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U.S. Projected to Reduce Gasoline Use Levels Just 20% in 20 Years, WTF?

U.S. Projected to Reduce Gasoline Use Levels Just 20% in 20 Years, WTF?

Washington DC December 21, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that after seven decades of mostly uninterrupted growth, U.S. gasoline demand is at the start of a long-term decline. By 2030, Americans will burn at least 20 percent less gasoline than today, experts say, even as millions of more cars clog the roads. The D ... Continue reading

Advanced Biofuels Would Receive Critical Support from Proposed Legislation, BIO Says

Advanced Biofuels Would Receive Critical Support from Proposed Legislation, BIO Says

advanced biofuel producers secure financing for construction of first-of-a-kind projects. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Mike Castle (R-Del.) for introducing the “Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act of 2010,�?? which will help th ... Continue reading

ICOM North America Wins EPA Approval for Bi-Fuel Propane Engines

ICOM North America Wins EPA Approval for Bi-Fuel Propane Engines

Icom North America, the leading innovator, developer and manufacturer of liquid injection propane systems for commercial and consumer vehicles, has attained the first U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval for its Liquid Injection Propane bi-fuel systems for the Ford 6.8 liter engines, produced for Ford Econolin ... Continue reading

On With the Show! Auto Industry's Main Event on Deck: The 2011 North American International Auto Show

On With the Show! Auto Industry's Main Event on Deck: The 2011 North American International Auto Show

TROY, Mich., Dec. 16, 2010 TROY, Mich., Dec. 16, 2010 -- The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) today released its initial press conference schedule for the 2011 world-premier event to be held at Detroit's Cobo Center Jan. 10-23. The 2011 NAIAS will feature press events by more than 15 manufacturers as more ... Continue reading

NaturalDrive Obtains Model Year 2011 California Certification for CNG Vans

NaturalDrive Obtains Model Year 2011 California Certification for CNG Vans

2011 California Certification for CNG Vans Proprietary Calibrations Integrated Into GM OEM Program December 10, 2010 Goodyear, AZ - NaturalDrive has obtained model year 2011 certification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its dedicated compressed natural ... Continue reading

Car Shoppers Seeking Fuel Efficiency Facing More Choices This Holiday Season But Consumers Are Still Window-shopping

Car Shoppers Seeking Fuel Efficiency Facing More Choices This Holiday Season But Consumers Are Still Window-shopping

SEE ALSO: New Car Buyers Guide WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2010;- This holiday season, it's never been easier to put a fuel-efficient auto on your shopping list. New government data released recently shows that automakers are offering more models that run on alternative fuels and use less gasoline. "The good news for consumer ... Continue reading

Oil Prices Hit $90, again - A Commitment to Eliminate Gasoline Can End This Nonsense

Oil Prices Hit $90, again - A Commitment to Eliminate Gasoline Can End This Nonsense

High oil prices is good news if you're a fan of global terrorism and evil dictators NEW YORK - December 7, 2010: For the first time in two years oil prices moved above $90 a barrel. Wall Street 'analysts' say tightening supplies will eventually send prices above the $100 mark next year. The recent surge in oil pushed g ... Continue reading

Auto Execs Say Car of the Future Won't Be Cheap

Auto Execs Say Car of the Future Won't Be Cheap

Washington DC December 6, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that it all sounds so easy: Impose higher average gas mileage standards on the auto industry. Motorists will not only save money, but America will wean itself off oil. There’s just one problem. In meeting the new regulations, cars could cost thousands m ... Continue reading

First Ford Transit Connect Taxi Delivered to Boston Cab Company at New England Auto Show - CNG and Propane Capable

First Ford Transit Connect Taxi Delivered to Boston Cab Company at New England Auto Show - CNG and Propane Capable

BOSTON, Dec. 1, 2010 BOSTON, Dec. 1, 2010 -- First Ford Transit Connect Taxi in the U.S. arrives in Boston Boston Cab Dispatch receives keys at New England International Auto Show The Transit Connect Taxi offers features designed specifically for the taxi industry, including an expanded second-row passenger space, a CN ... Continue reading

World, NOT USA, Stepping on the Gas, CNG That Is

World, NOT USA, Stepping on the Gas, CNG That Is

Washington DC November 29, 2010; Here's a question few people are likely to answer correctly: Which countries have the most natural-gas vehicles on the road? The Wall Street Journal reports that of the 11.4 million natural-gas vehicles currently in use world-wide, most can be found in the developing world. According th ... Continue reading

Energy Vision Presents Energy Vision Awards at Its Fourth Anniversary Celebration

Energy Vision Presents Energy Vision Awards at Its Fourth Anniversary Celebration

NEW YORK--Energy Vision, a national non-profit organization that promotes the benefits of clean, renewable petroleum-free transportation fuels, presented its 2010 Energy Vision Leadership Awards to Andrew J. Littlefair, President and CEO of Clean Energy , and to Smithtown, New York’s Environmental Direct ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition

Research and Markets: Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition

DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a0bd86/underthehood_aut) has announced the addition of the "Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition" report to their offering. “Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition” Global and regional trends f ... Continue reading

2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: Scion Announces Pricing for xB Release Series 8.0

2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: Scion Announces Pricing for xB Release Series 8.0

PR Newswire TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 17, 2010 TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 17, 2010 -- Scion announced today that it will be displaying its latest limited-production vehicle, the 2011 xB Release Series 8.0 (xB RS 8.0), in the Scion booth at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov. 17-28, 2010. The xB RS 8.0 will begin arriving in deale ... Continue reading

The Power Behind Jaguar's Stunning CX 75 was Uncovered by Their Open Innovation Experts: IXC UK - VIDEO ENHANCED

The Power Behind Jaguar's Stunning CX 75 was Uncovered by Their Open Innovation Experts: IXC UK - VIDEO ENHANCED

BIRMINGHAM, England, November 8, 2010 -- Since the 1950s, the automotive industry has dabbled with gas turbine engines for vehicles because the technology is simpler, requires fewer parts, can run on a variety of fuels - including natural gas and bio-fuels - and, most importantly, is a low emission power source. Howeve ... Continue reading

Iveco Presents ECOSTRALIS: the ECOlogical and ECOnomical Heavy Commercial Vehicle - VIDEO ENHANCED

Iveco Presents ECOSTRALIS: the ECOlogical and ECOnomical Heavy Commercial Vehicle - VIDEO ENHANCED

TURIN - November 4, 2010: Following the success of the ECODAILY, Iveco presents the ECOSTRALIS to the market, extending the availability of the ECO logic and the strong points of the initiative created for the light range vehicles to the company’s flagship, the Stralis. With the arrival of the ECOSTRALIS, Iveco ha ... Continue reading

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