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0Breaking: California breaks rank again, demands over 15% of cars sold be non-polluting by 2025 1327710540
Less than a year after everyone with any sort of say in the matter seemed to agree that 54.5 miles per gallon by the year 2025 was a properly attainable goal, the California Air Resources Board has decided to change things up a bit. In addition to CAFE requirements of a 54.5-mpg fleet average ...
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Official: Tesla Model S, BMW i3 among 2012 Green Car Vision finalists 1326473400
Tesla's Model S, the BMW i3, the Cadillac ELR, the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell and the Ford C-MAX Energi are the finalists for Green Car Journal's 2012 Green Car Vision awards. The winner of the award, which is given to the most innovative "green vehicle" that's either in its demonstration ...
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Report: Mercedes-Benz developing E Superlight as its new carbon fiber halo sedan 1325703660
Automakers need halo cars. They bring people into the showroom and demonstrate just what their engineers can do. Typically those range-topping vehicles come in the form of sports cars – think Audi R8, Dodge Viper, Lexus LFA et al – but Mercedes-Benz is reportedly taking another ...
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Rep. Issa asks CARB for more documents about 54.5 mpg CAFE standards 1324471800
A month ago, Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent letters to 15 automotive CEOs asking them for information about the possible safety effects of implementing the proposed new fuel economy standards. Now, he's following up with a new request to California Air Resources Board chairwoman Mary Nichols for ...
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U.S. Omnibus Appropriations bill would raise hydrogen funding 6% over 2010 levels 1324298880
The future of hydrogen vehicles is both promising and full of questions. Everyone from Nissan to Toyota to Mercedes-Benz (the F-125! concept is pictured) continues to work on the technology, but it still trails battery-electric powertrains in real-world sales and use. The good news for H2 ...
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Report: California lawmakers push for 1.4M zero-emissions vehicles on the road 1323997260
TheDetroitBureau.com reports that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is out to change the zero-emissions-vehicle (ZEV) game again, this time revising its desired numbers for vehicle sales and prodding industry to make alternative fuels more available. From 2018 to 2025, CARB wants ZEVs to ...
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Report: General Motors, BMW to shack up on fuel cell development 1323694620
Reuters reports General Motors and BMW are headed toward a partnership that may see the two automakers join forces on the creation of a fuel cell system. German business magazine Wirtschafts Woche has cited unnamed industry sources as saying talks between the companies are already quite advanced, ...
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Nissan fuel cell vehicle on track for 2015 1322600340
With over 20,000 Leafs running around the planet, Nissan is looking to introduce yet another alt-powered vehicle to the world, and judging by its recent work with fuel cells, a hydrogen-powered vehicle could be here in four year's time. Today in Japan, Nissan showed off its next-generation fuel ...
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Toyota's 2015 hydrogen vehicle still estimated to cost $50,000, not $138,000 1320857160
Stop the Internet presses! Toyota's fuel cell car is going to be really expensive! That's the meme going around after Toyota Europe vice president for product planning and marketing, Alain Uyttenhoven, recently told Automotive News that, "We could expect a fuel cell vehicle to retail at about ...
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Study: Study: hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will grow slower than expected 1319731020
There are those who are unhappy with the creeping pace of electric vehicle battery improvements and believe that hydrogen is the answer. One prominent example is the guys on Top Gear, who are no fans of electric cars and have placed their bets on hydrogen fuel cells as the solution for future ...
