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• Lotus Omnivore Shows Up to 10% Better Mileage Than Spray-Guided GDI Engines

  
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  The main issue with flex-fuel engines is that fuels have varying combustion temperatures, burn rates and octane ratings. Trying to come up with one engine that can handle just about any fuel is a challenge Lotus Engineering (and, more recently, Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois ) decided to tackle. Last ...
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• VW Will Buy 19.9 Percent Stake in Suzuki for $2.5B, Seeks to Dethrone No. 1 Toyota

  
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  The deal allows the German automaker to beef up its small-car portfolio, while the Japanese automaker stands to gain
  2 days ago

• EPA says greenhouse gases are pollutants and are driving climate change

  
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  The EPA has formally declared Greenhouse gases to be pollutants, helping lay the groundwork for a new standard of 35.5 mpg for light vehicles. The EPA reports that these gases are what is primarily driving climate change. Officials are gathering in Copenhagen, Denmark this week for the international climate summit ...
  2 days ago

• Nissan, San Francisco to Collaborate on Network of Residential Charging Stations

  
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  Nissan North Americas nationwide tour to promote its forthcoming electric sedan, the Leaf, cruised through the SDan Francisco Bay Area Monday, stopping long enough to sign an agreement with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on developing a local charging infrastructure there. ———- Click here for more Leaf pics. ...
  2 days ago

• EPA Says GHG Harmful, Lays Groundwork for New MPG Standard for Light Vehicles

  
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  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today formally declared greenhouse gases to be dangerous pollutants, laying the groundwork for a new 35.5 miles-per-gallon
  2 days ago

• EPA Says GHG Harmful, Lays Groundwork for New MPG Standard for Light Vehicles

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today formally declared greenhouse gases to be dangerous pollutants, laying the groundwork for a new 35.5 miles-per-gallon
  2 days ago

• DOE Should Be Less Selective When Funding Green-Car Companies, Siry Suggests

  
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  Darryl Siry, the chief marketing officer of Tesla Motors from December 2006-2008, has an uncommon opinion regarding the U.S. Department of Energy loans Ford, Nissan, Tesla and Fisker Automotive have received under the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program, which seeks to hasten the development of green ...
  3 days ago

• Beetle-Making Volkswagen Might Acquire Suzuki for Its Small Cars by Year’s End

  
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  Volkswagen, which became an automotive powerhouse on the strength of inexpensive compact cars, reportedly is looking to acquire Suzuki primarily to acquire the Japanese automakers expertise in developing and manufacturing cheap small cars. ———- Right, the Swift hatchback is one of several popular compacts Suzuki ...
  3 days ago

• Peugeot to Demonstrate Fuel Cell Extended-Range Electric Vehicle This Week

  
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  One of major complaints lodged against the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle is that, after about 40 miles of driving following a full charge, the car turns to gasoline or a gasoline-based flex fuel for the
  3 days ago

• Volkswagen to Decide Whether to Offer Clean-Diesel Roadster in ‘Next Few Months’

  
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  Volkswagens head of R&D, Ulrich Hackenberg, says he will find out in the next few months if the VW Bluesport Roadster Concept that debuted at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show last January will be given the production go-ahead. “Its a personal favorite car of mine,” he told a British publication at the ongoing Los ...
  3 days ago

• Nissan Says It Will Launch Global Next-Generation Global Small Car in March 2010

  
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  Nissan will launch a global small car at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March and the vehicle will be built on all new architecture that will be incorporated into at least two other models, the automaker announced today. ———- Nissan released this sketch of the car. ———- Nissan typically manufactures ...
  3 days ago

• Radical Aerodynamic Semi Truck With 0.29 Cd Offers Dramatic Fuel Savings

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  We’ve looked back at a boxy old International, so how about we gaze into the future? Aerodynamics is overarching key to improved transport fuel efficiency, since hybrid and other advance propulsion technologies have limited impact on long-haul trucks. This proposal by European truck maker MAN slips though the air ...
  5 days ago

• Do We Really Need Big Cars?

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  If we look to the development of cars in general, and put that in a historical context, there are two things that follow each other like hand in glove. A cycle of oil crisis with drastically increased prices in gas, followed by a surge for smaller, more fuel efficient cars. In the UK, the Suez crisis See more here: ...
  5 days ago

• Panasonic Said to Be in Talks With 10 Automakers Over Li-ion Batteries for EVs

  
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  Fresh from regulatory approval of its $4.6 billion plan to purchase the battery-maker Sanyo Electric Co., Panasonic Corp. is in discussions with some 10 automakers to supply lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, said Naoto Noguchi, president of Panasonics battery division. ———- A Panasonic ...
  6 days ago

• Attendees of Global-Warming Talks to Emit as Much CO2 as 200,000 Passenger Cars

  
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  The 17,000 people visiting Denmark for global talks on reducing greenhouse gases will release as much carbon dioxide during the two-week event as about 200,000 U.S. passenger cars do in the period, according to Bloomberg news service. Environmental activists, government envoys, business leaders and journalists will ...
  6 days ago

• 2009 LA Auto Show: Fisker Offers Recap of 2-Year History of His PHEV Company

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Companys founder and CEO says Karma will enter production in third quarter of next year . Although it may seem to you that the gorgeous Fisker Karma has been around a long time, the fact is that the company that produced it has only existed two years. Henrik Fisker, who founded Fisker Automotive in August 2007, ...
  6 days ago

• U.S. GHG Emissions Drop 4.7 Percent in Transportation Sector in 2008, EIA Reports

  
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  Total U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions in 2008 were 2.2 percent below the 2007 total and 4.7 percent lower for the transportation sector over the same period, according to a just-released report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2008. ———- ...
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• Experts Differ on America’s Ability to Put 1M Plug-in Hybrids on U.S. Roads by 2015

  
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  At an energy security panel held Thursday, alternative-fuel advocates and security experts wrestled over the feasibility of getting 1 million plug-in hybrid cars on American roads by 2015, a goal Barack Obama set while campaigning for the presidency. ———- Right, salt field conceals untapped lithium carbonate ...
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• 2009 LA Auto Show: Lutz Reiterates GM Sees Limited EV Sales Over Next 5 Years

  
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  General Motors has said it before – that the Detroit automaker sees limited sales of electric cars during the next five years – but we were a little surprised when GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz reiterated the sentiment this week. While field reporters questions following his keynote speech Wednesday at the Los Angeles ...
  6 days ago

• 2009 LA Auto Show: VW Says Diesel-Electric Subcompact Up! Could Deliver 70 MPG

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  VW has said that it will bring an electric version of its Up! subcompact to the U.S.in 2014 – a car that will deliver up to 80 miles of travel on a fully-charged lithium-ion battery pack. We love EVs, they are fun to drive, economical and greeeeen. But for practicality we have to say ho-hum after hearing Volkswagen ...
  1 week ago

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