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Hyundai/Kia to Correct Overstated MPG Claims as Result of EPA Investigation

Hyundai/Kia to Correct Overstated MPG Claims as Result of EPA Investigation

Hyundai/Kia to Correct Overstated MPG Claims as Result of EPA Investigation -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America will lower their fuel economy (mpg) estimates for the majority of their model year 2012 and 2013 models after EPA testing found ... Continue reading

Nearly 80 Million Clean Diesel Vehicles Will be Sold Worldwide From 2012 to 2018, Forecasts Pike Research

Nearly 80 Million Clean Diesel Vehicles Will be Sold Worldwide From 2012 to 2018, Forecasts Pike Research

Diesel cars have long been tremendously popular in Europe, where high fuel prices mean that the price premium of a diesel car can be paid off quickly. However, other regions that have not traditionally been strong diesel markets, such as North America, are now starting to open up--particularly as increasingly stringe ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 11.2.2012

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 11.2.2012

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810p ... Continue reading

Ford C-MAX Hybrid Outsells Toyota Prius v in First Full Sales Month, Helps Ford Set Hybrid, Small Vehicle Sales Records

Ford C-MAX Hybrid Outsells Toyota Prius v in First Full Sales Month, Helps Ford Set Hybrid, Small Vehicle Sales Records

In its first full month of sales, Ford's new C-MAX Hybrid outsells Toyota Prius v, 3,182 units to 2,769 Ford sets record for hybrid sales in October with 4,612 units -- double October 2011 hybrid sales C-MAX hybrids help Ford achieve strongest October small car sales in 11 years -- total 25,493 vehicles for a 54 percen ... Continue reading

Hyundai And Kia Initiate Voluntary Program To Adjust Fuel Economy Ratings On Select Vehicles

Hyundai And Kia Initiate Voluntary Program To Adjust Fuel Economy Ratings On Select Vehicles

Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America today announced that, following discussions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), they are voluntarily adjusting the fuel economy ratings for approximately 900,000, or 35 percent of, 2011-13 model year vehicles sold through October 31, 2012. Procedural errors ... Continue reading

Hyundai and Kia Initiate Program to Adjust Fuel Consumption Ratings on Select Vehicles

Hyundai and Kia Initiate Program to Adjust Fuel Consumption Ratings on Select Vehicles

TORONTO, Nov. 2, 2012 Automakers' Average Fuel Consumption Rating Increased by 0.3 L/100km; Affected Vehicle Owners to be Compensated TORONTO, Nov. 2, 2012 - Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. and Kia Canada Inc. today announced that they are correcting the fuel consumption ratings for approximately 172,000 vehicles sold betwee ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 11.1.2012

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 11.1.2012

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810p ... Continue reading

Clean Energy Releases Second Edition of 'Road to Natural Gas'

Clean Energy Releases Second Edition of 'Road to Natural Gas'

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today released the second edition of “The Road to Natural Gas," an update of truck companies, refuse haulers, fleet operators, airports, municipalities and other organizations which are making the switch to natural gas with transportation fuel, station construction and services provided by Cle ... Continue reading

Auto Analyst Baum, NRDC Dub 2012 "The Year of the Green Car," Debunk Attacks On High-MPG Vehicles

Auto Analyst Baum, NRDC Dub 2012 "The Year of the Green Car," Debunk Attacks On High-MPG Vehicles

Separating Fact From Fiction: Model Year and Calendar Year 2012 Are Best Ever For Greenest Vehicles It's time to give unfairly maligned green cars the respect they earned in a major way in 2012, according to auto analyst Alan L. Baum and Natural Resources Defense Council senior vehicles analyst Luke Tonachel. "The fact ... Continue reading

Ford, Toyota Will Lead Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales in the U.S. Through 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

Ford, Toyota Will Lead Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales in the U.S. Through 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

Assembly lines in Japan and the United States produced more than 20,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2011, an all-time record for such vehicles. But optimism about the market for PEVs has gradually been replaced with a better understanding of the practical challenges of launching new models and expanding PEV sal ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 10.31.2012

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 10.31.2012

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810p ... Continue reading

GasPod Fuel Savings Verified by Independent Field Testers

GasPod Fuel Savings Verified by Independent Field Testers

The plethora of fuel savings devices that don't work challenges legitimate products to prove their worth. AeroHance offers the science verifying that adding GasPods to make one's vehicle more aerodynamic saves fuel. AeroHance retained the services of the largest engineering services group servicing the auto industry to ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 10.30.2012

Fuel Prices - Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 10.30.2012

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810p ... Continue reading

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Review By John Heilig

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Review By John Heilig

MORE INFO Toyota Buyers Guide Perfect New Car Matcher THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG Senior Editor The Auto Channel 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE SPECIFICATIONS Model: 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Engine: 2.4-liter DOHC I4, plus electric motor Horsepower/Torque: 156 hp @ 5,700 rpm/156 lb.-ft. @ 4,500 rpm (plus 105 kw @ 4, ... Continue reading

Experts: Sales Of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles, Including Hybrids And Plug-In Electric Cars, Shatter Records In 2012

Experts: Sales Of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles, Including Hybrids And Plug-In Electric Cars, Shatter Records In 2012

Setting the Record Straight on Misunderstood Topic, Alan Baum and NRDC Auto Expert to Detail Historic Highs in Average Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy, Conventional Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid Sales. Contrary to what is being suggested in some news accounts, the market for clean cars is thriving, with every major record f ... Continue reading

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