HERNDON, Va - Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced that buyers of the Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen are eligible for a $1,300 Federal Income Tax Credit. The Internal Revenue Service has issued a certification letter affirming that the vehicles qualify for the Advanced Lean Burn Technology Motor Vehicle income tax credit. “The $1,300 tax credit provides an even greater ... Read More »
Fuel Savers – Save Your Money
Every time gasoline prices spike, con artists dust off products that claim to increase fuel economy significantly and entrepreneurs “invent” a few new ones. Their claims tout a 20- to 30-percent improvement, so, if you are getting 20 mpg, you will end up with 24 to 26 mpg. With the Internet, there is even greater proliferation in fuel-saving devices, or ... Read More »
Shell Hydrogen And General Motors Open Hydrogen Fueling Station In Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California - The first public hydrogen refueling station in California with integrated hydrogen and gasoline refueling is now open, providing drivers in Chevrolet's Project Driveway another location to refuel their Equinox fuel cell vehicles, currently on the roads throughout Southern California.
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Most automobile manufacturers are working on fuel cell vehicles. BMW has developed another technology to better assure its cars will still be "Ultimate Driving Machines", when running on hydrogen. The whirr of electric motors would be out of character for BMWs. This accomplished by modifying its internal combustions to run on hydrogen, calling them Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines, or H2ICEs. Read More »
Can a Hybrid Chevrolet Tahoe, Silverado, GMC Yukon, Sierra or Cadillac Escalade be a good Tow Vehicle?
General Motors is now marketing hybrid versions of its Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade SUVs. Later next year, Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra hybrid pickups will start appearing in dealer’s showrooms as will the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango Hybrid SUVs. Read More »
Understanding Hybrid Vehicles
"A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle with two or more energy storage systems, both of which must provide propulsion power", said Dave Hermance of Toyota Engineering and Manufacturing of North America. Read More »
Alternative Fuels – Lessons from Brazilia
In his 2006 State of the Union address, President Bush made a commitment "to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025." Read More »
Hybrid Electric School Buses
The typical school bus stops and starts many times while picking up and letting offstudents. It often spends more time stopped and idling while loading and unloading than driving down the road. Hybrid electric vehicles love lots of starts and stops. That's why there is so much interest in hybrid electric transit buses, delivery trucks, refuse pickup trucks and taxis. Read More »
Survey Reports Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Purchase Seen as Patriotic Campaign to Promote Use of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
Survey Reports Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Purchase Seen as Patriotic Campaign to Promote Use of Fuel-Efficient Vehicles According to a recent survey, most Americans now see buying a fuel-efficient vehicle as a patriotic gesture. Tens of millions in the U.S. are considering switching to a fuel-efficinet vehicle in the face of worsening gasoline price shock, reports the Opinion Research Corporation survey released ... Read More »
Commentary: A Better Way to Greater Fuel Economy
Just as Ford announced that it would not meet its self-imposed goal of improving the fuel economy of its sport utility vehicles by 25 percent by 2005, General Motors announces that it will incorporate fuel-saving technology into its V8- and V6-powered vehicles. Read More »
