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Green Grand Prix April 15 - Something For All

Green Grand Prix April 15 - Something For All

WATKINS GLEN, Apr. 8, 2011: In the market for a new car and want to learn a little more? Or are you a techno-geek eager for conversation about real results of the latest vehicle developments? Whatever the level of your interest in today’s alternate-fuel driving options, the Green Grand Prix should be on your sched ... Continue reading

"Natural Gas Act" Excludes All Other American-made Clean Fuels

"Natural Gas Act" Excludes All Other American-made Clean Fuels

Washington, DC – April 7, 2011 – Advocates of the T. Boone Pickens-backed NAT GAS Act have again introduced legislation that singles out only one alternative - natural gas - for federal incentives while excluding all other alternative fuels. The New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act ( ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA REVIEW

2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA REVIEW, 2011 Volkswagen Jetta Specs, Prices and Comparisons, HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE 2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA VEHICLE For the first time in vehicle history, Volkswagen is actually showing signs of car-maker jealously. Nervous of what less-e ... Continue reading

FEV to Show High Efficiency Combustion System at 2011 SAE World Congress

FEV to Show High Efficiency Combustion System at 2011 SAE World Congress

PR Newswire AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 4, 2011 AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 4, 2011 -- FEV, Inc., (FEV) a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, announced today that it will exhibit its High Efficiency Combustion System (HECS) engine at the 2011 SAE World Congress, held April 12  ... Continue reading

Diesel on Demand: New Three-Litre Diesel Joins BMW X6 Line-up in Australia

Diesel on Demand: New Three-Litre Diesel Joins BMW X6 Line-up in Australia

BMW Australia has responded to skyrocketing Australian demand for its diesel engines with the introduction of a new entry model to the BMW X6 range: the BMW X6 xDrive30d. ... Continue reading

X Prize Cars, Electrathon Teams Part Of Green Grand Prix At Watkins Glen International

X Prize Cars, Electrathon Teams Part Of Green Grand Prix At Watkins Glen International

WATKINS GLEN, March, 20, 2011: Automotive X Prize teams from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indiana will compete at the 7th Annual Green Grand Prix Friday, April 15, at Watkins Glen International. Two of the vehicles are educational entries from Cornell University and West Philadelphia High School. The X Prize ca ... Continue reading

U.S. Car Buyers Still Unclear on How Hybrids Work

U.S. Car Buyers Still Unclear on How Hybrids Work

Washington DC March 14, 2011; The AIADA newsletter reported that the differences between various alternative fuel cars are confusing consumers, according to a new survey of some 1,900 new car buyers and browsers in the U.S. That lack of knowledge could mean fewer hybrids are purchased according to Synovate, the market ... Continue reading

House Panel Clears Bill to Stop EPA from Regulating Vehicle Emissions

House Panel Clears Bill to Stop EPA from Regulating Vehicle Emissions

Washington DC March 14, 2011; The AIADA newsletter reported that house committee on Tuesday cleared a bill to block the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, including vehicles from the 2017-2025 model years – sending it to the House floor. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), ... Continue reading

BAF Technologies Launches New Line of Bi-Fuel Ford Vans & Pick-Ups

BAF Technologies Launches New Line of Bi-Fuel Ford Vans & Pick-Ups

DALLAS--BAF Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. , has expanded its CNG product line to include Ford vehicles equipped with the BAF proprietary bi-fuel compressed natural gas (CNG) system. “Not only will our new BAF bi-fuel models provide commercial and municipal fleets with increased flexi ... Continue reading

Clean Diesel Engines Sited in AAA's New List of Most Innovative Auto Technologies

Clean Diesel Engines Sited in AAA's New List of Most Innovative Auto Technologies

PR Newswire WASHINGTON, March 3, 2011 "Modern diesel engines are clean, quiet, refined and powerful." - AAA WASHINGTON, March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New clean diesel engines, electric vehicles and hybrid cars were among the new innovations named today by AAA on its biennial list of the top new vehicle techn ... Continue reading

BMW Plans To Sell At Least 30,000 Units A Year Of Its i3

BMW Plans To Sell At Least 30,000 Units A Year Of Its i3

According to Harald Hamprecht writing for Automotive News, BMW AG aims to sell at least 30,000 units of its i3 electric vehicle a year beginning in 2014. "We are targeting volume production for the i3," said Ian Robertson, BMW’s global sales and marketing boss. Robertson said sales volume for the i3 could be "comp ... Continue reading

Daimler, Renault Extend Electric Cars Deal

Daimler, Renault Extend Electric Cars Deal

According to Reuters, Renault and Daimler have reached a new deal under which the Reanult will develop electric motors for the Smart and Twingo brands, while Daimler will supply batteries, a German paper reported. "By doing this we will immediately be able to boost sales," Daimler's head of research and development Tho ... Continue reading

Vattenfall & Volvo: The World's First Diesel Plug-in Hybrid

Vattenfall & Volvo: The World's First Diesel Plug-in Hybrid

STOCKHOLM--Regulatory News: “The huge environmental and consumer benefits of the electric car mark it as a highly significant step forward in the battle against climate change” Vattenfall & Volvo (STO:VOLVA)(STO:VOLVB): Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid will be presented at the 2011 Geneva motor show. It is a virtuall ... Continue reading

U of M Study Finds Automakers Manipulate CAFE Fuel Economy Not Fixing America's Gasoline Problem

U of M Study Finds Automakers Manipulate CAFE Fuel Economy Not Fixing America's Gasoline Problem

ANN ARBOR, Mich. February 16, 2011; With the recent announcement that the U.S. government will propose new fuel economy standards this fall, a University of Michigan study shows that automakers fine-tune vehicle fuel economy to qualify for more favorable treatment. For more than 30 years, auto companies have done just ... Continue reading

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