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Emissions start to fall – but not everywhere
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Green Cars News - Thursday, September 2, 2010
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Are automakers using plug-ins to greenwash the truth?
It’s just that in my opinion, selling 50,000 plug-in vehicles per year doesn’t justify selling 1 million 17 mpg pickup trucks, just as adding never-used flex fuel technology to gas guzzlers didn’t justify CAFE credits that enabled automakers to blatantly violate CAFE requirements , resulting in increased foreign oil dependence.
Hybrid Car Blog - Thursday, September 2, 2010
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Study Finds That Tripling US LDV New Fleet Fuel Efficiency by 2035 Through Evolutionary Change is Ambitious But Doable
Many analyses highlight alternative technologies for replacing internal combustion engines and petroleum-based fuels, such as grid-based vehicle electrification, biofuels, hydrogen or natural gas. New fleet efficiency horizon in terms of energy intensity and fuel consumption. Source: DeCicco 2010. Click to enlarge. L/100km) by 2035. L/100km).
Green Car Congress - Thursday, September 2, 2010
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  • Researchers aim to optimise natural gas engines
    Compressed natural gas (CNG) has long been seen as a cleaner alternative to petrol and diesel but questions remained about how to get the most out of this fuel. Tags: Green cars Latest news CNG CNG cars CNG efficiency compressed natural gas natural gas cars SAE 2010 World Congress University of Stuttgart They presented a [.].
    Green Cars News - Monday, April 26, 2010
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  • Gas prices hit 15 month high
    gas could soon be the nation's average. Eventually, however, without an uptick in the economy, gas prices will probably begin to trend downward later in the year. Tags: gas prices here we come The average price of gasoline in the US is now a bit over $2.70, the highest average in 15 months, despite weak demand.
    Hybrid Car Blog - Thursday, January 7, 2010
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  • Big 3 interested in gas tax
    Detroit worried about the cost of gas As the economy sinks and gas prices keep dropping, Big 3 automakers find themselves in a pickle. Even worse, many of their new vehicles are being developed around fuel efficiency, but will consumers want to buy more expensive fuel efficient vehicles if gas prices don't spike?
    Hybrid Car Blog - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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  • Natural gas: Another crown for Japan?
    I've been casually following the natural gas story since Boone Pickens made this issue his cause. Sure there might be a few hundred years worth of natural gas in America, but mining natural gas out of shale and creating an infrastructure would certainly outweigh any benefits I figured. Another sign of Toyota's forward-thinking?
    Hybrid Car Blog - Friday, August 21, 2009
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  • Rising gas prices making auto consumers skittish
    Others, however, are waiting to see if these higher gas prices are sustainable. Still, without $3.00+ gas prices for at least a year, should anyone expect a fundamental product change from US automakers? Tags: gas prices Many consumers are downsizing their engine, or even moving into smaller cars.
    Hybrid Car Blog - Monday, June 15, 2009
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  • Gas prices won't help hybrid sales in 2009
    gas will probably be the average through 2009. Tags: gas prices No production cuts CNBC had some coverage on OPEC's decision not to cut oil demand. The consensus amongst the analysts was that oil prices will probably jump a little this summer, but $2.00
    Hybrid Car Blog - Monday, March 16, 2009
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  • 15 percent of Americans support gas tax increase
    For most Americans an increased gas tax is a bridge to nowhere Congress has plans to spend some $500 billion in road, bridge and transit projects. Unfortunately, current gas taxes are insufficient to fund these projects according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Tags: gas tax 15 percent of Americans said yes.
    Hybrid Car Blog - Monday, December 7, 2009
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  • A fully employed America at $5.00 a gallon gas?
    Yet, despite the relatively stagnant economy, gas prices are already increasing, and an upward pricing trend appears inevitable throughout the next decade. Tags: gas prices Can gasoline prices go anywhere but up? Even more disconcerting, there are numerous, highly likely events that could spark huge spikes in gasoline prices. If $5.00
    Hybrid Car Blog - Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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  • Ford CEO favors gas tax
    Or at least some kind of consumer responsibility CNBC's Phil Lebeau interviewed Ford CEO Alan Mulally just a few minutes ago, and one of the topics was a gas tax. Mulally told Lebeau that a gas tax or some kind of consumer participation in energy policy was needed if there is going to be a move to fuel efficiency in the US.
    Hybrid Car Blog - Thursday, January 29, 2009
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  • Forecast: Global Natural Gas Vehicle Fleet to Reach 17 Million by 2015
    A new report from Pike Research forecasts that the global natural gas vehicle (NGV) sector is poised for a new period of growth. In most regions, the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel is for the purpose of reducing the usage of imported crude oil or imported refined gasoline. Tags: Natural Gas million in 2008.
    Green Car Congress - Friday, December 11, 2009
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