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• Chinese Government Investment in Electric Vehicles

  
  The GREEN MARKET — Authority: 120
  With tens of millions of electric bicycles and scooters already on its streets, China is well on its way to wide acceptance of electric vehicles. The Chinese government must consider strategies for managing its burgeoning fossil fuel consumption. China is already the second largest importer of oil in the world and ...
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• Monthly Cost of Leaf Electric Car Will Equal That of Fully Loaded Civic, Nissan Says

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  Pricing has not been set yet on Nissans Leaf electric car ( pictured ), which will see limited distribution next year, but the automakers top marketing executive of North America told us today that the monthly cost to the consumer should be equivalent to the monthly cost of a fully loaded Honda Civic plus its fuel. ...
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• EcoBoost Engines Prove Much More Popular With Consumers Than Ford Expected

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  Far more customers are choosing Ford vehicles packing fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines than the automaker expected, according to an analysis of sales data. As a result, the company is hurrying to put the V-6 version of the motor in new vehicles, including the F-150 pickup in the United States and the Ford Falcon sedan ...
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• ‘Boat Tail,’ Other Devices Can Lift Fuel Economy of Semis 20 Percent, Group Says

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  The European public-private consortium behind Platform for Aerodynamic Road Transport has come up with a way to improve the fuel efficiency of semi-trucks: the “boat tail.” PART says the six-foot-long tapered rear end can improve fuel efficiency up to 7.5 percent. The group says it has been testing the tails for ...
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• We’re Gonna Walk Down To ‘Electric Avenue’ (With Earplugs)

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  Halloween is done and Thanksgiving is looming, so that can only mean one thing: just two more months until the 2010 Detroit auto show! This year’s gathering will see a new display area for up to 20 electric vehicles — many of which come from smaller companies like San Jose’s Green Vehicles that couldn’t ...
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• Energy Dept., USDA Award $24 Million in Biofuels and Bioenergy Research Grants

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy today announced $24 million in research-and-development grants for biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million, the Energy Department plans to invest up to $4.9 million with the USDA contributing up to $19.5 million. The grant recipients ...
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• European Law Means Electric Cars Could Speed Climate Change, Group Reports

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  The idea that a wholesale switch to electric cars would automatically reduce CO2 emissions and dependence on oil is one of a number of myths dispelled by a new report. ———- The Tesla Roadster EV offers greener motoring than gas-powered cars, but what if we all drove them? ———- The report, “How to avoid ...
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• Daimler Announces Tentative Plan to Launch Series of Luxury Compact Cars in U.S.

  
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  Daimler AG is considering launching a series of small Mercedes-Benz cars in the U.S. in a bid to tap Americans growing interest in downsized models that offer upscale features and finishes, the German automakers chief executive said. ———- The Mercedes-Benz A-Class, right, gets 50 MPG but isnt available in the ...
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• Chrysler Stil Has Electric Plans, but Fiat’s Turned the Voltage Way Down Low

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  By John ODell, Senior Editor Its not only Chryslers battery-electric and plug-in electric hybrid vehicle programs that have been pared back – way back – under the post-bankruptcy plan devised for the company by its new management. ———- Fiat Doblo small van is now being considered as platform for “new” ...
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• Nissan’s Ghosn Betting Reputation and Corporate Fortunes On Electric Vehicles

  
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  CEO of Renault-Nissan Alliance Tells All in Exclusive Piece For Edmunds Inside Line
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• Edmunds.com: EPA’s Fuel Economy Guide Should Be Based on Cost, Not Mileage

  
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  By John ODell and Scott Doggett “Miles per gallon” made sense when all cars drank gas, or diesel, and that was that. But with the advent of rechargeable electric vehicles, whether all-electric or plug-in hybrid, the fuel-use scene gets quickly blurred. How many miles per gallon do you assign to a Nissan Leaf, with ...
  3 days ago

• GMs Greener Vehicles

  
  The GREEN MARKET — Authority: 120
  Once one of America ’s best-known and best-selling automotive brands, Chevrolet is banking on greener cars with its emphasis on the Volt. The Volt was originally unveiled as a concept car at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Volt is scheduled to start production in late 2010. The Volt ...
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• Ford Turns to Wheat Straw to Reinforce Plastic in 2010 Flex and Cut Petroleum Use

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  A couple of months ago we reported on Ford Motor Co.s “bio-babes,” the five highly educated female scientists who comprise the automakers Biomaterials and Plastics Research team. You might recall that their accomplishments included development of soy-based components that have since been installed in 1.5 million ...
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• GM Says Fuel Cell EV Is Being Treated Just Like Any Pre-Production Program

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  Although talk of fuel cell electric vehicles from the water cooler to, say, the biggest office at the U.S. Department of Energy generally revolves around how far off the technology really is, the head of General Motors fuel-cell program has just come out and said the Chevy Equinox FCEV is well on its way to ...
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• Honda Won’t Offer Low-Cost Minicar in India to Compete With Tata, Renault-Nissan

  
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  Dispelling rumors to the contrary, Honda Motor Co. wont be making a low-cost and presumably fuel-efficient minicar in India to compete with products released by Tata Motors Ltd. and the alliance of Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. Instead, Japans second-biggest carmaker is developing a small car that will cost less ...
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• Opportunity Green 2009: Event’s Transportation Panel Sounds Somber Notes

  
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  Panelists Say Earth-Friendly Future Wont Come Easy For Private Transportation Although predominately a business-oriented exploration of environmental practices and processes the Opportunity Green 2009 conference at UCLA this weekend promised transportation geeks a look at ideas of personal mobility in a green future. ...
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• BMW’s U.S. Engineering Boss Says 4-Cylinder Turbo-Diesel On the Way

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  BMW says it will offer four-cylinder diesel engines in some of its U.S. cars, definitely in the 3 Series and likely in the 5 Series sedans as well. The automaker had revealed the four-cylinder diesel program more than a year ago but said at the time that a decision to bring it to the U.S. would be made after the ...
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• Coulomb Technologies Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Coming to Australia

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  The California company also reports the installation of chargers in San Diego and Iowa. Coulomb Technologies, the mostly unchallenged leader in networked charging stations for electric vehicles, announced today that it has signed an agreement with a Sydney-based company to distribute Coulombs charging stations ...
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• BMW Leather Upholstery Scraps Can Dress Up Your Walls and Floors

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  Love those leather seats in your Bimmer so much you want to take em inside when you park the car. Well now you can, sort of. A Maryland-based company that makes floor and wall covering from recycled leather scrap says that the company that supplies BMWs leather upholstery is now supplying it with scraps. EcoDomo LLC , ...
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• Ford Scraps Plan to Bring All-New Fuel-Efficient Ka to U.S., Says It’s Too Small

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 458
  Despite a solid launch of the new Ka subcompact car in Europe earlier this year, Ford Motor Co. has reconsidered its plan to bring the subcompact to the U.S. and has decided that the car is too small for American tastes. In an interview with Automotive News (subscription required) published Monday, Ford CEO Alan ...
  5 days ago

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