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Chrysler Talks About Minivan Sales, And So Does TACH

Chrysler Talks About Minivan Sales, And So Does TACH

Ask US About Minivan Sales Posted Apr 24, 2008, 11:06 AM by Stuart Schorr Ask US About Minivan Sales Posted Apr 24, 2008, 11:06 AM by Stuart Schorr Category: Sales and Marketing Stuart Schorr is Senior Manager, Sales, Mopar and Dealer Communications If you want to talk about hamburgers, you call McDonald's. And if you ... Continue reading

News Release (HQ): Plug-In to Earth Week by eCycling

News Release (HQ): Plug-In to Earth Week by eCycling

News for Release: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) *Plug-In to Earth Week by eCycling* Contact Information: Roxanne Smith, (202) 564-4355 / smith.roxanne@epa.gov (Washington, D.C. - April 23, 2008) Join your friends and neighbors during Earth Week by recycling your unwanted electroni ... Continue reading

Electric Motion Systems Launches the Next Generation of Electric Bicycles - the E+

Electric Motion Systems Launches the Next Generation of Electric Bicycles - the E+

DULLES, Va., April 23 -- Electric Motion Systems (EMS) is committed to innovation and quality in Light Electric Vehicles for today's new generation of adults. The company's new electric bicycle, the E+, is the next generation of e-bikes. The E+ embodies the essence of modern technology design -- simplicity and elegance ... Continue reading

Bosch Anderson Facility Produces 200 Millionth Oxygen Sensor

Bosch Anderson Facility Produces 200 Millionth Oxygen Sensor

Employees celebrate milestone on Earth Day 2008 ANDERSON, S.C., April 23 -- As Earth Day 2008 is celebrated globally in a multitude of ways, the associates at the Robert Bosch LLC plant here are proudly celebrating the production of 200 million oxygen sensors at the site since first manufacturing the product in 1988. T ... Continue reading

U.S.Government Proposes 25 Percent Increase in Fuel Efficiency Standards Over 5 Years for Passenger Vehicles, Light Trucks

U.S.Government Proposes 25 Percent Increase in Fuel Efficiency Standards Over 5 Years for Passenger Vehicles, Light Trucks

SEE ALSO: Complete Rule Making Proposal(LARGE PDF) Fuel efficiency standards for both passenger vehicles and light trucks would increase by 4.5 percent per year over the five-year period ending in 2015 – a 25 percent total improvement that exceeds the 3.3 percent baseline proposed by Congress last year – unde ... Continue reading

Cafe Standard Announcement From Mary Peters Secretary of Transportation

Cafe Standard Announcement From Mary Peters Secretary of Transportation

WASHINGTON, DC APRIL 22, 2008 Good afternoon, and thank you all for being here today. The summer driving season is nearly here, and families everywhere are thinking about their vacation plans. Unfortunately, the high gas prices are causing some to cancel campsite reservations or re-evaluate that family road trip. One o ... Continue reading

United States Congressmen and Senators Take Earth Day Drives in AFS Trinity's 150 MPG SUVs

United States Congressmen and Senators Take Earth Day Drives in AFS Trinity's 150 MPG SUVs

AFS Trinity says its Extreme Hybrid PHEV technology means that most Americans 'would use no gasoline at all on most days' WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Members of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate are scheduled today and tomorrow to be the first elected officials to drive the 150 MPG Extreme ... Continue reading

AFS Trinity's Ricardo-built Extreme Hybrid Featured in Washington Earth Day Celebrations

AFS Trinity's Ricardo-built Extreme Hybrid Featured in Washington Earth Day Celebrations

VAN BUREN TWP., Mich., April 22 -- Following the widespread publicity surrounding its debut at the North American International Auto Show, the XH-150(TM) Extreme Hybrid(TM), developed by AFS Trinity Power Corporation and built under contract by Ricardo, has recently concluded a tour of the U.S. culminating in an appear ... Continue reading

Western Automotive Journalists' Annual Media Days Begins Tonight at Sundown - VIDEO ENHANCED

Western Automotive Journalists' Annual Media Days Begins Tonight at Sundown - VIDEO ENHANCED

MONTEREY, CA - April 22, 2008: While WAJ Media Days is not quite the annual event of other "sundown commencing" events that are taking place this week, for 100-plus west coast automotive journalists it is still a big deal. Western Automotive Journalists, America's second largest group of working automotive journalists, ... Continue reading

New Microsite Showcases Volkswagen Group of America's Responsible Mobility Strategy

New Microsite Showcases Volkswagen Group of America's Responsible Mobility Strategy

Responsiblemobility.com highlights Group innovations from diesel breakthroughs to next generation fuels and future technologies HERNDON, Va., April 21 -- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. today launched responsiblemobility.com, a microsite focused on the company's sustainable mobility strategy. The new microsite comes ... Continue reading

Honda Civic Tour Featuring Panic At The Disco Announces Details of Environmental Efforts

Honda Civic Tour Featuring Panic At The Disco Announces Details of Environmental Efforts

Tour Embodies Spirit of Earth Day With Numerous Initiatives, Including SPIN Contest Aimed at Making Lasting Contribution to Environmental Movement - and Awarding 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid LOS ANGELES, April 21 -- If you had $15,000 to $50,000 to help heal the environment, how would you spend it? The Honda Civic Tour (www ... Continue reading

R. L. Polk & Co. Analysis Shows Hybrid Registrations Continue to Rise

R. L. Polk & Co. Analysis Shows Hybrid Registrations Continue to Rise

Segment affinity among hybrid buyers revealed; West Coast remains leader SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 21 -- Nationwide registrations for new hybrid vehicles rose to 350,289 registrations in 2007 - a 38 percent increase from 2006, according to R. L. Polk & Co. The Toyota Prius continued to lead the segment with 179,178 tota ... Continue reading

Saab Studio Story: Efficiency at Work - VIDEO STORY

Saab Studio Story: Efficiency at Work - VIDEO STORY

RUSSELSHEIM - April 19, 2008: One of the great automotive design challenges is reducing drag and improving efficiency while keeping a stylish look. In this latest volume of Studio Stories, Saab's design team gives you an inside look at the design behind the 9-X BioHybrid Concept and explains how aerodynamics shaped the ... Continue reading

South East Automotive Media Organization Announces 2008 Concept Vehicle of the Year Award Semi-Finalists

South East Automotive Media Organization Announces 2008 Concept Vehicle of the Year Award Semi-Finalists

ATLANTA, April 18 -- The semi-finalists in the seventh annual North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards were announced today during a ceremony at the Atlanta International Auto Show. Professional automotive journalists from throughout North America, representing dozens of outlets in virtually every media segmen ... Continue reading

"Ideas and Innovation Are Around the Corner..." But That's Not Enough, Says Shell Oil President Hofmeister - Multiple Videos

"Ideas and Innovation Are Around the Corner..." But That's Not Enough, Says Shell Oil President Hofmeister - Multiple Videos

SACRAMENTO - April 18, 2008: Outgoing Shell Oil president John Hofmeister gave a spirited key note speech at this week's Low Carbon Fuels Conference in which he lauded the potential for wind power and hydrogen but denounced America's inability to get out of its own way to make things happen. Speaking the first annual L ... Continue reading

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