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• GM ‘Unveils’ 2011 Chevrolet Cruze As Prelude to L.A. Auto Show

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Its looking like a Chevy Sunday. Weve got a short test drive of the 2011 Volt coming up this afternoon, and while were waiting, the folks at Chevrolet issue a press release touting the official unveiling of the production Cruze during the LA Auto shows media preview Wednesday.
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• Green Madness & Government Intervention

  
  Wolf Howling — Authority: 93
  The ill-advised ethanol saga continues. Government mandates and subsidies for ehtanol were a massive boondoggle from the start. As Ive blogged many times, it harms - not helps - the environment and moves large-scale production of agriculture from food to fuel , raising world food prices significantly - a World ...
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• Can ‘Blue Drive’ Be Hyundai’s Next Big Marketing Win?

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  The “value” message always has been a given. But now after seemingly completing its second major brand-co nfirming objective – convincing the public and third-party metrics-makers it builds quality products – Hyundai Motor America is off on its next mission: to become the industrys fuel-economy leader. So says ...
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• Hybrids Are Good, but ICE Car Tweaks, Cooking Stoves Better for Curbing Oil Use

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Weve said it before and, because theres a well-written article on the subject in todays Wall Street Journal (subscription required), well say it again: Tweaking regular gasoline-powered cars is likely to curb oil use than plug-in-hybrid and all-electric vehicles for years to come. Raising the average fuel economy of ...
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• Obama to Target Cars in Greenhouse-Gas Proposal at U.N. Climate Change Summit

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Heres something else to be thankful for today: A big part of the greenhouse-gas emissions reductions President Obama will propose when he attends the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month will be through sharp increases in vehicle fuel efficiency. Carol Browner, the White House climate czar, said ...
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• The New Prius – 50 MPG!

  
  800o.com — Authority: 146
  The ante will be raised when new Prius is released. The amazing Fuel Economy is what has the largest appeal to many people.The New Prius comes furnished with a 1.8L 4-cylinder engine, which is up from the past 1.5L.The bigger engine and torque nets better gas mileage at highway speeds because the gearing is ...
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• Mercedes and Renault Working on New Small Car Platform

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  According to a report from Autocar UK, Renault and Mercedes are teaming up to design a new, modular small car platform that will form the basis for a new Smart Car, a new Renault City car and the upcoming Renault Twizy EV . In addition, the two companies are jointly developing new engine platforms to power these ...
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• Fuel Economy Is Up Again, but Why Not More?

  
  Wheels — Authority: 656
  The Environmental Protection Agency has released its annual report on fuel-economy trends.
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• Tesla Opens Store in Monaco, Its Third in Europe Behind London and Munich

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Tesla Motors opened a regional sales and service center in Monaco on Tuesday, bringing to three the number of European showrooms the young electric-car maker has opened. The Monaco store ( pictured ), located in the Golden Square of the State, will serve all of southern Europe.
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• New Manufacturer Says Pre-Production Orders Rolling In for Think City EV

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Its not a tsunami of activity, but its a good start for post-bankruptcy Think . The Norwegian electric car company, whose Think City EV has had a rocky history, apparently is now getting orders for the plastic-bodied two-seaters even before they roll off the assembly line. Valmet Automotive, the Finnish engineering ...
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• Car Buyers Want More Data & Tighter MPG Standards: Survey

  
  Earth2Tech — Authority: 637
  “Utter market failure.” That’s how Mark Cooper, research director for the consumer advocacy group Consumer Federation of America describes the U.S. vehicle supply. For the 2010 model year, just 44 models (4 percent of all EPA-rated vehicles for the year) get 30 MPG or more, despite widespread consumer interest ...
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• Green Car Rally: The Rookie Chevy Volt Versus the Veteran Toyota Prius

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 667
  General Motors has been inundated in recent years with nothing but bad news. After filing for bankruptcy and receiving a controversial government bailout, the ailing car maker is trying to revolutionize the auto industry and breathe life back into its deflated sails with the introduction of the Chevy Volt. Considered ...
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• Porsche Shows Lithium-ion Car Battery

  
  Gadget News and Reviews — Authority: 165
  Weight is obviously one of the many enemies of fuel economy, and while folks who can afford Porsches generally shouldn’t have to anguish about fuel economy, it’s still interesting to see Porsche come out with a lithium-ion replacement main battery which weighs just 13 pounds, compared to the traditional 35 pound ...
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• Chryslers Number One

  
  NEXT100 — Authority: 127
  By: Jonathan Marshall Its a dubious honor, but Chrysler can now boast of being number one--in average CO2 emissions per vehicle. Based on preliminary data, the EPA reports that the average Chrysler vehicle for model year 2009 pumped out 476 grams of this greenhouse pollutant for every mile traveled, topping ...
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• GM Suggests Life of Volt Battery Might Be Shorter Than Expected in Hot Areas

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  With less than a year to go before the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle is scheduled to enter production, General Motors suggested in its FastLane Blog that the battery that supplies the juice that propels the car might have a significantly shorter-than-expected life in hot environments. “The biggest ...
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• Lithium Smithium! Porsche Offering $219-a-Pound Li-Ion Battery as Weight Saver

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Option Saves 22 Pounds, But Cant Be Used
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• Hyundai Says Its First GDI Engine Achieves 35 MPG Highway in 2011 Sonata

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  The 2011 Hyundai Sonata thatll appear in U.S. showrooms starting early next year will feature the South Korean automakers first gasoline direct-injection engine, a totally revamped 2.4-liter Theta engine that achieves 35 miles per gallon on the highway, Hyundai reported Monday. Company officials said the engine, a ...
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• Nissan Agrees to Consider Building Electric-Vehicle Plant in Guangzhou, China

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Nissan Motor Co. said it will weigh plans to make all-electric cars in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, as the Japanese automaker steps up its electric-vehicle activity in Chinas fast-growing car market. ———- Nissan says it will offer Leaf EV, right. ———- A senior Nissan executive disclosed the possible ...
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• Mitsubishi May Bring Fuel Efficient Gas Version of i-MiEV to U.S.

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  The all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV isn’t set to hit U.S. shores for another 18 months, but already the company is considering selling a gas version of the car alongside its battery-powered sibling in the U.S. to compete in the same segment as the Smart Car . Read more of this story »
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• Mitsubishi May Bring Fuel Efficient Gas Version of i-MiEV to U.S.

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 622
  The all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV isn’t set to hit U.S. shores for another 18 months, but already the company is considering selling a gas version of the car alongside its battery-powered sibling in the U.S. to compete in the same segment as the Smart Car . Read more of this story »
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