Odd Couple: How Honda and Total Could Make a Winning 'Green' Investment
May 5, 2009
by: Bill Paul SeekingAlpha May 05, 2009 If they ever write a rule book for green investing, Rule One should be: donât get your advice from a traditional financial analyst. When Enron came a cropper several years back, the Street soured on alternative energy. A generation of green financial experts who would now be ... Continue reading
Buying Habits Are the Latest Automotive Import
May 4, 2009
Washington DC May 4, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that the Los Angeles Times reports that tighter credit, depleted retirement savings, and environmental concerns are among the forces reshaping the U.S. auto market into something that looks more like Europe and the rest of the worldâwhere people buy smaller, ... Continue reading
2009 SAE International Congress
May 4, 2009
2009 SAE WORLD CONGRESS IN DETROIT One Measure of the Automobile Industry By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau There was a time, not many years ago, that the SAE show, held every spring in the Motor City, was a huge, lively, splashy event. Not anymore. Now itâs almost painfully subdued. No more big, ex ... Continue reading
$193M for Energy Research: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Apr 29, 2009
GOLDEN, Colo. April 29, 2009; The AP reporteds that the primary U.S. lab for renewable energy will receive $110 million in federal stimulus money and another $83 million will go toward wind energy efficiency and other alternative power projects. Energy Secretary Steven Chu made the announcement Wednesday while touring ... Continue reading
Norway Considers Accepting The Auto Channel's Plan to Ban Gasoline-Powered Cars
Apr 28, 2009
Norway First Government to Act on TACH Plan AUTO CENTRAL - April 27, 2009: Last June, The Auto Channel proposed a plan for the United States to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles that many in the auto industry considered unrealistic...not because it wasn't needed or the correct thing to do, but because it was felt tha ... Continue reading
Mazda Builds First RX-8 Hydrogen RE for Norway
Apr 27, 2009
Hiroshima, Apr 24, 2009; Mazda Motor Corporation today announced that it has built the first Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle with Norwegian specifications, developed specifically for participation in HyNor, Norway's national hydrogen project. The first unit will take part in ceremonies marking the official opening of Hy ... Continue reading
Apr 24, 2009
SEAL BEACH, Calif.--The State of Californiaâs Air Resources Board yesterday adopted a regulation to implement Governor Schwarzenegger's Low Carbon Fuel Standard calling for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from California's transportation fuels by 10 percent by 2020. The regulation encourages the use of f ... Continue reading
Mazda Builds First RX-8 Hydrogen RE for Norway
Apr 24, 2009
HIROSHIMA - Mazda Motor Corporation today announced that it has built the first Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle with Norwegian specifications, developed specifically for participation in HyNor, Norway's national hydrogen project. The first unit will take part in ceremonies marking the official opening of HyNorâs hy ... Continue reading
Kelley Blue Book's Kbb.com Announces Top 10 Green Cars for 2009
Apr 20, 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
Toshiba Batteries Promises 90-second Recharges
Apr 15, 2009
The Japanese firm has improved its SCiB technology and aims to underpin emerging electric cars Tom Young, BusinessGreen, 15 Apr 2009 Toshiba hopes its battery will power hybrids like this Honda Japanese technology company Toshiba has reportedly improved its so-called Super Charge Ion Battery (SCiB) technology to make i ... Continue reading
EV-Motoring : The Great Electric Car Race
Apr 15, 2009
Washington DC April 15, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that International automakers are virtual light years ahead of American domestic manufacturers when it comes to producing alternative fuel vehicles. According to Fortune magazine, the Treasury Department has cited domestic automaker's lack of foresight and lea ... Continue reading
Apr 14, 2009
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 theyâve did to get themselves into trouble, is a waste of our tax dollars. The ... Continue reading
Kentucky Working Hard To Land Advanced Battery Plant
Apr 14, 2009
FRANKFORT, Ky. April 13, 2009; Joe Biesk writing for the AP reported that officials are working with a nonprofit industry group to build a high-tech car battery plant in Kentucky, Gov. Steve Beshear said Monday. The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries chose Kentucky over seven other states as the po ... Continue reading
Initial Thoughts on Obama's Moves - EDITORIAL
Mar 30, 2009
By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher SACRAMENTO â March 30, 2009 (11:30AM EDT) â 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 donât believe that either General Motors or Chrysler have ac ... Continue reading
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