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Critics say a provision of the Advanced Clean Cars Program could allow automakers to sell fewer environmentally desirable cars in California in coming years.
Copper brake pads produce metal dust that environmental advocates say reaches waterways and harms aquatic life.
California Air Resources Board unanimously approves a program to require 1.4 million zero- and near-zero-emission vehicles on the state's roads by 2025.
The California Air Resources Board approved a recommendation that included the requirement of 1.4 million additional zero-emission and transitional zero-emission vehicles to be on state roads by 2025.
If the proposed regulation is adopted this week, it would require zero-emission and partial zero-emission vehicles to account for 15 percent of the marketplace in 2025, up from a current 4 percent.
After years of dispute in setting the higher fuel economy standards for cars and trucks, nearly everyone involved agrees.
In Detroit, the industry displayed a philosophy that might be best described as less of this and more of that: less displacement in conventional engines and more power per liter; more miles per gallon and less power-robbing friction.
Automakers are flooding the Detroit auto show with new hybrid and plug-in models, but the combination of gas prices below $4 a gallon and higher upfront costs for the cars is not attracting consumers.
The new Fusion sedan is one aspect of Ford’s all-out bid to gain share in the competitive midsize car segment dominated in recent decades by Japanese automakers.
Subaru’s redesign of the Impreza has fixed a major flaw of the previous model: poor gas mileage. The new car’s highway fuel economy has risen a whopping 38 percent.
The California Air Resources Board introduced a package of regulations that would mandate significantly higher numbers of the vehicles, as well as a more stringent smog standard.
VW says the turbodiesel Passat can cover 795 highway miles on a single tank, based on its 31 m.p.g. city, 43 highway rating. But on a recent trip, the car achieved 50 m.p.g.
A legacy deal for Obama on gas mileage will make a significant contribution to America’s energy, environmental, health and national security agendas.
The newly introduced Ford Escape, Honda CR-V and Mazda CX-5 crossovers all stake a claim to having best-in-class fuel economy.
Results from the telephone survey indicated near-unanimous approval of stricter legislation and wide interest in alternative-power vehicles.
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