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•New EPA Stickers Will Provide More Realistic MPG Estimates
The window sticker says your new car is rated 18 mpg city and 25 mpg highway, but you never are able to get more than 17 mpg. This is about to change. No, vehicles won't get better fuel economy. The EPA estimates will just be closer to what you can expect under real world driving conditions. The new EPA standards take effect for model year 2008 vehicles, some of which go on sale as soon as February 2007.
•Ethanol and Your Car
Alternative fuels like ethanol could reduce our dependence on imported oil and reduce pollution. Ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, is already in everyday use. You are likely to be using it in your vehicle.
•Hybrids Will Need To Provide Increased Performance to Compete in North America, Finds ABI
Hybrid product introductions for the North American market will feature added performance and functionality as a priority over best-in-class gas mileage, finds technology research firm ABI.
•Understanding Hybrid Vehicles
"A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle with two or more energy storage systems, both of which must provide propulsion power", said Dave Hermance of Toyota Engineering and Manufacturing of North America.
•Two-Mode Hybrid
In 2005, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and BMW formed the Global Hybrid Cooperation to jointly develop a hybrid powertrain system. The objective was a flexible hybrid system for use in each of the three manufacturers’ vehicles. Each company is tailoring the basic system to their own needs, while benefiting from shared components to reduce costs.
•Some Hybrid Vehicles Becoming Sensible Purchases
Edmunds.com’s latest hybrid study shows that despite higher sales prices, purchasing some – though not all – of today's hybrids can make good financial sense. The company compared the sales prices and annual gas expenses of hybrid vehicles and their non-hybrid counterparts.
•Alternative Fuel Car and Transportation Show Set for December 9 & 10
World's Largest Alternative Fuel Car and Transportation Show Set for December 9 & 10 in Santa Monica, CA. Expo to Showcase Never-Before-Seen Vehicles and Feature Ride-and-Drive Opportunities for the Public.
•Oil Companies Manipulate Markets and Gouge Consumers, Harming Both Economy and Environment
Americans are paying more for gasoline than they would if they had access to competitive markets, and oil companies are using the windfall profits to buy back their stocks rather than make investments in sustainable energy, according to a report released today by Public Citizen.
•EPA Proposes Rule to Increase Amount of Renewable Fuel in Gasoline
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposed rule that would require corn-based ethanol or other renewable fuels to comprise at least 3.71 percent of the nation's gasoline supply in 2007.
•Recently Passed California Greenhouse Gas Legislation Could Impact Retail Aftermarket
In the final days of this year's session, the California State Legislature approved landmark legislation (A.B. 32) that would cap emissions of greenhouse gases from sources within the state to 1990 levels by 2020.
•Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
A fuel cell combines hydrogen fuel and oxygen to produce electricity used to power an electric motor that moves the vehicle. The only exhaust is water.
•Hybrid Electric Vehicles
A hybrid electric vehicle uses both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine to propel the vehicle.
•Hybrid Vehicle Owners Get Organized, New Web Site Details Rapidly Growing Incentives for Gas-Electric Vehicle Purchasers
Nonprofit Civil Society Institute Supporting 100% Independent “Hybrid Owners of America”; Group to Defend Existing Incentives, Promote Introduction of More Inducements for Hybrid Purchases.
•Battery Electric Vehicles
A battery electric vehicle uses batteries to power an electric motor to propel the vehicle.
•Purchasers of GM Hybrids Still Qualify for Tax Credit
The Internal Revenue Service announced that purchasers of General Motors Corp. qualified vehicles may continue to claim the Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit.
•Tax Credits for Hybrids
The Internal Revenue Service has acknowledged the certification of vehicles that qualify for the hybrid tax credit enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
•Technology Overview: Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
As with other hybrids, a plug-in hybrid vehicle has the ability to run on either electricity or an internal combustion engine. Plug-in hybrids have a larger battery than the batteries of conventional hybrids that can be recharged by plugging into an appropriate outlet.
•The Transportation of the Future, Here Today
In an electric drive vehicle, the torque is supplied to the wheels by an electric motor that is powered either solely by a battery, or an internal combustion engine using hydrogen, gasoline or diesel, or, by a fuel cell.
•Some Hybrid Vehicles Becoming Sensible Purchases
Edmunds.com’s latest hybrid study shows that despite higher sales prices, purchasing some – though not all – of today's hybrids can make good financial sense. The company compared the sales prices and annual gas expenses of hybrid vehicles and their non-hybrid counterparts.
•EPA to Co-sponsor Green-Diesel Technology Conference in Chicago
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5's Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative will co-sponsor "Tools and Incentives for Green-Diesel Technology: Lower Emissions, Higher Profits," a two-day conference on financial programs that fund diesel emission reduction and fuel-efficient technologies for heavy-duty trucks and locomotives.
