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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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Delphi Corp. announced that it is in strong support of increased diesel engine use in the U.S. and is a sponsor of the eighth annual Diesel Engine Emissions Reduction (DEER) conference, Aug. 25-29, in Coronado, CA.
Read More →Cummins, Inc. has announced submission of its third engine for certification under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) stringent diesel emissions standards. The heavy-duty 11-liter ISM engine, which is now under submission to the EPA, has horsepower ratings ranging from 280 hp to 385 hp, and is positioned as a complement to the Cummins ISX for short-haul trucking, vocational, construction
Read More →John Dingell, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, has announced plans to introduce a bill that would encourage the sale of diesel cars in the United States, a prospect strongly supported by the car industry but opposed by environmental groups, the New York Times reported.
Read More →A report conducted by M.Cubed, an economics and policy research firm in Davis, California, found that gradually increasing the use of currently available clean diesel technologies in cars, trucks and SUVs could save California 141 million gallons of gasoline per year by 2010. This could total up to 930 million gallons per year by 2030.
Read More →A spring 2002 study recently released by Market Facts Motoresearch, working in cooperation with Fleetcommunity Inc., reported that 47 percent of government fleet decision-makers would seriously consider purchasing hydrogen-based vehicles if they were offered in body styles similar to those currently in operation.
Read More →Green Star Products Inc. (GSPI), formerly BAT International Inc., announced August 20 that it has completed an independently verified test run of a high mileage "SuperCar" that achieved 99 miles per gallon.
Read More →QUANTUM Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. announced that it has supplied a hydrogen fuel storage and delivery system for General Motors' Hy-wire, a drivable fuel cell and by-wire vehicle.
Read More →The national average price of diesel fuel rose 3 cents a gallon this week to $1.333, the highest price since October of last year, the Department of Energy (DOE) reported Aug. 19.
Read More →Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford says he would like to make diesel engines, historically a marginal niche market in the United States, part of his quest to improve the fuel economy of his company's pickups and sport/utility vehicles, according to USA Today.
Read More →Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius has qualified for a $2,000 U.S. tax deduction, the first gasoline-electric vehicle to be certified under a program to encourage sales of low-pollution cars and trucks.
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