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fuel efficiency stories: 68 news summaries

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Honda Shows Hydrogen Is Here

Hydrogen fuel car won't shock you with its forward-thinking design, NYT says

Dec 9, 07 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - It may not look high-tech enough for the Jetsons, but Honda’s new FCX Clarity is definitely worth all the buzz, New York Times auto critic Norman Mayersohn gushes. After test-driving the sedan, which runs on hydrogen fuel, Mayersohn said its greatest trick is its simplicity, which helps “... More »

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fuel efficiency • Southern California • Honda • Toyota Prius • hydrogen fuel cells • Honda FCX Clarity • hydrogen stations

Chrysler CEO Predicts
$1.6B Loss This Year

Automaker faces second straight year in the red

Dec 5, 07 10:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Chrysler will be screeching toward a second consecutive year in the red, sources told the Wall Street Journal, as the automaker will lose $1.6 billion. CEO Robert Nardelli told designers and engineers this week that while the beleaguered automaker’s revenue was about $63 billion, costs exceeded $64 billion.... More »

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Chrysler • Cerberus Capital Management • General Motors • fuel efficiency • Ford • Robert Nardelli • auto industry

Congress Set to Require 35mpg on US Autos

Lawmakers agree to measure upping mileage 40% by 2020

Dec 1, 07 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Lawmakers have hammered out a deal to force US automakers to improve fuel efficiency, the New York Times reports. The measure requires cars and SUVs to get 35mpg on average by 2020, an improvement of 40%. It is expected to pass Congress and be signed into law as part of... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • fuel efficiency • auto industry • energy bill

House OKs Renewable Energy Bill

Legislation faces likely presidential veto

Aug 5, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House passed a broad-based clean energy bill yesterday that redirects $16 billion in tax incentives from big oil and gas companies to renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. Democrats hailed the legislation as the first big step toward making the US a more environmentally friendly nation, but... More »

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energy • environment • Democratic Congress • environmentalism • fuel efficiency • House of Representatives • solar energy • Ed Markey • carbon emissions

Who Knew a Prius Was a
Hot Rod?

Al Gore III, busted at over 100 mph, shows speedy side of green

Jul 6, 07 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the exhaust clears following Al Gore III's joy-ride drug bust, an astonished public has zeroed in, not on the former veep's son, but on his little-Prius-that-could. Clocked at over  100mph before he was pulled over, Gore shattered the assumption that the Toyota hybrid sacrifices speed for fuel efficiency, the... More »

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Adderall • Toyota • fuel efficiency • Al Gore III • Xanax • Al Gore II • Toyota Prius • Orange County, California • Golden State Freeway • Car and Driver Magazine • drug possession • Valium • Vicodin • speeding • vice president • hybrid car

Energy Bill Faces Fierce Floor Fight

Automakers will bring out the big guns to battle 45 mpg efficiency standards

Jun 18, 07 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats' energy bill is under attack on two fronts in the Senate—automakers want to weaken fuel efficiency standards, and the coal industry is looking for tax breaks for making diesel. The Wall Street Journal predicts a ferocious floor fight over the proposed package that would set a 45... More »

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environmentalism • coal • Detroit • fuel efficiency • CAFE standards • automaker • energy bill

Gas Spikes to All-Time Record

Pump pain hits consumer spending

May 21, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gas hit a record high of $3.18 yesterday, soaring past the previous all-time high, the inflation-adjusted 1981 price of $3.15 per gallon. A spate of fires and power outages have crippled the nation's refineries, sending prices soaring even as crude oil costs drop. That's turning consumers away from... More »

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oil • gas • consumer • fuel efficiency • fuel • gas prices

In Detroit, Obama
Rocks Boat

Candidate criticizes auto industry, boosts alternative fuel, hybrids

May 8, 07 7:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama called out the U.S. auto industry yesterday in its own front yard, reports The Wall Street Journal. In a sold-out speech at the Detroit Economic Club, the Illinois senator blamed much of the industry's current problems on automakers, whom he criticized for making larger and larger vehicles... More »

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Barack Obama • Detroit • fuel efficiency • auto industry • Election 2008

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