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Ethanol Blamed for Rising World Food Prices
- posted: 20.07.08http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080707-Ethanol-Blamed-for-Rising-World-Food-Prices/
In the search for an alternative way to power our cars, more Americans are experimenting with biofuels. Ethanol, made primarily from corn in the U.S., is one alternative fuel we already have the technology to produce in mass quantities -- the federal government has instituted mandates for ethanol production and subsidies for farmers who agree to grow corn for the fuel. But the fuel source, already the cause of some ...
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GM May Have Production Chevy Volt Ready by September
- posted: 20.07.08http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080708-GM-May-Have-Production-Chevy-Volt-Ready-by-September/
Reuters reports, "General Motors Corp is rushing to finish the production version of its Chevy Volt and plans to unveil a showroom-ready model of the heavily touted electric car in September, people familiar with the project say." The automaker, "battered by a deepening slump in sales and concerns about whether it can ride out the downturn…is counting on the Volt to break its costly association with gas-guzzling vehicles at a ...
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Hyundai Developing Hybrid for 2009
- posted: 20.07.08http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080708-Hyundai-Developing-Hybrid-for-2009/
Motor Trend reports, "Hyundai could join the hybrid vehicle bandwagon as early as next year with an Elantra-based vehicle powered by advanced lithium-ion battery packs." Hyundai's first mass-produced hybrid will go on sale in Korea for the 2009 model year. No plan has yet been announced to bring the vehicle to the U.S. market, but given the immense popularity of hybrids here, it seems inevitable that Hyundai will bring the ...
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World Leaders Agree to Halve Emissions by 2050
- posted: 20.07.08http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080708-World-Leaders-Agree-to-Halve-Emissions-by-2050/
The AP reports, "The Group of Eight leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term targets." Leaders at the summit "also called on all major economies to join in the effort to stem the potentially dangerous rise in world temperatures." Regulations on the automotive industry would play a critical role ...
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Chevy Downsizes Volt's Gas Tank, Range, Expectations
- posted: 20.07.08http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080709-Chevy-Downsizes-Volt-s-Gas-Tank-Range-Expectations/
General Motors has a lot riding on the Chevy Volt, the brand's highly-anticipated midsize hybrid car. Accordingly, the General has kept the automotive press informed of every change in the Volt's engineering (currently a hybrid, probably a plug-in hybrid by 2011), its production schedule (they're planning to sell it as a 2010, but might have the first model ready for their 100th anniversary celebration in September), its price ($40,000, perhaps ...
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Electric MINIs Coming to California
- posted: 20.07.08http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080710-Electric-MINIs-Coming-to-California/
BMW has announced plans to build 500 all-electric MINI Coopers, but you can't buy one. Yet. The Detroit Free Press explains, "BMW said it will outfit several hundred MINI cars with electric motors to test the technology for future models." Wired reports, "They're all destined for California to help meet the zero-emissions vehicle mandate that requires automakers to build 7,500 non-polluting cars by 2014. Automotive News quotes unnamed BMW sources ...
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Hybrid Ferrari? Hemp-Based Lotus? Even Supercars Going Green
- posted: 20.07.08http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080711-Hybrid-Ferrari-Hemp-Based-Lotus-Even-Supercars-Going-Green/
Even the makers of the world's most exotic cars are thinking green these days. Australia's Sydney Morning Herald reports, "Sports car manufacturer Ferrari intends to cut its vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half and is working on developing hybrid vehicles, the company president says." Ferrari Chairman Luco Cordero di Montezemolo told reporters "We want to reduce our CO2 emissions by 40 per cent between now and 2012," and "We ...
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Prius to be Built in America
- posted: 20.07.08http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080711-Prius-to-be-Built-in-America/
Add the popular Toyota Prius to the list of American-made cars. The AP reports, "Stung by rare double-digit sales declines and burdened by a growing inventory of slow-selling pickups, Toyota said Thursday it will start producing the Prius hybrid in the U.S. and will shut down truck and SUV production to meet changing consumer demands." Toyota will begin building Priuses at a yet-to-be-completed plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi. Until now, ...
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Low Rolling Resistance Tires Boost MPG
- posted: 20.07.08http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080715-Low-Rolling-Resistance-Tires-Boost-MPG/
Automakers looking to boost the gas mileage of their vehicles are increasingly reinventing the wheel. Low rolling resistance tires, once an oddity found only on a few hybrid vehicles, are beginning to appear as standard equipment on many cars. The Detroit News explains, "Tires, by their elastic nature, absorb energy in a process called flexing. When the engine spins the wheel, the tire flexes and turns that motion into heat." ...
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The 2010 Chevy Cruze and The Incredible Growing MPG Rating
- posted: 20.07.08http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080718-The-2010-Chevy-Cruze-and-The-Incredible-Growing-MPG-Rating/
Last month, we told you that GM's next small car, the 2010 Chevy Cruze, would reportedly achieve 40 mpg. That report was based on GM's own statements -- no one outside the company has driven, or for that matter even seen, the Cruze. Since that report, Ford has stated that its new Fiesta small car will get nearly the same rating. Now a small mention in an AP story has ...
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