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Auto Industry Doing Fine In Meeting Gas-Mileage Goals, It Turns Out

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The auto industry came very near to the precipice in 2009, and it agreed to significant new regulations to enable it to step back from the brink. Now, it turns out that it''s not only meeting, but actually beating, the required reductions in emissions. That means that, according to the U.S.

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

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The auto industry in principle is not opposed to the introduction of such mid-level blends (i.e., Mid-Level Blend Ethanol: Challenges, Opportunities & Testing Follow Through (Joint IEPR and Transportation Committee Workshop on Transportation Fuel Infrastructure Issues, April 2009). Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Will US auto industry simply succumb to China over electric cars?

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auto industry was the world's largest. That ended in 2009, when China's sales of 13.5 For a century, the U.S. million new vehicles surpassed a recession-slammed U.S. total of 10.4 Last year, U.S. drivers bought 17.5 million new vehicles—against more than 30 million sales in China. DON'T MISS: Why China will beat U.S.

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Auto Industry Weighs in Against Murkowski Amendment that Delays EPA Regulation of Stationary Source CO2 Emissions

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In a letter to Senator Feinstein dated September 23, Administrator Jackson stated EPA’s interpretation that the Murkowski amendment as filed would “make it impossible for the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate the light-duty vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions standards that the agency proposed on September 15, 2009.”.

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GM Shows Picture of New Chevrolet Agile for Mercosur Market

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GM was the first company in the Brazilian auto industry to provide 100% of its spark-ignited vehicles as flex-fuel. The company announced a new investment of $2 billion in July 2009 to launch a new family of vehicles, due in 2012, and expand its production capacity. GM began doing business in Brazil in 1925.

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Center for Automotive Research calls long-run economic risk to auto industry of mandating permanent fuel economy standards very serious; recommends periodic reviews

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Based on the results of the study, CAR believes the economic risk to the auto industry connected to mandating permanent fuel economy standards in the long run is “ very serious ” The group recommends periodic review to assess the rate of technology development and cost reduction of advanced technologies leading up to 2025.

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European Parliament Adopts Resolution Calling for Measures to Support Job Creation in the Auto Industry and Green Technologies

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The European automotive industry is key to the EU economy, employing 12 million workers directly and indirectly—6% of the employed population in the European Union. The industry has been badly hit by the global economic crisis, and has seen a significant drop in demand during the last quarter of 2008 and the first of 2009.