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Utrecht to start parking meter revolution with cell phones, GPS and green credentials 27 days ago on Autoblog Green

While paying for your parking meter using a cell phone is not a new thing, the Dutch city of Utrecht has announced a program that goes a step beyond. From April 1st 2010, citizens parking their cars in this city will need only a cell phone and their registration number connected to a nation-wide ...

Consumer Federation of America pushing CAFE to climb to 45 mpg by 2020 28 days ago on Autoblog Green

America's CAFE standards will climb to 35.5 mpg (42 mpg for cars, 26 mpg for light trucks) by 2016, thanks to the Obama Administration declaring not long after taking power how conflicting national and state (well, California) standards would be turned into one set or rules. But what comes after ...

REPORT: CARB hid information about scientist in diesel emission rules fight 28 days ago on Autoblog Green

Strict regulations on diesel emissions that the California Air Resources Board approved in December 2008 are coming under renewed fire. At the time, members of the trucking industry and others complained that CARB was acting all Chicken Little and exaggerating how bad the diesel emissions were for ...

Honda tops 2009 corporate fuel economy charts, Chrysler trails 29 days ago on Autoblog Green

The Environmental Protection Agency is currently in the process of compiling the the fleet average fuel economy numbers for model year 2009, which recently concluded, and it looks like Honda will be on top yet again. The final numbers are still some months away as the data is collected on ...

UK to spend £30 million on EV Charging points 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

British Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis has announced that the UK will spend £30 million to install plug-in vehicle charging stations. The charge points will be built in at least three and as many as six "electric car cities and regions" across the UK, the forerunners of a national EV ...

Government bailout does not mean EV mandates for GM, Chrysler 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

GM and Chrysler may have gotten government help totaling almost $40 billion, but that money does not come with strings attached demanding that the two companies build electric or high-mpg cars. Government task force head Ron Bloom told Reuters that, "We obviously would be very happy if Chrysler ...

U.S., China announce new Electric Vehicles Initiative 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

You'll be forgiven if all you know about President Obama's recent trip to Asia was that he bowed (ZOMG!) to the Japanese Emperor, but we have to ask you to stop watching so much cable TV news. Things of substance happened during the trip, too, and one of them (hopefully) is a new Electric ...

3-Euro-cent-per-km mileage tax might become law in the Netherlands 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

A mileage tax has been in discussion here in the U.S., but doesn't look likley to become law. The situation is very different in the Netherlands, where the Dutch cabinet approved legislation that would replace ownership and sales taxes on automobiles with a 3 Euro cent (about 4.5 U.S. cents) fee per ...

Electrification Coalition sees plug-ins making up 25 percent of market by 2020 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

A new Electrification Coalition was announced today with the backing of the CEOs from twelve companies. What's interesting about this group is that, among the leaders from electric vehicles companies and related start-ups – Coda Automotive, Coulomb Technolgies, A123 Systems, etc. – ...

STUDY: Cash for Clunkers helped Japanese way more than Detroit 3 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

While there is no question that Obama's Cash-for-Clunkers program accelerated vehicle sales this summer, a new report by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute shows the big winners were from Japan, not Detroit. According to the study, nearly 85 percent of the ...

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