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Motor Trend jumps on the demand side of the fuel efficiency push

I fully agree that we need more fuel efficient vehicles. But I also firmly believe that the vast majority of American drivers (and others around the world) will always buy the biggest, most powerful vehicle they think they can afford to operate. When gas was cheap in this country, they bought big SUVs and trucks because they could afford them, even though there were plenty of small, efficient vehicles offered. Sure, some people bought compacts for a variety of reasons but most people went big. What caused that trend to turn around seemingly ... Read more →

Slow sales and new fuel economy regs kill Nissan Titan Sam Abuelsamid

When Nissan introduced the Titan pickup truck earlier this decade, they became the first Japanese Automaker to directly challenge the U.S. manufacturers in the full-size truck segment. Unfortunately ...

Chrysler VP talks about fuel efficiency at SAE luncheon Sam Abuelsamid

The theme of this year's Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress is "A Climate for Change" and the host company is Chrysler. Chrysler's VP of Regulatory Affairs, Deb Morrissett, spoke today at ...

Will new fuel economy rules spark a boom in used vehicle reconditioning? Sam Abuelsamid

When people like GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz talk about how new fuel economy regulations are going to add $5-6,000 to the price of new cars and trucks, it's worth examining how they come to those ...

C7 Corvette likely to get smaller, lighter and more efficient Sam Abuelsamid

Last month Chevrolet officially revealed the fastest, most powerful Corvette of all time, the 2009 ZR1. At a minimum of 620hp, the ZR1 will very likely be the most powerful Corvette that ever gets ...

The Chrysler HEMI may soon fade into history, another victim of CAFE and modern realities 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In a stunning statement of the obvious, Chrysler Co-president Jim Press told Automotive News (subs req'd) that "The Hemi is not the power-train of the future." Given rising fuel prices and new fuel economy requirements, the days of the legendary HEMI are surely numbered, at least in cars and ...

CAFE takes another bite out of GM product plan as RWD programs fall away 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A year ago the Zeta rear-wheel-drive architecture developed at General Motors Holden division in Australia looked set to spawn a host of new North American models. The platform that under-pins the new Pontiac G8 and the upcoming Chevrolet Camaro now looks like it will have much more limited ...

BREAKING: New GM luxury V-8 is first victim of new CAFE rules 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A new dual overhead cam V-8 engine for General Motors luxury car applications that was scheduled for production in 2009 has been canceled. This is the first known change in future product plans to follow the recent passage of new fuel economy rules. GM had announced plans a year ago to invest $300 ...

Ricardo sees opportunity in new fuel economy regulations 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While the corporate average fuel economy requirements in the energy bill that was passed last week mean a lot of extra work for automakers, some see it as an opportunity. One of those is Ricardo. The engineering consultancy that specializes in power-train work has set up a new unit called Total ...

What cars can we get today with 35 mpg? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With a new energy bill on the verge of becoming law, our friends over at Winding Road got to thinking. With the law soon to require an average of 35 mpg from the new vehicle fleet, what vehicles can we buy today that actually meet that requirement? As it turns out, when checking the combined ...

BREAKING! 35 MPG it is! Senate passes energy bill, back to the house 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/35MPG_it_is_Senate_passes_energy_bill'; On their third try the US Senate finally passed the new energy bill this evening. After stripping out all the tax provisions the bill easily passed 86-8 in the Senate. Following the vote the White House announced ...

Third times a charm? Second vote on energy bill comes up 1 vote short 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A second vote today in the US Senate on the new energy bill came up one vote shy of the sixty needed to end debate. Republicans opposed to $21.8 billion in tax increases have filibustered the legislation since it was first passed by the House of Representatives last week. Yesterday Senate ...

Senate Democrats trying to modify energy bill to get it passed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With the energy bill that was passed by the House of Representatives last week currently stalled in the US Senate, Democratic leaders are working feverishly to modify the legislation. Last Friday, a procedural vote to end debate and get a vote on the bill fell short of the necessary sixty votes to ...

GM (and everyone else) may have to revamp product plans to hit 35 mpg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If the energy bill that's currently stalled in the US Senate does ultimately get passed, every car-maker in the US market will have to thoroughly revamp their product lines. This is particularly true for trucks where most companies struggle to achieve mileage even in the low twenties. At a Saturn ...

A day late, House of Representatives passes energy bill 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

After a delay in the vote the House of Representatives passed the new energy on Thursday by a 235-181 margin. The bill passed largely on party lines with fourteen Republicans voting for the bill and seven Democrats against it. The reasons behind the delay will likely doom the bill in the Senate and ...

