AAA and Partners to Share Gas Saving and Tire Safety Tips With Car Owners During National Tire Safety Week; Average Gas Price in LA is $3.85 a Gallon for Reg. Unleaded
(LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2008) - Motorists can do their part today on Earth Day and throughout the year to help the environment, save gas […]

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Launching of a Major Study on Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
QUEBEC CITY, April 22 /CNW Telbec/ - Université Laval rector Denis Brière
together with Secretary general of Desjardins Group Pauline D’Amboise, Enersys
president and CEO John D. Craig, and Quebec City mayor Régis Labeaume
celebrated Earth Day by announcing the launch of an innovative joint study
project on plug-in hybrid […]

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Canada’s first environmentally-friendly urban taxi, the EcoCab, arrives in time for Earth Day
Canada joins the global trend toward green urban transportation options

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The Norwegian electric car producer Think has reached across the Atlantic and established TH!NK North America in partnership with the leading clean-tech investors RockPort Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. Its electric vehicle TH!NK city, the world’s only crash-tested and highway-certified electric vehicle, is emission free and 95% recyclable. It reaches a top […]

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GM Family Drives Design and Technology at Auto China 2008
Beijing, China – General Motors Corp. and its Chinese joint ventures are highlighting their achievements in design and technology at Auto China 2008, this year’s leading auto show in China, which runs from April 20 through April 28 in Beijing.

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LAUNCH OF NEW ZERO-EMISSION ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN COLLABORATION WITH FORD
Tanfield’s trading division, Smith Electric Vehicles, today launches the Smith Ampere, a new product aimed at the light van sector. Ampere, which utilises the Ford Transit Connect chassis, and will be joint branded Ford and Smith, was designed and developed by Tanfield in collaboration with Ford. […]

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FORD TARGETS NEAR-TERM FUEL ECONOMY IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS MILLIONS OF VEHICLES
DETROIT, Apr. 16, 2008 – With rising prices at the pump, it’s no surprise that more than
58 percent of car consumers polled by Kelly Blue Book in March indicated that fuel prices affected their purchase decision.  While Ford, along with other automakers, are exploring game-changing, long-term […]

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Auto Industry authority Dave Power says Hydrogen Technology may be a viable solution for sustainability
04/14/2008
Woodcliff, NJ - April 14, 2008… BMW today announced that the influential J.D. “Dave” Power III, founder of J.D. Power and Associates and board member of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc., is the latest high-visibility eco-friendly ambassador to receive keys to a […]

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Detroit, Mich., April 15, 2008 – Twelve automotive suppliers won 2008 Automotive News PACE Awards for innovation during a black tie ceremony last night at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit, Mich. Three automotive manufacturers were also honored during the program with Automotive News PACE Innovation Partnership Awards.
The 14th annual awards program for […]

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FORD SCIENTISTS LOOK TO NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR PERFORMANCE, FUEL ECONOMY IMPROVEMENTS
DETROIT, April 15, 2008 – Ford is leaving no particle unturned in the quest for fuel efficiency.
Ford scientists are embracing the burgeoning fields of nanotechnology in developing paints, plastics, light metals and catalysts that allow Ford to reduce vehicle weight and improve fuel economy […]

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