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Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Used Cars

Fuel economy is a major purchase consideration for new-vehicle shoppers; in fact it’s the No. 1 thing they look for in a car or truck. Consumers continue to demand ever greater mileage, and so does the federal government. Washington keeps turning up the ... [Published AutoGuide.com - 20 hours ago]
First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

The Sino-American Decade

HONG KONG – The California summit between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 7-8 comes at a time of heightened tension between the world’s two preeminent powers. But divisive issues – from computer hacking to America’s ... [Published Project Syndicate - 21 hours ago]
First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Improving automobile fuel efficiency - with plastics

While most Americans know that drastically improving automobile fuel efficiency will reduce gasoline consumption and tailpipe emissions, it may be less clear how today’s cars and trucks are evolving to make that happen.The U.S. government recently announced ... [Published Lynchburg News and Advance - May 24 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

New Henkel polyolefin-based hotmelt can shave off up to 2.2kg of vehicle weight

Henkel Corporation’s automotive group introduced TECHNOMELT XPO 1050, a polyolefin-based hotmelt that can bond a wide variety of interior-related substrates without the need for pretreatment of the plastic surface.Used in the development of a number of ... [Published Green Car Congress - May 23 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Ford: Two-Thirds of New Cars Will Run On Four Cylinders

As higher gas prices drive people towards more fuel efficient vehicles, manufacturers are spending huge quantities of time, money, and other resources to squeeze the greatest amount of efficiency from the smallest possible source. Ten and 12-cylinder ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

4 Consumer Stock Stories For Monday Investment Shopping

Delta Air Lines ( NYSE:DAL ): Closing price $18.36 Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) is requesting that airlines reverse their recent decisions to hike flight change fees. On Sunday, Shumer said that higher fees recently implemented by Delta Air Lines, ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Ford Predicts Four-cylinder Vehicle Sales on the Rise

According to the Detroit News , Ford predicts four-cylinder vehicles sales are on the rise.Automobiles with four-cylinder engines already comprise more than half of U.S. new-vehicle sales, and that number could grow to two-thirds by the end of the decade, ... [Published Dealer Communications - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Ferrari To Adopt Turbo V6 For Next-Gen Road Cars: Report

As the Formula One grid prepares to make the move to turbocharged V6s next season, it seems that Ferrari's road cars will eventually follow that path too.At a speech delivered at a recent Formula Ferrari event, Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa hinted strongly ... [Published Motor Report - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

We Are the Idiots

Dr. Henry Miller, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Gregory Conko, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, in their Forbes article "Rachel Carson's Deadly Fantasies" (9/5/2012), wrote that her 1962 book, "Silent Spring," led ... [Published Creators.Com - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

CARMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE

* Germany - S-Class Mercedes unwrapped. Flagship model is chock full of luxuries (Photo by Marcus Brandt / Associated Press: The new S-Class Mercedes, which debuted in Hamburg, Germany, this week, offers a hot-stone style massage and can soothe ... [Published Trucks World News - May 20 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

MIT symposium looks down the road to 54.5 mpg

The automotive industry has been taking a variety of approaches to achieve the government-mandated 54.5 miles per gallon Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard by 2025.Those initiatives were the subject of the third annual automotive technology ... [Published Boston Globe - May 18 2013]
First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Do consumers vote with their dollars for higher mpg?

Car buyers aren't just paying lip service regarding good fuel economy, they are putting their money where their mouth is.According to a new study ( pdf ) by the Consumer Federation of America , fully 88 percent of consumers say fuel economy is an important ... [Published Consumer Reports - May 02 2013]

