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Driving Green
Buying green is just the first step in reducing the environmental impacts of automobile use. Read More »
Alternative and Hybrid Fuel Vehicle Market Trends
Model year 2006 sees the continued growth of the hybrid market, as well as an increase in the selection of vehicles with extremely low tailpipe emissions. Read More »
New Web Site Reveals The Worst Practices Of America’s Largest Companies
Co-op America's Responsible Shopper Web site features the latest "dirt" on more than 150 of America's largest corporations and helps consumers shift their support to the most responsible companies. 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 »
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Lax Fuel Economy Standards Costs American Families Money and Lives
Now is the time to reduce the nation's tragic dependence on oil, to cut harmful asthma- and cancer-causing vehicle emissions, and to save consumers money by enacting meaningful fuel economy requirements for the nation's cars, SUVs, minivans and trucks. Read More »
New Fuel Economy Rule a Slippery Slope of Oil Dependence, Will Not Reduce Consumption
The fuel economy final rule issued today by the U.S. Department of Transportation is exactly the opposite of what is needed to make a significant dent in U.S. oil consumption. Read More »
Department of Treasury and IRS Issue Guidance Regarding Hybrid and Lean Burn Vehicles
During a visit to Detroit on Jan. 13, Treasury Secretary John Snow announced the issuance of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance regarding the tax credit for hybrid vehicles. Read More »
How Hybrid Fuel Vehicles Work General Motors BAS Mild Hybrid
Gasoline prices are soaring, hybrids are hot and American automakers are playing catch-up in offering these fuel savers. For instance, General Motors will offer its new Belt Alternator Starter (BAS) mild hybrid system on the Saturn Vue Green Line SUV in mid-2006. Later, the BAS system will be available on the Malibu mid-size sedan and, probably, other vehicles. GM says, BAS can be easily mated to various engine designs with minimal changes, and for an attractive price. BAS should increase fuel economy by 10- to 12-percent. Read More »
Technology Has Given Us Performance, But Not Fuel Economy
Back in the 1957, Chevrolet made headline news when the fuel-injected, 283 cid V8 used in the Corvette, and available in other Chevrolets, produced 283-horsepower - the then magic one-horsepower-per-cubic-inch-of-displacement (cid) benchmark. Read More »
