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Drivers are finally getting some relief at the pump. The national average gas price has dropped below $4 a gallon for the first time in months, with prices falling in 47 states as oil markets react to developments in U.S.-Iran negotiations.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – Ethanol motor fuel is picking up momentum and could be on its way to becoming a successful alternative fuel for vehicles that run on gasoline.
Read More →COLUMBUS, IN – Cummins Inc. revealed the winners of its 9,000-Gallon Giveaway after a random drawing at Cummins headquarters Nov. 1, 2005. In the U.S., Brad Willard won the equivalent of a full tanker truck of diesel fuel. Willard is a company driver for H&M Trucking in Clinton, Ill., and drives a Peterbilt to haul food grade product, both liquid and dry, in a stainless steel tanker.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline climbed 2.1 cents to reach 235.7 cents per gallon Jan. 30, according to the Energy Department.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D. C. --- In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Bush proposed a 22 percent increase in clean energy research that would include projects to develop hydrogen-powered vehicles, better batteries for hybrid-electric cars, and more efficient forms of ethanol fuel.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, Calif. --- Backers of a new California ballot initiative campaign hope to fund a variety of alternative energy programs with a new tax on oil drilled in the state.
Read More →TUSTIN, Calif. --- A survey conducted by AutoPacific's VehicleVoice confirms that many consumers are paying more for gasoline now than they did a month ago, and they expect to pay an additional 25 to 30 cents more per gallon a year from now.
Read More →TOKYO, Japan --- Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. and German automaker Volkswagen AG have agreed to codevelop next-generation nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) battery systems for hybrid-electric vehicles.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said yesterday that Congress would examine more closely the relationship between rising fuel prices and the oil industry's record profits, according to Reuters.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – A letter of concern has been sent to the U.S. Treasury Department by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators who are calling for guidance in the area of alternative-fuels policy.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI – Ford Motor Company is developing a new research vehicle that combines hybrid-electric power and flexible-fuel capability. Unveiled at the D.C. Auto Show, the Ford Escape Hybrid E-85 aims to help reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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