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2013 Chevy Spark Proves Popular With Non-GM Customers
When General Motors launched the Chevrolet Volt back in 2010, the plug-in hybrid increased GM’s market share by bringing customers to the brand who would have never before thought of purchasing a Chevy. Now it seems, the 2013 Spark is following in the Volt’s tire tracks. According to...
Fueling Stations: Electric Cars Trump All Other Alt-Fuel Types
Since about 1930, U.S. vehicles have largely been fueled on gasoline. Diesel passenger vehicles arrived in the 1960s, and there are now about 120,000 locations in the U.S... May 22, 2012 by John Voelcker 4
Congress Actually Ends Taxpayer Funding Of Ethanol Subsidies
When the U.S. Congress adjourned for the holidays on Friday, December 23, its departure sealed the fate of subsidized ethanol production. During its session, the Congress did... December 27, 2011 by John Voelcker 17
E85 Now Harder To Find Than Electric Car Charging: Here’s Why
Despite millions of dollars of commitment from automakers like Ford and General Motors, finding somewhere to fill your flex-fuel car with E85 is now officially harder than... December 12, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 12
Txchnologist: Thorium lasers: Thoroughly plausible for nuclear cars
Some proposed technological innovations seem so far out that they are easy to reject out of hand. But sometimes, a new idea has a kernel of plausibility. Such is the case... September 12, 2011 by High Gear Media Staff 6
Half Of Japan Now Drives High MPG, Low Power Kei Minicars
If there's one thing that illustrates the culture difference between the United States and Japan better than anything else, it's the cars everyone drives. In the U.S, the... August 15, 2011 by Antony Ingram 1
EPA Tells Drivers E15 Won't Kill Your Car As Automakers Howl
Ah, ethanol, that most political of alternative fuels. Farmers love it, deficit hawks hate it, automakers want it for flex-fuel CAFE credits but nowhere else, and... July 8, 2011 by John Voelcker 11
E15 Gas Warning Label Coming Soon To Pumps Near You, Maybe
They're not pretty, but they should catch your attention. Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its design for a warning label to be placed on so-called pumps... June 29, 2011 by John Voelcker 5
U.S. Senate Votes To End Ethanol Subsidies; They'll Continue Anyhow
The once-unthinkable actually happened last Thursday: The U.S. Senate voted 73-27 to abolish a 45-cents-per-gallon subsidy to the U.S. ethanol industry. Immediately. Because... June 20, 2011 by John Voelcker 2
Startup Offers Gasoline-Tank Swaps Derived From Electric Car Concept
Cars with electric drive motors are now midway through their second decade, and ideas from hybrids and electric cars are starting to filter back into mainstream gasoline... April 1, 2011 by John Voelcker 7
Automakers Sue To Stop E15 Gasoline Over Fears It Harms Cars
Every major automaker selling cars in the U.S. has signed onto a lawsuit filed Monday aimed at halting the rollout of E15 gasoline, which has a higher proportion of ethanol... December 22, 2010 by John Voelcker
U.S. Gasoline Usage Peaked In 2006, Will Plummet In Future
Even if you may not have heard of the Peak Oil theory, everyone knows that we'll continue to use more and more gasoline in years to come. Right? Well, errrrr, no. Maybe not... December 21, 2010 by John Voelcker 11
Hydrogen Refueling Ramps Up In Norway
A new hydrogen refueling station supplied by the Danish company H2 Logic will be installed just outside Oslo, Norway in summer 2011 as part of Norway’s “hydrogen... November 30, 2010 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat 5
EPA Certifies Fuel With Up To 35 Percent Renewable Diesel
While ethanol in gasoline remains a point of contention among automakers, ethanol producers, and the Congressman who love them, renewable diesel fuel seems to be moving... November 2, 2010 by John Voelcker 1
Audi A3 TDI Completes 1,000 Mile Trek On Synthetic Diesel
A few years ago the idea of cars running on fuel created by people in a lab rather than dug out of the ground after millions of years of mother nature’s work would have... October 26, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
EPA OKs More Ethanol In Gasoline, Only For 2007 Or Newer Cars
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency approved raising the proportion of ethanol in pump gasoline from 10 percent (E10) to as much as 15 percent (E15). It would be... October 14, 2010 by John Voelcker
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