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Toyota Express Lane's Electric Vehicle's With Chinese Partner

Toyota Express Lane's Electric Vehicle's With Chinese Partner

Toyota Motor Corp aims to get half of its global sales from electrified vehicles by 2025, five years ahead of schedule, and will tap Chinese battery makers to meet the accelerated global shift to electricity-powered cars. The change illustrates the breakneck growth in the electric vehicle (EV) market, which is transfor ... Continue reading

Failed Ethanol Critic Takes Another Shot... But Misses Once Again

Failed Ethanol Critic Takes Another Shot... But Misses Once Again

The Problem for Colin A. Carter is that facts and the real world keep getting in the way By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL ... Continue reading

America Takes Next Step Towards Energy Independence and Cleaner Living: Trump Okays Year-Round E15

America Takes Next Step Towards Energy Independence and Cleaner Living: Trump Okays Year-Round E15

Along with America's farmers and the domestic ethanol industry, Bob Gordon, me, and our entire company are celebrating today's announcement that E15 fuel has finally received the go-ahead for year-round sales. ... Continue reading

The Future of Biofuels

The Future of Biofuels

DALLAS May 24, 2019; NACS Fuels Institute kicked off the FUELS2019 conference this week, bringing together leaders within the transportation and energy markets to discuss the evolution of fuels such as biofuels. Leading the discussion, Dr. ... Continue reading

ETHANOL - A Conversation That Matters +VIDEO

ETHANOL - A Conversation That Matters +VIDEO

The Auto Channel's co-founder and co-publisher recently had the opportunity to travel up to Vancouver, British Columbia to appear on a television talk show called "Conversations That Matter." The show is hosted by award-winning veteran broadcaster Stuart McNish. Some of Stu's previous guests included people like Freema ... Continue reading

SHOCKING NEWS: Existence of Parallel Universes Explain Support of Petroleum Oil Fuels

SHOCKING NEWS: Existence of Parallel Universes Explain Support of Petroleum Oil Fuels

An Explosive Review and Commentary of Meghan O'Sullivan's "WINDFALL" By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL. The theory of parallel universes, that is to say that our universe is just one of many similar universes that exist on a simultaneous time line, took a giant step forward towards ubi ... Continue reading

Nutson's Auto News Review - Week Ending May 11, 2019

Nutson's Auto News Review - Week Ending May 11, 2019

Auto News Digest Week of May 4-11 2019: Porsche Dieselgate; GM Plant News; Dyson (Vacuum Co.) To Build EV in Singapore; Illinois EV Owners Threatened To Pay Fair Share Of Road Maintenance; US Subsidizing EV Ownership; 1966 Le Mans Movie; VW EV iD.3 Now On Sale; Gas Prices Down?; One-Lap SRTs; GM Truck Recall; Uber IPO ... Continue reading

Open Letter to Energy Analyst Michael Lynch - UPDATED with REBUTTAL to Marc Rauch

Open Letter to Energy Analyst Michael Lynch - UPDATED with REBUTTAL to Marc Rauch

Hi Michael - I just finished reading an article you wrote for the Forbes Magazine website titled, "Put Ethanol In People, Not Gasoline." I know it's been five months since you published the story, and I apologize for not writing to you sooner about this article. ... Continue reading

Mr. President Don't Support Anti-American Big Oil Bull - EPA Sends RFS to White House

Mr. President Don't Support Anti-American Big Oil Bull - EPA Sends RFS to White House

The draft 2020-21 Renewable Fuel Standard blending requirements are at the White House for review. WASHINGTON D.C. May 10, 2019; Politico reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent the draft 2020 and 2021 Renewable Fuel Standard blending requirements to the White House for review. ... Continue reading

2020 5 Passenger Prius Prime Coming Soon

2020 5 Passenger Prius Prime Coming Soon

Save Money By Filling Up With E15 or E85 Toyota Prius Prime gets many upgrades for 2020 and remains the most efficient Toyota hybrid and one of the best options to protect drivers from price hikes at the gas pump. Available this summer, the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the LE grade will be $27,600 ... Continue reading

The Standoff Between Truth and Lies - Ethanol vs Gasoline

The Standoff Between Truth and Lies - Ethanol vs Gasoline

A Response to David Gelles - THE STANDOFF BETWEEN BIG OIL AND BIG CORN - New York Times http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/business/energy-environment/the-standoff-between-big-oil-and-big-corn.html By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL There's two extremely simple ways to determine wheth ... Continue reading

Nissan Kicks Gets a Good Housekeeping “Best New Cars Of 2019” Award - It's E15 Approved

Nissan Kicks Gets a Good Housekeeping “Best New Cars Of 2019” Award - It's E15 Approved

Good Housekeeping magazine named the 2019 Nissan Kicks subcompact SUV as one of "The Best New Cars of 2019." The folks at the Good Housekeeping Institute partnered with Car and Driver magazine to test a mix of 50 new vehicles, picking the top-rated models in a range of categories. The Nissan Kicks emerged as the winner ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicles Unclean At Every Speed - Electric Cars Don’t Solve The Automobile’s Environmental Problems

Electric Vehicles Unclean At Every Speed - Electric Cars Don’t Solve The Automobile’s Environmental Problems

EVs and the Environment: The Discussion Continues Last summer, California highway police pulled over pop star Justin Bieber as he sped through Los Angeles in an attempt to shake the paparazzi. He was driving a hybrid electric car—not just any hybrid, mind you, but a chrome-plated Fisker Karma, a US $100 000 plug-in h ... Continue reading

Building the Evidence on Corn Ethanol’s Greenhouse Gas Profile

Building the Evidence on Corn Ethanol’s Greenhouse Gas Profile

"As it turns out, the last decade was a time of great innovation and productivity improvement" Originally posted on the <a href:>U.S. Department of Agriculture website</a> by Jan Lewandrowski, USDA Office of the Chief Economist Annotations by Marc J. Rauch, Co-Publisher of TheAutoChannel.com Over the past two decades, ... Continue reading

High’s Introduces Renewable Fuel

High’s Introduces Renewable Fuel

With 15% ethanol, 88 octane is a cleaner fuel with lower emissions at a value price. All regular unleaded vehicles built since 2001 are EPA certified to use 88 octane. ... Continue reading

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