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Fuel Efficiency and Growing Concern for the Environment Impacting Consumers' Future Auto Buying Decisions

Fuel Efficiency and Growing Concern for the Environment Impacting Consumers' Future Auto Buying Decisions

MCLEAN, Va.--Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, a new survey by Capital One Auto Finance (www.capitalone.com/auto) finds that when it comes to Americans’ auto preferences, bigger may not always be better and fuel efficiency is in the driver’s seat. The survey, which examined driversà ... Continue reading

Experts From Torino (Italy) to Present 'Sustainable Mobility, Innovative Technologies' at 2010 SAE World Congress

Experts From Torino (Italy) to Present 'Sustainable Mobility, Innovative Technologies' at 2010 SAE World Congress

DETROIT, April 12 -- Leading authorities on sustainable mobility from Torino, Italy's automotive capitol, will be presenting a half-day seminar at the SAE World Congress 2010 in Detroit on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Sponsored by the Torino Chamber of Commerce and organized by the Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export a ... Continue reading

Test Drive Alternative Fuel Vehicles at First So Cal Green Solutions Expo

Test Drive Alternative Fuel Vehicles at First So Cal Green Solutions Expo

IRVINE, Calif.--Orange County’s Great Park will host the first So Cal Green Solutions Expo June 5-6, 2010. The nation’s premier green expo for all-things green including transportation selected the Great Park based on its sustainable design, expansive area and the diversity of the communit ... Continue reading

Composite CNG Tank Market to Witness Double Digit Growth Rates in 2010-15

Composite CNG Tank Market to Witness Double Digit Growth Rates in 2010-15

DALLAS--The CNG tank market has witnessed double digit growths during the last decade and is expected to grow at a similar rate for the next five years (2010-15). According to Lucintel, the global composite CNG tank market for automotive industry is forecast to reach $368.8 million by 2015. “Growth Opportunities i ... Continue reading

Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces $6 Billion Profit Fourth Quarter 2009

Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces $6 Billion Profit Fourth Quarter 2009

IRVING, Texas--Exxon Mobil Corporation 1,160 Earnings 1 $ Millions 6,050 7,820 -23 19,280 45,220 -57 $ Per Common Share Assuming Dilution 1 1.27 1.54 -18 3.98 8.66 -54 Capital and Exploration Expenditures - $ Millions 8,263 6,829 21 27,092 26,143 4 1 See Accounting guidance adopted in first quarter 2009 EXXONMOBIL'S CH ... Continue reading

NRC Chairman Jaczko to Keynote USA's Largest Energy & Environment Conference February 1 in Phoenix

NRC Chairman Jaczko to Keynote USA's Largest Energy & Environment Conference February 1 in Phoenix

PHOENIX--The Honorable Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will keynote the 13th annual Energy & Environment Conference (EUEC) to be held February 1 to 3, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Convention Center. Chairman Jaczko will join a record number of over 650 senior level speakers at ... Continue reading

Chadbourne & Parke Forms "Next Generation Vehicles" Practice

Chadbourne & Parke Forms "Next Generation Vehicles" Practice

CHADBOURNE JUMP-STARTS "NEXT GENERATION VEHICLES" New Practice Reinforces Firm's Status as Leader in Green Initiatives New York, January 21, 2010 —The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that it has formed a Next Generation Vehicles practice. The multi-disciplinary team will be led by ... Continue reading

Environment Texas: Plug-in Electric Cars Can Lower Global Warming Emissions, Oil Consumption and Unhealthy Air Pollution

Environment Texas: Plug-in Electric Cars Can Lower Global Warming Emissions, Oil Consumption and Unhealthy Air Pollution

DALLAS--Increasing America’s use of plug-in electric and plug in hybrid cars would dramatically reduce emissions that cause global warming and air pollution and would curb our dependence on oil, according to a new white paper released today by Environment Texas. “We're on the cusp of an historic shift in the ... Continue reading

Green Car Summit Coming to Capitol Hill

Green Car Summit Coming to Capitol Hill

Industry Leaders to Discuss Pathways to Electric and Advanced Vehicles WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The Washington Auto Show (WAS) and Green Car Journal will host the third annual Green Car Summit(TM) on Monday, January 25, sharing important insights from industry and environmental leaders including Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Vol ... Continue reading

Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Chooses Michigan for 2010 Competition Events

Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Chooses Michigan for 2010 Competition Events

$10 Million Competition for Super Fuel Efficient Vehicles Announces Partnership with Michigan Economic Development Corporation to Host Multi-Stage On-Track Challenges DETROIT, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE has chosen the state of Michigan to host an intense multi-stage ... Continue reading

National AF&V Conference Speakers Announced

National AF&V Conference Speakers Announced

FINAL-logo--AFVI2010 For Immediate Release Contact: Kimberly Taylor 702-203-4982 ktaylor@afvi.org National AF&V Conference Speakers Announced The Latest Information on Funding, Policies, Vehicles & Technologies Las Vegas, NV - January 7, 2010: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) hosts the sixteenth Alternative Fu ... Continue reading

Cars Shrink Under Pressure from Government, Consumers

Cars Shrink Under Pressure from Government, Consumers

Washington DC January 7, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that it's a small world after all. That is one message automakers are sending, loud and clear, to consumers and politicians judging by the vehicles that will be on display at this year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit. According to The Detr ... Continue reading

Global Automakers Will Significantly Increase Spending On New Technologies, Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Says KPMG Survey

Global Automakers Will Significantly Increase Spending On New Technologies, Hybrid and Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Says KPMG Survey

Execs cite fuel efficiency as extremely important to new car buyers DETROIT, Jan. 7 -- In response to consumer demand, senior automotive executives are expected to increase their investment in new technologies to produce more environmentally-friendly, fuel-efficient vehicles, according to the 11th annual global automot ... Continue reading

Green Car Summit Coming to Capitol Hill

Green Car Summit Coming to Capitol Hill

Industry Leaders to Discuss Pathways to Electric and Advanced Vehicles WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- The Washington Auto Show (WAS) and Green Car Journal will host the third annual Green Car Summit(TM) on Monday, January 25, sharing important insights from industry and environmental leaders including Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Volk ... Continue reading

Taiwan EPA Encourages Use of Eco-Friendly Vehicles - Wish We Had Them In The U.S. Too

Taiwan EPA Encourages Use of Eco-Friendly Vehicles - Wish We Had Them In The U.S. Too

TAIPEI, Taiwan--Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has been promoting the use of vehicles using clean energies or causing a lower level of pollution, including electricity-powered buses, liquefied natural gas (LNG) cars, hybrid vehicles, dual-fuel vehicles and electricity-powered bicycles. †... Continue reading

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