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Fat Cars: Report Reveals What We Already Know About Vehicle Weight

The Truth About Cars

Meanwhile, CAFE loopholes added during the Obama administration have encouraged the automotive industry to prioritize larger combustion vehicles , resulting in a majority of modern-day automobiles being far heavier than their predecessors. Image: General Motors] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Is GM Playing Games with the Volt?

Plugs and Cars

As I've blogged previously , I want to believe as much as the next guy that the Volt - GM's announced plug-in hybrid - is real. I believe enviros have spent way too much time pushing for higher CAFE standards and ignored alternative methods of getting clean cars on the road. Now the shoe is on the other foot.

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Are supercars going green?

Green Cars News

It seems that many supercar manufacturers are scrambling to meet CAFE legislation that states new production models must be able to operate with a minimum of 35.5mpg by 2016. Tags: Green cars Latest news Ferrari green supercars McLaren Ronn Motors Ronn Motors Scorpion supercars.

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12 Days of Giveaways

My Energi

To be in with a chance of winning, simply head over to our Facebook or Instagram channel at 8am each morning, throughout the campaign, ‘like’ and ‘follow’ both the myenergi page and local business page and leave a comment tagging a friend. The Little Tea Pot – The Little Teapot is a family run business in the heart of Laceby Village.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) rules are, as the name implies, based on an average fuel economy of all the vehicles a manufacturer sells. "What we have, going forward, is a plan that will meet our CAFE needs without an issue," he said. Tags: evdriven. Fundamental data provided by Morningstar, Inc.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The money that we spend on full-size trucks and full-size SUVs will be to improve their fuel economy to get them to where they need to be ” to meet the revised CAFE standards. While they may provide useful input in the development stages and it is easily accessible, solely relaying on message boards and blogs for guidance is dangerous.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

Highly recommended to stop here for an auto themed cafe Statiq Charger at Beawar, RJ At Jaipur - Meeting the founder of Aha NexCruise After a relatively early finish to the day, it was decided that we will do an early start to our Delhi journey We managed to leave at 0530 hrs - it was a comfortable 23 deg C.