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Most Replaced Clunker With ... Another Guzzler Like This

Most common trade was old pickup (15-17 mpg) for new (1-3 better)

Nov 4, 09 8:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Think most who traded in a clunker under the government’s fuel-efficiency incentive program are now driving a hybrid? Guess again: The most common swap was an old, gas-guzzling pickup for a new, just-slightly-less-gas-guzzling pickup, AP analysis finds. Ford’s F150 is a prime example—it gets 1-3 mpg more... More »

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fuel efficiency • Toyota Prius • Ford F 150 • pickup trucks • Obama administration • Cash for Clunkers

GM Longs to Build
Electric Cadillacs

Car could boost brand's image but hurt automaker's bottom line

Aug 22, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Old dreams apparently die hard at GM. For months, the automaker has been yearning to build a gasoline-electric luxury Cadillac, but the Treasury Department and naysayers within the company say the price tag would be too high. Now, with the company dramatically reorganized, the Cadillac Converj could be coming to... More »

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General Motors • fuel efficiency • Toyota Prius • Cadillac • Fritz Henderson

(Newser) - Toyota plans to keep its lead in the environmentally friendly vehicle market with a new car to be released in 2011, Bloomberg reports. The vehicle, to be based on the company's Vitz compact, will be around 5% more fuel-efficient than its Prius and will sell for around $15,600, according... More »

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Toyota • fuel efficiency • fuel economy • Prius • auto industry • hybrid car

(Newser) - The Obama administration is hyping the cash-for-clunkers program as a chance for Americans to buy more fuel efficient cars, but not all buyers are going greener. Bulky SUVs and even trucks can be purchased with the $3 billion government subsidies, reports AP. Washington is refusing to release detailed records of... More »

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fuel efficiency • auto industry • Cadillac • car dealers • Hummer • Cash for Clunkers

(Newser) - GM held a triumphant press conference this morning, announcing that, using newly devised EPA methodology, its 2011 Chevy Volt will get a whopping 230 miles per gallon in city driving, by far the highest fuel efficiency rating ever. No car has ever so much as sniffed 100mpg before; the Prius... More »

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General Motors • fuel efficiency • Environmental Protection Agency • miles per gallon • mpg • hybrid car • Chevrolet Volt • Chevy Volt

OPINION

 'Cash for Clunkers' 
  Is a Car Wreck 


Jul 18, 09 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Cash for Clunkers program should never have left the lot, Michelle Singletary writes in the Washington Post. The premise is fine: Give people a financial incentive to trade in old gas guzzlers for new gas sippers. It's the details that smell like a lemon. "The law does... More »

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fuel efficiency • debt • auto industry • cars • Cash for Clunkers

GM-Owning Feds Buy
Rival Fords

General Services Administration spends $129M on competition

Jun 11, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The federal government isn't letting its stake in General Motors and Chrysler stop it from doing business with rivals, the New York Times reports. Ford, the only one of the Big Three not to receive bailout funds, won the biggest order in the General Services Administration's recent stimulus-funded $287 million... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • fuel efficiency • Ford • economic stimulus package • General Services Administration • auto bailout

House OKs 'Cash for Clunkers' Bill

Rebates up to $4,500 would go to buyers of more efficient vehicles

Jun 10, 09 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The House has passed legislation to give people who trade in gas-guzzling vehicles for more efficient new models rebates up to $4,500, the Detroit News reports. The $4 billion "cash-for-clunkers" bill, aimed at giving the auto industry a boost, passed 298-119, and its backers will now try to... More »

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fuel efficiency • House of Representatives • auto industry • vehicle • Cash for Clunkers

ANALYSIS

GM's Car of the Future Sparks Doubt in the Present

Even top exec fears hybrid will fail to herald new start for automaker

Jun 7, 09 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Success has many fathers, and for the forthcoming Chevrolet Volt, paternity claims could stretch from Detroit to Washington. But if the GM hybrid turns out to be an orphan, it could be because many of its backers, including a top GM exec, are ambivalent about its potential to rejigger the... More »

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General Motors • fuel efficiency • Toyota Prius • hybrid car • Chevrolet Volt • cars

Schwarzenegger Happy to See Hummer Go to China

Calif. Gov. believes Chinese owners will be able to ratchet up mileage

Jun 4, 09 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger helped popularize the Hummer by driving one, but he's not worried that its days of American ownership are over, reports the Los Angeles Times. The gas-guzzler has come to symbolize Detroit's failure to innovate, and the brand's new Chinese owners will be able to double the... More »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger • fuel efficiency • acquisition • Hummer • Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company

