Mazda Delivers First Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation
May 27, 2009
Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation, an energy development company based in Japan. The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is Mazda's latest hydrogen rotary engine (RE) vehicle which uses hydrogen as a fuel and features a unique hybrid system.The Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid can run on both hydrogen and ... Continue reading
'Cash-for-Guzzlers' May be Debated in Mid-June
May 26, 2009
Washington DC May 26, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that according to Automotive News, a bill to offer cash vouchers of up to $4,500 to people who swap cars and trucks for new, more fuel-efficient vehicles may be considered on the House floor as early as mid-June. The measure passed the House Energy and Commerce ... Continue reading
Mazda Delivers First Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation
May 26, 2009
HIROSHIMA - May 26, 2009: Mazda Motor Corporation delivered the first Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid yesterday to Iwatani Corporation, an energy development company based in Japan. The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is Mazdaâs latest hydrogen rotary engine (RE) vehicle which uses hydrogen as a fuel and features a un ... Continue reading
USA Today: Safety Could Suffer if Cars Get Smaller
May 22, 2009
Washington DC May 22, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that the Obama administration's sweeping fuel-economy and emissions initiative announced Tuesday reopens a fierce debate over tradeoffs between fuel economy and auto safety. According to USA Today, some safety experts say the sale of more small cars, which are m ... Continue reading
CNN Says Gas Prices Are the Key to Fuel Economy
May 21, 2009
Washington DC May 21, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that new fuel economy rules announced by President Obama Tuesday have already gained support from major automakers, but the challenge will be getting consumers to play along, especially if gas prices remain relatively low. According to CNN Money, the Obama admin ... Continue reading
Forbes: The Cars You'll Drive In 2014
May 21, 2009
May 20, 2009; Hannah Elliott writing for Forbes reported that everybody knows the auto world has shifted. The trick is divining which brands have got the gumption to last. Now, with President Obama's new efficiency standards requiring a fleet-wide fuel economy average of 35.5 miles per gallon, automakers have their wor ... Continue reading
Pocahontas Stays Green With Honda's Hydrogen Car
May 20, 2009
Actress and Environmental Youth Leader Q'orianka Kilcher, who played Pocahontas in the movie "The New World", has taken delivery of the next-generation Honda FCX Clarity. ... Continue reading
May 20, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The new White House-brokered agreement on increased auto fuel efficiency averaging 35.5 miles per gallon (MPG) for new cars and light trucks sold in 2016 is "historic and a great beginning for recovering America's position in the global auto market," according to 40MPG.org ... Continue reading
May 20, 2009
New Standards Set First Ever Greenhouse Gas Pollution Standards for Cars and Provide More Certainty to Auto Industry WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Obama Administration announced today a new national standard for fuel efficiency for cars and light trucks and the first ever greenhouse gas pollution st ... Continue reading
President Obama Announces National Fuel Efficiency Policy
May 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC THE WHITE HOUSE May 19, 2009; President Obama today â for the first time in history â set in motion a new national policy aimed at both increasing fuel economy and reducing greenhouse gas pollution for all new cars and trucks sold in the United States. The new standards, covering model years 20 ... Continue reading
Plug In America Claims Another Victory: Obama Calls for National Fuel Efficiency Standard
May 19, 2009
Advocacy Group Had Urged Obama to Take the Action Great minds think alike -- in this case, President Barak Obama and members of Plug In America. President Obama today announced a plan to extend California's vehicle emissions standards to the entire nation, following Plug In America's April 2009 campaign asking him to d ... Continue reading
Pelosi Statement on President Obama's Announcement on National Fuel Efficiency Policy
May 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today regarding President Obama's announcement of a National Fuel Efficiency Policy, which will include the first nationwide standards for vehicle fuel mileage and emissions: "President Obama and Congress are working tog ... Continue reading
NADA Commends President's Support for National Fuel Economy Program
May 19, 2009
Auto dealer group stresses need to consider economy, jobs, safety WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement from the chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, John McEleney, is in response to today's White House announcement of a new national fuel economy and greenhouse gas pr ... Continue reading
New Federal CAFE Standard Announced by President Obama; Edmunds.com Comments
May 19, 2009
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Today changes are being announced for the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations, which are intended to encourage automakers to build and sell more fuel efficient cars, leading to a cleaner environment and less dependence on foreign oil. The new regulations, which will go into effect in ... Continue reading
May 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2009 The Alliance to Save Energy today hailed the Obama administration's new policy establishing a unified national limit on vehicle tailpipe emissions and accelerating by four years an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 miles per gallon for all passenger vehicles as "an historic step forward and ... Continue reading
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