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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., The report, which covers the period between 1999 and 2007, applies the Sustainable Value approach developed by Prof.

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Study Finds Both Unemployment Rate and Fuel Price Influence Buyers Decisions on Fuel Economy of Vehicles Purchased

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From October 2007 to April 2009, the average fuel economy of purchased new light-duty vehicles improved from 20.2 L/100km) in October 2007 to 21.3 Tags: Fuel Efficiency Market Background Sales. mpg US (11.6 mpg (11 L/100km) in April 2009.

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Auto Industry Backs Additional Funding for Research into Impacts of Mid-Level Ethanol Blends

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In 2007, automakers began an effort on mid-level ethanol blend testing. Tags: Engines Ethanol Fuels Policy. AAM / AIAM letter. Mid-Level Blend Ethanol: Challenges, Opportunities & Testing Follow Through (Joint IEPR and Transportation Committee Workshop on Transportation Fuel Infrastructure Issues, April 2009).

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The 60,000 Volt Question

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23, 2007 -- General Motors Corp. Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported Wednesday that first year sales of the automaker's plug-in hybrid could quadruple that of the Toyota Prius' U.S. Toyota sold 5,562 Prius models in 2000, when it was on the market for part of the year. Tags: manufacturers.

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Ricardo Study Suggests E15 Poses Minimal Risk to MY 1994-2000 Vehicles

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Given that result, Ricardo said, it can reasonably be concluded that these vehicles do not represent an obstacle to raising the blend limit to E15 from the E10 that currently forms the basis of much of the commercially available US gasoline motor fuel. Tags: Ethanol Fuels Policy. Vehicle Fleet, 1994 to 2000 Model Years (report).

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Average fuel economy on the up

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The average fuel economy of new light duty vehicles bought in the USA leapt from October 2007 to April 2009 from 20.2mpg to 21.3mpg. In a companion study for the same period, it was also found that the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per driver from these new vehicles were lower in each month compared to October 2007.

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Volt for Real?

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F or those who think that GM is not serious about its new PHEV , the Volt , here is a piece that makes you think they are: The Volt To Be Lutz's Legacy May 21, 2007 So, I heard General Motors’ Bob Lutz on National Public Radio’s “Wait. Tags: manufacturers. But the Volt could be in a class by itself. Estimates vary.

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