Fuel-Efficiency Standards May Threaten Safety

Experts say tight rules could push automakers to make smaller cars

May 20, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s new vehicle fuel-efficiency rules have safety experts worried that automakers will comply by churning out smaller, lighter cars—the more likely to kill you with, USA Today reports. Smaller vehicles are an easy route to boost efficiency that can also mean thousands more crash fatalities, but... More »

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vehicle emissions • fuel efficiency • car safety • emissions standards • small cars • Obama administration • President Obama

Analysis

With Emissions Plan, Obama Swings for the Fences


May 19, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The new, strict and streamlined national fuel efficiency standard President Obama will announce today could be a victory on three fronts, the Climate Change argues in a piece running on the New York Times web site. Obama will boost his climate change cred, help floundering automakers, and resolve the... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • California • fuel efficiency • CAFE standards • auto industry • Obama administration

Congress Nears 'Cash for Clunkers' Deal

Compromise would put voucher at $4,500, nix buy-American clause

May 6, 09 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Congress is nearing agreement on a “cash for clunkers” plan that would pay Americans to give up their gas-guzzling vehicles. A House plan outlined yesterday focuses on cars and light trucks that yield less than 18 miles per gallon. Owners who junk those will receive a $3,500-$4,500... More »

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energy • Congress • fuel efficiency • auto industry • House Energy and Commerce Committee • gas consumption • President Obama • Cash for Clunkers

Analysis

 US Auto Market Going Sane 


May 4, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - After years of big cars and even bigger sales numbers, forces are conspiring to turn the US auto market into something much more like its European counterparts, the LA Times reports. Fashion statement SUVs are giving way to more efficient, more reliable cars, analysts say, which people are expected... More »

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fuel efficiency • SUV • auto industry • auto sales

'Cash for Clunkers' Plan
Hits Skids With Auto Experts

Critics call green scheme misguided, too narrow

May 2, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Cash for Clunkers,” a congressional effort to remove older, gas-guzzling cars from the road, is gaining traction on Capitol Hill, but remains controversial elsewhere, MSNBC reports. The plan would offer drivers a $4,500 voucher toward new, fuel-efficient cars in exchange for trading in their environmentally unfriendly vehicles.... More »

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environment • fuel efficiency • miles per gallon • vouchers • drivers • cars • US Senate • Cash for Clunkers

ANALYSIS

 Death Traps 
 Vs. Gas Guzzlers 
 Split Automakers 

Are there any good choices for consumers in the car size debate?

Apr 21, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the push to curb America’s fuel intake, consumers must often make a choice between safety and fuel economy, Joseph White writes in the Wall Street Journal. The real problem, though, may be that small cars have to share the road with SUVs. “A much bigger issue is... More »

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fuel efficiency • Smart Car • SUVs • road safety • Insurance Institute of Highway Safety

 Forget Hybrids: Just 
 Drive Like Your Grandma 

Americans can save gas just by driving differently: Ball

Apr 17, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Driving like a grandma can save more gas than fancy hybrid technology, Jeffrey Ball writes in the Wall Street Journal. Accelerating slowly, shifting gears early, and coasting to avoid stop-and-go driving can bump gas efficiency of even the largest gas guzzlers. The catch? "I've been honked at. I've... More »

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fuel efficiency • Nissan • driving • hybrid car • gas consumption

(Newser) - Despite predictions of its demise, the SUV is alive and well at the New York auto show this year, Dan Carney writes for MSNBC. Sure, more fuel-efficient models of classic 4x4s make up the majority of the cars on display, but reports that the gas guzzler is passé, emanating from... More »

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General Motors • fuel efficiency • Land Rover • Mercedes Benz • crossover • hybrid car • SUVs • New York International Auto Show • Subaru • off road vehicles • sport utility vehicle

Obama Snaps Up 17,600 Fuel-Efficient US Cars

Government will buy thousands of fuel-efficient cars

Apr 10, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama announced yesterday that the government plans to buy up 17,600 American-made hybrid and fuel-efficient cars for the federal fleet, reports the Washington Post. In addition to being a way to get some more money to the automakers, the plan will boost the efficiency of the government fleet... More »

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fuel efficiency • automaker • Big Three • Obama administration

(Newser) - US fuel-economy standards are going up, an Obama administration official tells Bloomberg today. By 2011, new cars and light trucks will have to hit an average of 27.3 miles per gallon—30.2mpg for cars and 24.1 for light trucks and SUVs. Automakers have raised no objections—the... More »

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fuel efficiency • auto industry • fuel economy standards • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

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