The window sticker says your new car is rated 18 mpg city and 25 mpg highway, but you never are able to get more than 17 mpg. This is about to change. No, vehicles won't get better fuel economy. The EPA estimates will just be closer to what you can expect under real world driving conditions. The new EPA standards take effect for model year 2008 vehicles, some of which go on sale as soon as February 2007.
•Ethanol and Your Car
Alternative fuels like ethanol could reduce our dependence on imported oil and reduce pollution. Ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, is already in everyday use. You are likely to be using it in your vehicle.
•Hybrids Will Need To Provide Increased Performance to Compete in North America, Finds ABI
Hybrid product introductions for the North American market will feature added performance and functionality as a priority over best-in-class gas mileage, finds technology research firm ABI.
•Understanding Hybrid Vehicles
"A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle with two or more energy storage systems, both of which must provide propulsion power", said Dave Hermance of Toyota Engineering and Manufacturing of North America.
•Two-Mode Hybrid
In 2005, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and BMW formed the Global Hybrid Cooperation to jointly develop a hybrid powertrain system. The objective was a flexible hybrid system for use in each of the three manufacturers’ vehicles. Each company is tailoring the basic system to their own needs, while benefiting from shared components to reduce costs.
•Some Hybrid Vehicles Becoming Sensible Purchases
Edmunds.com’s latest hybrid study shows that despite higher sales prices, purchasing some – though not all – of today's hybrids can make good financial sense. The company compared the sales prices and annual gas expenses of hybrid vehicles and their non-hybrid counterparts.
•Alternative Fuel Car and Transportation Show Set for December 9 & 10
World's Largest Alternative Fuel Car and Transportation Show Set for December 9 & 10 in Santa Monica, CA. Expo to Showcase Never-Before-Seen Vehicles and Feature Ride-and-Drive Opportunities for the Public.
•Oil Companies Manipulate Markets and Gouge Consumers, Harming Both Economy and Environment
Americans are paying more for gasoline than they would if they had access to competitive markets, and oil companies are using the windfall profits to buy back their stocks rather than make investments in sustainable energy, according to a report released today by Public Citizen.
•EPA Proposes Rule to Increase Amount of Renewable Fuel in Gasoline
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposed rule that would require corn-based ethanol or other renewable fuels to comprise at least 3.71 percent of the nation's gasoline supply in 2007.
•Recently Passed California Greenhouse Gas Legislation Could Impact Retail Aftermarket
In the final days of this year's session, the California State Legislature approved landmark legislation (A.B. 32) that would cap emissions of greenhouse gases from sources within the state to 1990 levels by 2020.
•Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
A fuel cell combines hydrogen fuel and oxygen to produce electricity used to power an electric motor that moves the vehicle. The only exhaust is water.
•Hybrid Electric Vehicles
A hybrid electric vehicle uses both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine to propel the vehicle.
•Hybrid Vehicle Owners Get Organized, New Web Site Details Rapidly Growing Incentives for Gas-Electric Vehicle Purchasers
Nonprofit Civil Society Institute Supporting 100% Independent “Hybrid Owners of America”; Group to Defend Existing Incentives, Promote Introduction of More Inducements for Hybrid Purchases.
•Battery Electric Vehicles
A battery electric vehicle uses batteries to power an electric motor to propel the vehicle.
•Purchasers of GM Hybrids Still Qualify for Tax Credit
The Internal Revenue Service announced that purchasers of General Motors Corp. qualified vehicles may continue to claim the Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit.
•Tax Credits for Hybrids
The Internal Revenue Service has acknowledged the certification of vehicles that qualify for the hybrid tax credit enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
•Technology Overview: Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
As with other hybrids, a plug-in hybrid vehicle has the ability to run on either electricity or an internal combustion engine. Plug-in hybrids have a larger battery than the batteries of conventional hybrids that can be recharged by plugging into an appropriate outlet.
•The Transportation of the Future, Here Today
In an electric drive vehicle, the torque is supplied to the wheels by an electric motor that is powered either solely by a battery, or an internal combustion engine using hydrogen, gasoline or diesel, or, by a fuel cell.
•Some Hybrid Vehicles Becoming Sensible Purchases
Edmunds.com’s latest hybrid study shows that despite higher sales prices, purchasing some – though not all – of today's hybrids can make good financial sense. The company compared the sales prices and annual gas expenses of hybrid vehicles and their non-hybrid counterparts.
•EPA to Co-sponsor Green-Diesel Technology Conference in Chicago
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5's Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative will co-sponsor "Tools and Incentives for Green-Diesel Technology: Lower Emissions, Higher Profits," a two-day conference on financial programs that fund diesel emission reduction and fuel-efficient technologies for heavy-duty trucks and locomotives.
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