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EPA and DOT announce new fuel economy, greenhouse gas plan: CO2 emissions take center stage over MPG

Back in May, the Obama Administration raised the national CAFE standard to 35.5 mpg (for cars and trucks) by 2016. The higher standard would build from the 27.3 mpg 2011 standard and go up five percent each year until 2016. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation issued a joint statement proposing just how the two agencies will work together to reach the higher standard required for model year 2012-2016 vehicles. The 35.5 mpg number from the CAFE regulations can be reached, the DOT and EPA say, if all ... Read more →

At Witz' End - Best of the Rest from the Center for Automotive Research automotive future forum Gary Witzenburg

I reported last month on Nissan's LEAF EV plans, as presented by Nissan Product Planning VP Larry Dominique at the August Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars (CAR MBS) in ...

REPORT: Cash For Clunkers ending Monday Sebastian Blanco

This year, Labor Day in the U.S. will be celebrated on September 7. That's over two weeks away, and not that long ago, the government had said the C.A.R.S. (Cash for Clunkers) program would be ...

Money's not there for flex-fuel and other advanced technologies, automakers say Sebastian Blanco

Here's the thing: American automakers used to fully support E85-capable (aka flex-fuel) vehicles. With a few cheap additions to a standard engine ($100, or thereabouts), a car could get a special ...

Auto Alliance responds to EPA's CO2 warning Sebastian Blanco

Today's EPA's decision to put CO2 on the list of greenhouse gases that endanger human health sets up a totally predictable confrontation with the Auto Alliance. The reason is that if CO2 can be ...

Auto Alliance CEO: automakers "Embrace Change," want national regulations 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Auto Alliance President and CEO Dave McCurdy has released an Op-Ed titled "Embracing Change" in which he unsurprisingly uses can-do enthusiasm to explain just how well the big automakers are gearing up for the low-carbon economy and don't want a nasty patchwork of laws. McCurdy repeats the ...

Auto Alliance CEO has another cash for clunkers idea 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday, we wrote about two "cash for clunkers" ideas being discussed by U.S. and German lawmakers. Over on Gristmill, the president and CEO of the Auto Alliance, Dave McCurdy, has detailed a separate plan that would pay people to get rid of their old cars and buy new ones, new cars that are ...

Auto Alliance president talks about the other president and changes in Washington 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Following the big change that swept through American politics on Nov. 4, there has been a lot of celebration in a lot of places. Over at the Auto Allliance, the association made up of BMW Group, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mitsubishi ...

Auto Alliance, Pew Campaign have different responses to Vermont GHG decision 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Some are happy, some are sad with the decision yesterday by Judge Sessions in Vermont on the possibility of state fuel economy rules that would, in effect, supplant federal legislation. On the one hand, we have the Pew Campaign for Fuel Efficiency, on the other we have the Auto Alliance. Pew ...

Who will decide fuel economy requirements: NHTSA or Congress? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Automakers are no longer in denial that they will have to improve the average fuel economy of their fleets. But they hope they can keep the decisions within the more comfortable confines of NHTSA instead of becoming a political volleyball for Congress. The head of the auto lobby, Dave McCurdy, told ...


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