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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.
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The WEXIndex report for Sept. announced that traditionally, the end of summer brings lower gasoline prices as demand decreases and refiners plan to switch to the cheaper blended fuel used in winter. This September could be one of the softest demand months since last winter.
Read More →IRVINE, CA – Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. has been awarded a $2.1 million contract by California's South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to develop and demonstrate plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Quantum will develop, manufacture, and deploy 20 Ford Escape PHEVs for demonstration in Southern California.
Read More →The 2014 Malibu’s city fuel economy is 14 percent better than the 2013 model’s, according to GM’s Todd Pawlik, Malibu chief engineer, largely due to the use of start/stop technology.
Read More →The 2016 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon rear-wheel-drive pickups powered by the 2.8L Duramax turbo-diesel have achieved fuel economy ratings of 31 mpg on the highway, making them the most fuel efficient pickups on the market.
Read More →Slowly but surely, the "other" alternative fuel is beginning to gain traction. In Europe, trials with Stellantis brand hydrogen vans have been ongoing.
Read More →Hawaii's distributor of Toyota, Lexus, and Subaru vehicles has opened the state's first publicly accessible hydrogen fueling station and later this month will begin leasing the Mirai fuel cell vehicle, Toyota has announced.
Read More →General Motors has begun using a new, 35,000-square-foot reduced scale wind tunnel to test clay models up to 40% of the scale of a vehicle to accelerate and verify fuel-saving designs earlier in development of new cars and trucks.
Read More →AM General Corp. is responding to the Army’s call for a fuel-electric hybrid military vehicle by working to develop a diesel-electric hybrid version of the Humvee. This next-generation Humvee could use a silent electric motor to sneak up on the enemy and then finish the job with an electronic weapons system.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently unveiled the first-ever series hydraulic hybrid diesel urban delivery vehicle, which will provide dramatic improvements in fuel economy and in emission reductions.
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