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"There are legacies to overcome with American diesels, said Michelle Krebs, senior analyst for auto research website Edmunds.com. But the only people who remember old, smelly, noisy diesels are older people, who are not the target audience for the Cruze (or Jetta) diesel vehicles."
..."TECHNOMELT XPO 1050 can reduce vehicle mass by 0.8 to 2.2 kilograms per vehicle*," said Mark Neuenschwander, Market Segment Manager, Henkel. "In addition to weight savings, the technology provides cost savings advantages by eliminating the need for heat ovens and tunnels and pretreatment flame equipment or additional surface primers." Vehicle interiors represent 19 percent of the total mass of the car, according to Lotus Engineering, providing significant weight saving opportunities...
...In 1970, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences wrote: "To only a fewfew chemicals does man owe as great a debt as to DDT. ... In a little more than two decades, DDT has prevented 500 million human deaths, due to malaria, that otherwise would have been inevitable." Prior to the DDT ban, malaria was on the verge of extinction in some countries
...But I don't find it implausible," said Bill Visnic, senior editor at the car research site Edmunds.com, in a telephone interview. "If you look at where things have been going segment by segment, except pickups, you could say that's been the trend."

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Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Used Cars [Published AutoGuide.com - 20 hours ago]
The Sino-American Decade [Published Project Syndicate - 21 hours ago]
Improving automobile fuel efficiency - with pla... [Published Lynchburg News and Advance - May 24 2013]
3 Solar glass delivers a small boost in EV range [Published Automotive Engineering Online - May 23 2013]
Chevy Cruze Diesel tests Americans' diesel phobia [Published Detroit Free Press - May 23 2013]
New Henkel polyolefin-based hotmelt can shave o... [Published Green Car Congress - May 23 2013]
New Henkel polyolefin-based hotmelt can shave o... [Published Green Car Congress - May 23 2013]
Henkel's TECHNOMELT XPO 1050 assists automakers... [Published TickerTech.com - May 22 2013]
4 Consumer Stock Stories For Monday Investment ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]
Ford: Two-Thirds of New Cars Will Run On Four C... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]
Ferrari To Adopt Turbo V6 For Next-Gen Road Car... [Published Motor Report - May 20 2013]
Ford: Two-Thirds of New Cars Will Run On Four C... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]
We Are the Idiots [Published Creators.Com - May 20 2013]
Ford Predicts Four-cylinder Vehicle Sales on th... [Published Dealer Communications - May 20 2013]
CARMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE [Published Trucks World News - May 20 2013]
Ford Predicts Significant Increase of Vehicles ... [Published Inautonews - May 20 2013]
Ford projects rise in four-cylinder vehicle sales [Published Detroit News - May 20 2013]
Steel execs address strengths, challenges of No... [Published NWI Times - May 19 2013]
MIT symposium looks down the road to 54.5 mpg [Published Boston Globe - May 18 2013]
Pro-Tec adds line to produce stronger, lighter ... [Published Industry Week - May 14 2013]
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New Henkel polyolefin-based hotmelt can shave o... [Published Green Car Congress - May 23 2013]
Henkel Corporation’s automotive group introduced TECHNOMELT XPO 1050, a polyolefin-based hotmelt that can bond a wide variety of interior-related substrates without the need for pretreatment of the plastic surface.Used in the development of a number of ...
New Henkel polyolefin-based hotmelt can shave o... [Published Green Car Congress - May 23 2013]
Henkel Corporation’s automotive group introduced TECHNOMELT XPO 1050, a polyolefin-based hotmelt that can bond a wide variety of interior-related substrates without the need for pretreatment of the plastic surface. Used in the development of a number ...
4 Consumer Stock Stories For Monday Investment ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]
Delta Air Lines ( NYSE:DAL ): Closing price $18.36 Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) is requesting that airlines reverse their recent decisions to hike flight change fees. On Sunday, Shumer said that higher fees recently implemented by Delta Air Lines, ...
Ford: Two-Thirds of New Cars Will Run On Four C... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]
As higher gas prices drive people towards more fuel efficient vehicles, manufacturers are spending huge quantities of time, money, and other resources to squeeze the greatest amount of efficiency from the smallest possible source. Ten and 12-cylinder ...
Ford: Two-Thirds of New Cars Will Run On Four C... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]
As higher gas prices drive people towards more fuel efficient vehicles, manufacturers are spending huge quantities of time, money, and other resources to squeeze the greatest amount of efficiency from the smallest possible source. Ten and 12-cylinder ...
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