New Technology Boosts Ethanol Mileage   08 Jun 2007 12:20 GMT
Csaba Csere, “Car and Driver’s” editor in chief, examines the high feasibility of a technology announced last April, which could significantly boost the gas mileage of ethanol. He points out that flex-fuel cars get 25 percent fewer miles per gallon...
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Is John Dingell Going Green?   08 Jun 2007 12:12 GMT
Asked how he feels about being called, “the meanest s.o.b. in Congress,” the 80-year-old quietly answers, “It’s very useful.” The Democrat from Detroit has defended carbon-spewing gas hogs for most of his career. But no one doubts how effective he...
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G8 Summit Ends With . . . Press Releases   08 Jun 2007 11:58 GMT
Assemble a panoply of freely elected first-world leaders at a fancy resort, and you'll inevitably achieve some sort of breakthrough. All participants at this week's G8 summit were under enormous pressure to take something back to their respective electorates. The...
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CEOs from the Big Three Descend on Washington   08 Jun 2007 11:20 GMT
GM's Rick Wagoner, Ford's Alan Mulally and Chrysler's Tom LaSorda are meeting with congressional leaders yesterday and today with a concerted message: the 35 mpg target in the new CAFE legislation isn't cost effective or technologically achievable. Instead, the government...
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More French Auto Workers Commit Suicide   07 Jun 2007 15:45 GMT
Three workers at the PSA Peugeot-Citroën car plant in Mulhouse, France, took their lives last month, while pressures at work were cited as a cause by union officials, according to French media reports. The tragic events follow three recent suicides...
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Corbin Raven Seeks U.S. Sales   07 Jun 2007 14:25 GMT
It’s becoming a crowded market for three-wheel city cars. The Corbin Raven is powered by a 3-cylinder engine that produces about 50 hp. The vehicle weighs 1,100 pounds and is expected to reach 90 mph and get at least 65...
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Honda Scotches Hybrid Accord for 2008   07 Jun 2007 14:20 GMT
Citing poor sales, Honda has announced that it will no longer produce a hybrid version of the Accord for model year 2008. U.S. sales of the vehicle, introduced in 2004, totaled only 1,702 for the first five months of this...
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Truck Market Shows Signs of Bifurcating   07 Jun 2007 14:15 GMT
Even as heavy-duty gas-guzzling pickup trucks enjoy robust sales growth, the compact truck market is shrinking. Ford may retire the Ranger next year, for example, since sales are off some 59 percent since 2002. Sales are shrinking for virtually all...
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Is Zap a Flimflam Outfit?   07 Jun 2007 14:05 GMT
Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Zap is asking for $25,000 deposits on its electric car that has yet to be built. It’s quite a vehicle: it can recharge in 10 minutes and travel 350 miles on that charge. It goes zero to...
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Subaru Tribeca Beats a Design Retreat   07 Jun 2007 13:59 GMT
Subaru’s Tribeca took it on the nose for . . . well, its nose, which critics claimed was too audacious for the casserole-and-Birkenstock baby boomer set. This was the vehicle’s target market. Sales of the seven-passenger Tribeca have been dreadful....
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