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Kelley Blue Book's Kbb.com Announces Top 10 Green Cars for 2009

Kelley Blue Book's Kbb.com Announces Top 10 Green Cars for 2009

KBB Green Offers Alternative-Fuel Car Guide, Car-Finding Tools, Forums, Blogs IRVINE, Calif., April 20 -- Kelley Blue Book, www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information, today announces the expert editors of Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com name their 2009 picks for the Top 10 Green Cars. In an all-n ... Continue reading

Hey, Mr. President: Wishing for an Improved Economy and Energy Independence Won't Make It So...Real Action is Necessary

Hey, Mr. President: Wishing for an Improved Economy and Energy Independence Won't Make It So...Real Action is Necessary

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Spending, for the sake of spending will not make the depression go away. Giving money to Wall Street firms and banks that do nothing with it, other than the same things they’ve did to get themselves into trouble, is a waste of our tax dollars. The ... Continue reading

Award Winning i30 'Green Diesel' Winning Friends

Award Winning i30 'Green Diesel' Winning Friends

Hyundai Motor Company Australia has seen the multi-award winning i30 range continue to grow its customer base since the i30 hatch was launched in October 2007. Only last month Hyundai launched the i30cw wagon and with 1,503 i30's sold last month, the brand looks set to welcome a growing number of 'i' generation custome ... Continue reading

Initial Thoughts on Obama's Moves - EDITORIAL

Initial Thoughts on Obama's Moves - EDITORIAL

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher SACRAMENTO – March 30, 2009 (11:30AM EDT) – I agree with and applaud most of what Barak Obama said this morning in his national broadcast. However, I disagree with a couple of items. Firstly, I don’t believe that either General Motors or Chrysler have ac ... Continue reading

Algae-to-Oil Pioneer OriginOil Appoints Adam Meislik to Company Board of Directors

Algae-to-Oil Pioneer OriginOil Appoints Adam Meislik to Company Board of Directors

LOS ANGELES--OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, announced the appointment of Adam Meislik to the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. “Adam possesses a unique ba ... Continue reading

EPA Makes a Move on Emissions

EPA Makes a Move on Emissions

Washington DC March 24, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that the Environmental Protection Agency wants carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases declared a public health danger – nearly two years after the Supreme Court gave it authority to regulate them. If approved by the White House Office of Management and ... Continue reading

NxtGen Emission Controls Releases Syngas Generator Evaluation Units for Order

NxtGen Emission Controls Releases Syngas Generator Evaluation Units for Order

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (March 17, 2009) – NxtGen Emission Controls Inc. today announced the availability of its Syngas Generator Evaluation Unit for order by universities, research organizations and powertrain manufacturers that are looking to reduce emissions and increase fuel economy. NxtGen is an emerging ... Continue reading

OriginOil CEO Proposes Ways to Accelerate the Pace of Renewable Energy Adoption at Algae Fuels Forum of the World Biofuels Markets 2009

OriginOil CEO Proposes Ways to Accelerate the Pace of Renewable Energy Adoption at Algae Fuels Forum of the World Biofuels Markets 2009

LOS ANGELES--OriginOil, Inc. (OTCBB: OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, was featured at the Algae Fuels Forum of the World Biofuels Markets 2009 conference in Brussels on March 16, 2009. As a featured pre ... Continue reading

I-65 is Nation's First Biofuels Corridor

I-65 is Nation's First Biofuels Corridor

The I-65 Biofuels Corridor extends from Gary, Indiana to Mobile, Alabama. Interstate 65, extending 886 miles between Gary, Indiana, and Mobile, Alabama, is the nation's first "biofuels corridor." In 2005, there were no biofuel stations along I-65. Today the corridor designation means that a driver is no more than 100 m ... Continue reading

2010-2012 Volvo's Refreshed and Greener

2010-2012 Volvo's Refreshed and Greener

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor MONACO, March 11, Last year at the Paris auto show, Volvo presented its DRIVe versions of the C30, S40 and V50. DRIVe (say: drive-e) stands for the Swedish car manufacturer’s ‘green label’. Since then the above mentioned versions have been further improved, resultin ... Continue reading

2010 Volvo S80 Review

2010 Volvo S80 Review

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor MONACO, March 11, Last year at the Paris auto show, Volvo presented its DRIVe versions of the C30, S40 and V50. DRIVe (say: drive-e) stands for the Swedish car manufacturer’s ‘green label’. Since then the abovementioned versions have been further improved, resulting ... Continue reading

Cash-strapped GM Postpones 4.5-liter V-8 diesel Engine for Pickups

Cash-strapped GM Postpones 4.5-liter V-8 diesel Engine for Pickups

Detroit March 11, 2009; GM said today that given the current economic climate, GM has reviewed and updated its U.S. product portfolio and has decided to place on indefinite hold its previously announced plan to add a Duramax 4.5L V-8 diesel engine in 2010 to its Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra light-duty trucks. Che ... Continue reading

Schwarzenegger To Step Unto The LIons Den - Keynoting SAE In Detroit

Schwarzenegger To Step Unto The LIons Den - Keynoting SAE In Detroit

Detroit March 10, 2009; It was announced today at a press luncheon sponsored by Honda R&D Company, that green facing California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the keynote speaker at the SAE World Congress April 20 at a special morning session at beginning at 8AM. The event will take place in the AVL theater loc ... Continue reading

BASF Catalysts' Retrofit Technology Available for New Stimulus Funding for Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

BASF Catalysts' Retrofit Technology Available for New Stimulus Funding for Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

ISELIN, N.J., March 9 -- BASF Catalysts' retrofit technology, which addresses harmful emissions from large diesel engines generally found on bus and truck fleets, is ready to meet the anticipated demand from fleet owners as they tap $300 million in stimulus funding directed to the EPA's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act ( ... Continue reading

Volkswagen BlueMotionTechnologies - Geneva Motor Show 2009

Volkswagen BlueMotionTechnologies - Geneva Motor Show 2009

Volkswagen is expanding its range of extremely fuel efficient, clean and economical models with great vigor. Making world premieres at the Geneva Motor Show 2009 are the Polo BlueMotion concept car, the new Golf BlueMotion, the next Golf Plus BlueMotion, the exclusive Passat CC BlueTDI Individual and the natural gas po ... Continue reading

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