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SCAM: Biden Using Your Money to Insure Radical Dem's Electric Mobility Monopoly

SCAM: Biden Using Your Money to Insure Radical Dem's Electric Mobility Monopoly

President Biden's infrastructure plans to invest $174 billion in the EV market, including a national network of 500,000 EV charging locations by 2030.1 However, 81% of respondents report that barriers remain, obstructing the path to purchase.1 ... Continue reading

SUV's and Big Cars with Choice of Fuel, Not Small Cars Without Choice, Is What's Good for America (Originally Published April 23, 2009)

SUV's and Big Cars with Choice of Fuel, Not Small Cars Without Choice, Is What's Good for America (Originally Published April 23, 2009)

Big Cars with Choice, Not Small Cars Without Choice Is What's Good for America. How can the elimination of the old fashioned self-serving three letter abbreviation ... Continue reading

Complete List Of IIHS 2022 Models Awarded Top Safety Picks +VIDEO

Complete List Of IIHS 2022 Models Awarded Top Safety Picks +VIDEO

Sixty-five vehicles qualify for the 2022 Top Safety Pick+ award, and another 36 earn the Top Safety Pick designation. February 24, 2022 The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is recognizing 65 models with the 2022 Top Safety Pick+ award, as improved headlight offerings boost more vehicles into the top tier. ... Continue reading

Published 2004: Alternative Fuel Options Hit High Gear, MotorWeek Predicts

Published 2004: Alternative Fuel Options Hit High Gear, MotorWeek Predicts

BALTIMORE--Aug. 25, 2004--"In a time of sky high gasoline and diesel prices," says MotorWeek host John Davis, "people are more receptive than ever to the idea of using alternative fuels--that is, fuels other than petroleum--to power their cars. Especially since, as gas prices go up, alternative fuel may actually become ... Continue reading

Last off the line 2016 Land Rover Defender 110 Adventure with just 52 miles set to break auction sales record

Last off the line 2016 Land Rover Defender 110 Adventure with just 52 miles set to break auction sales record

The final Land Rover Defender 110 Adventure ever produced is set to break the world record public price for the model, and it is now live for bids on the market-leading Collecting Cars auction platform. The global automotive marketplace already holds world record results for three other Defender variants; achieving £1 ... Continue reading

Weekly Energy Report - January 13, 2022

Weekly Energy Report - January 13, 2022

latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we expect regular gasoline retail prices to average $3.06/gal in 2022, up from $3.00/gal in 2021, and then down to $2.80/gal in 2023. We expect on-highway diesel prices to increase to average $3.33/gal in 2022 before decreasing to $3.27/gal in 2023. ... Continue reading

Faith group celebrates new clean cars rule

Faith group celebrates new clean cars rule

Interfaith Power & Light Statement Celebrates EPA Finalization of Clean Cars Rule Washington, DC - The EPA finalized the new rule to cut pollution from new cars and light-duty trucks, a measure which will cut millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other pollutants from the atmosphere. The standards from model years ... Continue reading

CAFE Lives! - Biden Doubles Down Orders EPA To Re-raise Emission Standards

CAFE Lives! - Biden Doubles Down Orders EPA To Re-raise Emission Standards

Washington DC December 20, 2021; Seeking Alpha Reported that The battle over auto industry emissions is back on after the Biden administration raised fuel-efficiency standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks to a fleetwide average of 55 miles a gallon by model year 2026. That mark is up from the 43 mpg standar ... Continue reading

Toyota Joins The Pure Electric Herd (Almost) +VIDEO

Toyota Joins The Pure Electric Herd (Almost) +VIDEO

Toyota Motor Corporation's media briefing on battery EV strategies. ... Continue reading

11 Years On; The Politics of Plugging-in - Washingon's Choice Of Future's Fuel - Originally Published October 2010

11 Years On; The Politics of Plugging-in - Washingon's Choice Of Future's Fuel - Originally Published October 2010

THE POLITICS OF PLUGGING-IN By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Detroit MI October 22, 2010; I recently had an enlightening chat with veteran Congressman, John Dingle, a democrat from Ann Arbor, who has been a staunch supporter of the auto industry for his entire long career. Of course, representing a dist ... Continue reading

Let Them Eat Cake - Where Are All The Diesel-Hybrids? (Originally Published 2/7/2008; Once More Ahead Of Our Time)

Let Them Eat Cake - Where Are All The Diesel-Hybrids? (Originally Published 2/7/2008; Once More Ahead Of Our Time)

Let Them Eat Cake - Where Are All The Diesel-Hybrids? (Originally Published 2/7/2008), What's The Problem Here? We all know the problem and most of us who look for it can see the solution's right here under our collective noses, right here in virtually everyone's home, office, and every venue we work or play in, in fac ... Continue reading

EU court adviser finds car emissions measurement defeat devices broadly illegal

EU court adviser finds car emissions measurement defeat devices broadly illegal

BRUSSELS, Sept 23, 2021; Reuters reported that software that Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) used to alter pollutant emissions based on the temperature and altitude is illegal unless it prevents potentially dangerous sudden damage to the engine, an adviser to the EU's top court said on Thursday. The finding, if confirmed by ... Continue reading

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Today In Energy

Pete Caves; California To Lead Again In Emission Fairy-Tales - Withdraw Rule Empowers Left Coast "Chicken Little's"

Pete Caves; California To Lead Again In Emission Fairy-Tales - Withdraw Rule Empowers Left Coast "Chicken Little's"

Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis. NHTSA proposed to withdraw its portions of the so-called SAFE I Rule, which sought to preempt States, including California, from issuing their own greenhouse gas emissions standards and zero-emissions vehicle mandates. ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book Helps Car Shoppers Navigate Electric Car Tax Credits

Kelley Blue Book Helps Car Shoppers Navigate Electric Car Tax Credits

Electric cars undoubtedly are the wave of the future, and growth in the segment is on quite an upward trajectory. According to data from Cox Automotive, electrified vehicles accounted for 7.8% of the total Q1 2021 sales, up from 4.8% in the same period last year. ... Continue reading

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