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Joan Claybrook claims flex-fuel Taurus can't run E85

Former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief and current head of Public Citizen Joan Claybrook has long been a thorn in the side of the auto-makers. Now in a follow-on to this earlier story about problems with flex-fuel Ford Tauruses it seems that Claybrook has filed a petition with NHTSA claiming that the 2003-2005 Taurus and Mercury Sable shouldn't be labeled as flex-fuel capable. Evidently there may be a cold start problem with the vehicles in question and Ford sent out a technical service bulletin recommending that ... Read more →

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Joan Claybrook claims flex-fuel Taurus can't run E85 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Public Citizen report slams oil companies 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Joan Claybrook and her Public Citizen group released a report Wednesday charging that the oil companies are gouging Americans and not using their windfall profits to invest in cleaner, sustainable sources. Called "Hot Profits and Global Warming: How Oil Companies Hurt Consumers and the Environment," ...

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