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2008 Detroit Auto Show Paves Greener Roads - VIDEO STORY

2008 Detroit Auto Show Paves Greener Roads - VIDEO STORY

DETROIT - January 20, 2008: Vehicles using alternatives to fuel featured prominently at this year's North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, as efforts to combat global warming continue. From hydrogen to bio-fuels, automakers introduced a variety of alternative propulsion vehicles. In addition to dual ... Continue reading

TACH's Press Pass Coverage Puts You in the Detroit Auto Show - EXTENSIVE VIDEO

TACH's Press Pass Coverage Puts You in the Detroit Auto Show - EXTENSIVE VIDEO

It's Back, the North American International Auto Show: America's Most Important Automobile Exposition DETROIT - January 12, 2008: Once again, The Auto Channel will be presenting extensive, unmatched coverage of the Detroit Auto Show. And once again, with TACH's Press Pass Coverage, you'll be able to experience the Medi ... Continue reading

Next-Generation Powertrain Design Software from Ricardo Offers Power and Precision to Help Meet Fuel Economy and Emissions Targets

Next-Generation Powertrain Design Software from Ricardo Offers Power and Precision to Help Meet Fuel Economy and Emissions Targets

VAN BUREN TWP., Mich., Jan. 17 -- The latest release of WAVE, Ricardo's world-leading engine performance and gas dynamics simulation software, takes its performance and modeling capacity to a new level in the quest to meet increasingly demanding fuel economy and emissions standards. WAVE 8.0 -- the product of more than ... Continue reading

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Ferrari Presents Biofuel-Powered F430 Spider - COMPLETE VIDEO

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Ferrari Presents Biofuel-Powered F430 Spider - COMPLETE VIDEO

DETROIT - January 17, 2008: Ferrari brought two models to the big Detroit show, the 430 Scuderia and the 599 GTB Fiorano - to the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Also on the stand this year, however, is a biofuel-powered technological demonstration prototype which uses the F430 Spider as a base. ... Continue reading

Green Car Summit at the 2008 Washington Auto Show

Green Car Summit at the 2008 Washington Auto Show

Leading Voices Focus on Automobiles, Energy, and Environmental Strategies WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Green Car Journal is presenting its inaugural Green Car Summit at the 2008 Washington Auto Show, scheduled from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Jan. 22, International Media Day, at the Washington Convention Center. Two panels comprise ... Continue reading

AutoNation's CEO calls for higher federal gas tax

AutoNation's CEO calls for higher federal gas tax

DETROIT, Jan 15, 2008; Poornima Gupta writing for Reuters reported that AutoNation Inc Chief Executive Mike Jackson on Tuesday called for an increase in the U.S. federal tax on gasoline as a way to encourage consumers to opt for more fuel-efficient vehicles and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Jackson proposed a ... Continue reading

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions to Provide Hybrid Battery System for Newest Car from Chery - COMPLETE VIDEO

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions to Provide Hybrid Battery System for Newest Car from Chery - COMPLETE VIDEO

DETROIT, Michigan, January 15 -- Energy-conscious consumers in China will have a new hybrid option when Chery Automobile launches its new A5 ISG sedan in the latter half of 2008. Combining the advantages of fuel and electric vehicles, the new car is low in emission and fuel-consumption together with high performance. T ... Continue reading

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Saturn Vue Green Line Plug-in Hybrid SUV May Begin Production in 2010 - COMPLETE VIDEO

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Saturn Vue Green Line Plug-in Hybrid SUV May Begin Production in 2010 - COMPLETE VIDEO

Expected to be First Commercially Available, OEM-produced Plug-in Hybrid DETROIT - Saturn announced today at the North American International Auto Show that production may begin as soon as 2010 on a plug-in hybrid electric version of the Saturn Vue Green Line, expected to be the first regular production plug-in hybrid ... Continue reading

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Chrysler Presents 3 New Concepts - COMPLETE VIDEO

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Chrysler Presents 3 New Concepts - COMPLETE VIDEO

DETROIT - January 14, 2007: Chrysler will be introducing three exciting new concepts, ecoVoyager, Dodge ZEO and Jeep® Renegade. ... Continue reading

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Fisker Automotive Unveils Fisker Karma, First Ever Luxury Plug-In Hybrid - COMPLETE VIDEO

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Fisker Automotive Unveils Fisker Karma, First Ever Luxury Plug-In Hybrid - COMPLETE VIDEO

New 'Green' Machine Makes World Wide Premiere at the North American International Auto Show DETROIT, Jan. 14 -- Fisker Automotive, Inc., a green American premium sports car company, today unveiled its first production car, the Fisker Karma, at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The first of ... Continue reading

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Automotive X PRIZE team announces new partnership with IDC of South Africa

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Automotive X PRIZE team announces new partnership with IDC of South Africa

Hello, Here is a release that one of our teams, Velozzi, put out this morning. Roberto Velozzi-Jerez and his team will be here later today. Let me know if you want to connect with him. Thanks, Carrie Fox 202-255-9214 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERTO JEREZ, 323-363-1315 www.Velozzi.org <http://www.velozzi.org/> , ... Continue reading

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Honda CR-Z Hybrid and FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Vehicle Introduced - COMPLETE VIDEO

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Honda CR-Z Hybrid and FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Vehicle Introduced - COMPLETE VIDEO

DETROIT, U.S.A., January 13, 2008–The Honda CR-Z, a lightweight sports hybrid concept vehicle, and the FCX Clarity, a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle set to begin limited retail marketing in summer 2008, are bringing some of the most advanced environmental technologies from Honda to the 2008 North American Internationa ... Continue reading

2008 Detroit Auto Show: BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid Revealed - COMPLETE VIDEO

2008 Detroit Auto Show: BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid Revealed - COMPLETE VIDEO

AN INNOVATIVE HYBRID CONCEPT LIKE NO OTHER IN THE WORLD: THE BMW CONCEPT X6 ACTIVEHYBRID SPORTS ACTIVITY COUPE Woodcliff Lake, NJ - January 13, 2008... In addition to the world debut of its all-new X6 Sports Activity Coupe at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, BMW will also present the North American debut of an innovative hy ... Continue reading

GM to launch Chevrolet Malibu hybrid in China on next week

GM to launch Chevrolet Malibu hybrid in China on next week

GM to launch Chevrolet Malibu hybrid in China on next week http://www.gasgoo.com/autobiz/4498/GM-to-launch-Chevrolet-Malibu-hybrid -in-China-on-next-week.html Shanghai. January 14 (Gasgoo.com) - General Motors will launch Chinese made Chevrolet Malibu hybrid in China on January 22. This will be the first hybrid vehicle ... Continue reading

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Toyota Promotes Plug-In Hybrid Development At 2008 North American International Auto Show

2008 Detroit Auto Show: Toyota Promotes Plug-In Hybrid Development At 2008 North American International Auto Show

January 14, 2008 - Detroit, MI - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced it will provide several Toyota Prius plug-in electric hybrid (PHEV) prototypes at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit for executive shuttle service to and from the Cobo Center. The prototype Prius plug-in hybrids ... Continue reading

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