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Advanced New Audi A6 Travels Light to Tackle Emissions

Advanced New Audi A6 Travels Light to Tackle Emissions

The latest Audi model to move into the vanguard of Vorsprung durch Technik is the A6 Saloon, which has been redesigned from the ground up with the benefit of the brand's most advanced lightweight construction techniques, engine efficiency measures, chassis developments and in-car technological innovations. With weight ... Continue reading

Car Shoppers Seeking Fuel Efficiency Facing More Choices This Holiday Season But Consumers Are Still Window-shopping

Car Shoppers Seeking Fuel Efficiency Facing More Choices This Holiday Season But Consumers Are Still Window-shopping

SEE ALSO: New Car Buyers Guide WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2010;- This holiday season, it's never been easier to put a fuel-efficient auto on your shopping list. New government data released recently shows that automakers are offering more models that run on alternative fuels and use less gasoline. "The good news for consumer ... Continue reading

Oil Prices Hit $90, again - A Commitment to Eliminate Gasoline Can End This Nonsense

Oil Prices Hit $90, again - A Commitment to Eliminate Gasoline Can End This Nonsense

High oil prices is good news if you're a fan of global terrorism and evil dictators NEW YORK - December 7, 2010: For the first time in two years oil prices moved above $90 a barrel. Wall Street 'analysts' say tightening supplies will eventually send prices above the $100 mark next year. The recent surge in oil pushed g ... Continue reading

Auto Execs Say Car of the Future Won't Be Cheap

Auto Execs Say Car of the Future Won't Be Cheap

Washington DC December 6, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that it all sounds so easy: Impose higher average gas mileage standards on the auto industry. Motorists will not only save money, but America will wean itself off oil. There’s just one problem. In meeting the new regulations, cars could cost thousands m ... Continue reading

Energy Vision Presents Energy Vision Awards at Its Fourth Anniversary Celebration

Energy Vision Presents Energy Vision Awards at Its Fourth Anniversary Celebration

NEW YORK--Energy Vision, a national non-profit organization that promotes the benefits of clean, renewable petroleum-free transportation fuels, presented its 2010 Energy Vision Leadership Awards to Andrew J. Littlefair, President and CEO of Clean Energy , and to Smithtown, New York’s Environmental Direct ... Continue reading

The New Volkswagen EOS and TDI Models On Stage in L.A.

The New Volkswagen EOS and TDI Models On Stage in L.A.

<p><a href="/cybercast/2010laautoshow"> Complete 2010 LA Auto Show Coverage</a></p> </p><p>By Henny Hemmes <br>Senior European Editor <br>The Auto Channel </p><p>LOS ANGELES, November 19, 2010; Volkswagen AG flew a group of German journalists to California, to give them the first look at the second generation of the Eo ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition

Research and Markets: Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition

DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a0bd86/underthehood_aut) has announced the addition of the "Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition" report to their offering. “Under-the-hood Automotive Electronic Systems - 2011 Edition” Global and regional trends f ... Continue reading

Rentech's Synthetic RenDiesel® Fuels Audi A3 TDI During L.A. Auto Show Green Cars Ride & Drive Event

Rentech's Synthetic RenDiesel® Fuels Audi A3 TDI During L.A. Auto Show Green Cars Ride & Drive Event

LOS ANGELES--Rentech, Inc. announced that its synthetic RenDiesel® fuel will power an Audi A3 TDI during today’s Green Cars LA Auto Show Ride & Drive event, hosted by Green Car Journal. During the event, credentialed journalists will experience the performance of synthetic RenDiesel fuel in Green ... Continue reading

2010 LA Auto Show Is Getting Back to Business

2010 LA Auto Show Is Getting Back to Business

SEE ALSO: 2010 LA Auto Show-Press Pass Coverage By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor Amsterdam Bureau The Auto Channel Some twenty years ago, I first visited the LA Auto Show and came back every year. Way back then, the show was very laid back and the show in Detroit was the exhibition to go to. Indeed, Detroit start ... Continue reading

2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: Scion Announces Pricing for xB Release Series 8.0

2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: Scion Announces Pricing for xB Release Series 8.0

PR Newswire TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 17, 2010 TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 17, 2010 -- Scion announced today that it will be displaying its latest limited-production vehicle, the 2011 xB Release Series 8.0 (xB RS 8.0), in the Scion booth at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov. 17-28, 2010. The xB RS 8.0 will begin arriving in deale ... Continue reading

Volvo Trucks Partners with World Wildlife Fund to Reduce CO2-emissions - VIDEO ENHANCED

Volvo Trucks Partners with World Wildlife Fund to Reduce CO2-emissions - VIDEO ENHANCED

STOCKHOLM - November 4, 2010: The Volvo Group will be the world's first vehicle manufacturer to join the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Climate Savers Program. As a WWF partner, the Volvo Group's truck companies undertake to reduce the CO2-emissions from vehicles manufactured between 2009 and 2014 by 13 million ton ... Continue reading

Iveco Presents ECOSTRALIS: the ECOlogical and ECOnomical Heavy Commercial Vehicle - VIDEO ENHANCED

Iveco Presents ECOSTRALIS: the ECOlogical and ECOnomical Heavy Commercial Vehicle - VIDEO ENHANCED

TURIN - November 4, 2010: Following the success of the ECODAILY, Iveco presents the ECOSTRALIS to the market, extending the availability of the ECO logic and the strong points of the initiative created for the light range vehicles to the company’s flagship, the Stralis. With the arrival of the ECOSTRALIS, Iveco ha ... Continue reading

Porsche Cayenne Wins "Golden Steering Wheel 2010" and "SUV of the Year" - VIDEO ENHANCED

Porsche Cayenne Wins "Golden Steering Wheel 2010" and "SUV of the Year" - VIDEO ENHANCED

New Porsche Cayenne scoops awards in Europe and USA STUTTGART - November 3, 2010: The world s largest international reader jury has awarded the new Porsche Cayenne the "Golden Steering Wheel 2010". Almost 250,000 readers from 23 different countries voted on participating vehicles in Springer-Verlage's pan-European read ... Continue reading

Volvo's First Order for Methane/Diesel Buses

Volvo's First Order for Methane/Diesel Buses

both biogas and diesel. Using diesel technology increases environmental efficiency compared with current gas-operated buses. Biogas is a renewable fuel that contributes to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Many cities and regions are investing in expanding the production of biogas for heating and vehicle fuel. Many ga ... Continue reading

SAFE: New Truck Efficiency Rules Will Improve American Security

SAFE: New Truck Efficiency Rules Will Improve American Security

Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) today applauded the administration's release of proposed rules to put into place the first-ever fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. SAFE worked together with The Accord Group throughout the year to help create and support the Heavy-Duty Fuel Efficiency ... Continue reading

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