Demand For "Grown In America" Ethanol Fuels

IF ONLY! - NEAT Implementation Would Have Increased Demand For "Grown In America" Ethanol Fuels

As an enthusiastic advocate for ethanol fuel The Auto Channel applauds more research into innovations for the production, distribution and consumer benefits of the only realistic near term green alt-fuel solution. ... Continue reading

It's Time For Ethanol Honesty - with UPDATE

It's Time For Ethanol Honesty - with UPDATE

Sparring with the new spate of anti-ethanol scatological slurs ... Continue reading

CALSTART to Defend EPA's Clean Truck Standards in Court

CALSTART to Defend EPA's Clean Truck Standards in Court

Legal Motion in Support of Standards Critical to Clean Transportation WASHINGTON, June 13, 2024 -- Today, CALSTART, one of the leading nonprofit organizations working nationally and internationally to develop clean, efficient transportation solutions, filed a motion to intervene in cases where the Environmental Protect ... Continue reading

Big Oil, Ethanol Producers and American Farmers (Finally) Sue Out Of Control US Government To Stop Limiting American Driver's Future Vehicle Options

Big Oil, Ethanol Producers and American Farmers (Finally) Sue Out Of Control US Government To Stop Limiting American Driver's Future Vehicle Options

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2024 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) today filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) light-duty and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards for model years 2027-2032. “Today, we are taking action to protect Ameri ... Continue reading

API: NHTSA’s Final CAFE Standards Once Again Restrict Consumers’ Freedom to Choose

API: NHTSA’s Final CAFE Standards Once Again Restrict Consumers’ Freedom to Choose

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2024 — The American Petroleum Institute (API) today released the following statement from Vice President of Downstream Policy Will Hupman on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) final Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for model year 2027-2032 passenger cars ... Continue reading

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