Automakers Support President in Development of National Program for Autos
May 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, May 19, automakers will join with President Obama, federal agencies, governors and environmental leaders to announce a commitment to establish a National Program that will reduce carbon emissions and increase fuel economy. "For seven long years, there has been a ... Continue reading
Chrysler LLC Statement in Response to Administration Announcement of National Standard
May 19, 2009
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 18 -- Chrysler welcomes the President's announcement of a framework for a single national approach for fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards. We thank the Administration for their leadership. Today's announcement begins an important process of harmonizing state and federal fuel economy prog ... Continue reading
Obama to Unveil Most Aggressive Auto Fuel Standards
May 18, 2009
President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose the most aggressive increase in U.S. auto fuel efficiency ever in a policy initiative that would also directly regulate emissions for the first time and resolve a dispute with California over cleaner cars. A senior administration official, speaking to reporters late on Mon ... Continue reading
The HostmenThe Worlds First Fuel Cartel
May 18, 2009
Edwin Black May 18th 2009 The following research arose from the bestseller Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives (Dialog Press). Buy it here. In the fifteen hundreds, peat fuel was surpassed by an even more distasteful alternative: coal. The same m ... Continue reading
Governors and Green Technology Highlight SAE 2009 World Congress
May 14, 2009
DETROIT, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attendees of the SAE 2009 World Congress were treated to informative discussions from two governors of states that help shape the automotive industry -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm of Michigan and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California. The two political leaders shared their view ... Continue reading
Real World Testing Proves GM/Opel HydroGen4 Fuel Cell Vehicles Viable
May 14, 2009
Six months into road testing of HydroGen4 vehicles in Berlin has shown the fourth generation of GM/Opel fuel cell cars are reliable and that the future of hydrogen mobility is viable, an Opel engineer told an audience of academic, government and industry professionals at the Electric Vehicle Symposium 24 (EVS 24). ... Continue reading
Mazda Unveils first Norwegian-specification RX-8 Hydrogen RE at Oslo Ceremony
May 12, 2009
Another environmentally focused solution from Mazda - a Norwegian-specification RX-8 Hydrogen RE - was unveiled today at an historic event in Oslo. The vehicle was unveiled as part of a ceremony celebrating the opening of the latest HyNor hydrogen filling stations. With this opening, Norway's national hydrogen project ... Continue reading
President Obama Kills Development of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
May 11, 2009
Washington DC May 11, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that George W. Bush's $1.2 billion plan to develop cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells was eliminated by President Barack Obama on Thursday, with the intention of saving the government $100 million a year. Citing the high costs and technical issues associated wi ... Continue reading
New Holland's Energy Independent Farm Concept
May 11, 2009
New Holland's triple win at SIMA for NH2⢠hydrogen powered tractor, EasyDrive⢠transmission and Intelligent User Interface New Holland Agriculture has won both Gold and Silver medals at the SIMA Innovation Awards 2009 for the impressive NH2⢠hydrogen-powered tractor and the advanced EasyDrive⢠trans ... Continue reading
Hydrogen Car Goes Down Like the Hindenburg: DoE Kills the Program
May 9, 2009
Discover Magazine.com May 8, 2009 The dream of hydrogen fuel cell cars has just been put back in the garage. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced yesterday that his department is cutting all funding for hydrogen car research, saying that it wonât be a feasible technology anytime soon. âWe asked ourselve ... Continue reading
May 8, 2009
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today detailed President Barack Obamaâs $26.4 billion Fiscal Year 2010 budget request for the Department of Energy, highlighting the Administrationâs commitment to transformational discoveries, breakthrough science, and innovative technologies in the nationâs effort to se ... Continue reading
May 8, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich. â General Motors and the University of Michigan today announced the formation of the GM/U-M Institute of Automotive Research and Education, with a strategic focus on reinventing the automobile and developing the next generation of high-efficiency vehicles powered by diverse energy sources. The Ins ... Continue reading
EPA Proposes New Regulations for the National Renewable Fuel Standard Program for 2010 and Beyond
May 5, 2009
EPA Proposes New Regulations for the National Renewable Fuel Standard Program for 2010 and Beyond EPA-420-F-09-023, May 2009 Download PDF Version formatted for printing (9 pp, 574K, About PDF Files) Introduction General Background New Renewable Volume Standards EISA Expands Coverage to Include Diesel and Nonroad Fuels ... Continue reading
EPA Lays out a Plan for USA's Increase in Renewable fuels
May 5, 2009
Release date: 05/05/2009 Contact Information: Cathy Milbourn, 202-564-4355 / 7849 / milbourn.cathy@epa.gov (Washington, D.C. â May 5, 2009) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing its strategy for increasing the supply of renewable fuels, poised to reach 36 billion gallons by 2022, as mandated by the ... Continue reading
Fuel Efficiency of Vehicles on the Road: Little Progress Since the 1920s
May 5, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Vehicles on America's roads today get only about three miles more per gallon than vehicles back in 1923, University of Michigan researchers say. A new study in the journal Energy Policy by Michael Sivak and Omer Tsimhoni of the U-M Transportation Research Institute shows that overall fuel efficiency ... Continue reading
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