Imagine that! there's a loophole in the CAFE bill, this time for Nissan 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Readers of this site will be shocked to learn that there is a loophole in the new fuel economy standards that the House of Representatives is due to vote on soon. One of the changes to the original Senate bill was the restoration of the separate fleet average calculations for domestic- and ...

Fuel economy bill has seventy percent chance of passage 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The new compromise energy bill that was announced over the weekend will almost certainly get passed by the Democrat-controlled Congress starting with the House of Representatives this week. Unfortunately there is still that pesky issue of a possible presidential veto. An anonymous Washington ...

More details emerge on new fuel economy bill, no Porsche rule 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Some further details have emerged about the compromise fuel economy bill that hammered out late Friday night. As we know they will continue to calculate averages for cars and trucks separately as well as calculating the separate averages for import and domestic fleets. The averages are sales ...

Congressional leaders reach deal on new fuel economy standard, vote next week 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/House_leaders_reach_deal_on_35_mpg_fuel_economy_standard_by_2020/blog'; Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) reached a deal late Friday night with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA MI) on a compromise bill to raise fuel economy standards for new cars and trucks to 25 35 mpg ...

Dingell says fuel economy bill is close, one big issue left 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

US Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) is saying that a deal is very close on a compromise fuel economy bill in the US Congress. As we reported the other day, the 35 mpg by 2020 standard from the previous Senate bill will be retained with separate averages being calculated for cars and trucks. The primary ...

Compromise fuel economy bill could be close 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

After months of wrangling over new fuel economy standards it appears that members from the House and Senate may finally be close to a compromise deal. According to a report from the Detroit Free Press, the 35 mpg standard by 2020 from the Senate bill would be retained. However two important aspects ...

Bad idea: Porsche wants a pass on fuel economy rules 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

You might make a case that a car company that only sells a few hundred or even a few thousand vehicles in a 16-million-vehicle-a-year market doesn't really make much of a dent in emissions or fuel consumption. This is particularly true if the cars they sell are high-performance models that ...

Survey says: We want 35 mpg by 2020! Will we buy them? Who knows! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It appears that Americans do indeed want to have their cake and eat it too. The latest survey from the folks at Pew Research talked to the usual 1,000 Americans and the results where unsurprising. Of people who responded, 69 percent favored new fuel economy standards that would require a fleet ...

House Speaker Pelosi wants a vote on energy bill before Thanksgiving 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Speaker of the House of the Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is tired of waiting for action on an energy bill including new fuel economy standards. Just as her home state of California filed suit against the EPA, she has called for a vote next week on the bill. Pelosi has met in recent days with ...

Sen. Carl Levin pushes to water down Senate energy bill 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) is moving again to protect the interests of his biggest constituents (that is, the auto industry) by pushing for the changes to the energy bill passed by the senate. If Levin gets his way, the bill would more closely resemble the Hill-Terry bill in the House of ...

Chrysler chimes in on CAFE proposals 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the last couple of weeks, Toyota has gotten most of the attention when it comes to fuel economy proposals in Congress, but other car-makers are having their say, too. Like pretty much every other major manufacturer, Chrysler is coming out in support of the House of Representatives' Hill-Terry ...

Environmental and science groups gang up on Toyota over CAFE 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like Toyota's time as the automotive darling of the green movement may be at an end as they now become the new whipping boy over CAFE. A group of nine organizations have launched a new web site at TruthAboutToyota.com slamming the Japanese automaker for fighting the fuel economy proposal ...

Carmakers have equivalent fuel economy for similar weight classes 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota and Honda topped the corporate fleet average fuel economy for the 2007 model year and Honda has been at or near the top of the industry for much of the past three decades, along with Hyundai. Volkswagen has been right up there, especially in years when they have offered lots of diesels. ...

General Motors joins Toyota and jumps into the Friedman fray 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the past New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has made his disdain for the US Domestic auto industry clearly known and the other day the pro-globalization writer fired off a salvo at Toyota for their current stance on new fuel economy regulations. Toyota's Irv Miller was quick to return fire ...

Toyota fires back at Thomas "Flat World" Friedman! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Hot on the heels of Tom Friedman's indictment of Toyota in the New York Times, the company has responded. Friedman was critical of Toyota's support of the Hill-Terry fuel economy bill along with all the other big automakers. Toyota's VP of Communications Irv Miller has used his podium at the Open ...

NRDC slams Toyota for Greenwashing and supporting Hill-Terry 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

For most of this decade, Toyota has been the darling of the environmentalists (if such a thing is possible for a car company) due primarily to the Prius and the addition of the company's hybrid system to their other models. That honeymoon seems to be rapidly coming to an end. Increasingly in recent ...


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