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News•August 29, 2002

Democrat Preparing Bill to Promote Diesel Cars

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.

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News•August 29, 2002

Study Shows Diesel Cars, Trucks and SUVs Could Reduce California's Depenence on Petroleum

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.

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News•August 22, 2002

Study Shows Government Fleet Operators Now Favor Hydrogen Fuel Alternatives

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.

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News•August 22, 2002

Green Star Products 'SuperCar' Achieves 99 MPG

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.

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News•August 22, 2002

QUANTUM Supplies Hydrogen Fuel Storage System for General Motors' Hy-wire Fuel Cell Vehicle

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.

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News•August 22, 2002

Diesel Price Rises 3 Cents to $1.333 a Gallon

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.

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News•August 15, 2002

Ford May Make Diesel Part of Its Plan to Improve Fuel Economy

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.

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News•August 15, 2002

Toyota Prius is First Hybrid Vehicle Certified by IRS for $2,000 Tax Deduction

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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News•August 15, 2002

Diesel Falls 0.1 Cent to $1.303 a Gallon

The average price of diesel fuel across the nation fell 0.1 cent per gallon to $1.303 last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said August 12.

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News•August 15, 2002

Detroit Diesel Submits to the EPA to Certify Series 60 Engine

Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) confirmed August 13 that it submitted applications to the EPA for emissions certification of its Series 60 diesel engines.

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