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It wasn’t only the fact that it was a sparkly new hybrid vehicle; it was the miles per gallon (mpg) gauge on the dashboard that got him hooked. When test driving the recently released hybrid electric Chevrolet Volt, Joe Nocera...
Posted Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 at 1:24 pm | Filed in: Automotive, Electricity, Transportation
The 73-27 vote on an amendment to end ethanol subsidies last Thursday in the Senate highlights a bipartisan statement on the urgency to reduce the national debt. This vote comes just two days after a failed vote to repeal subsid...
Posted Monday, June 20th, 2011 at 8:47 am | Filed in: Policy, Renewables, Transportation
Companies such as GM and Honda, as well as prominent venture capitalists, are broadening their scopes, and looking to startups for innovative technologies in transportation. Plus, new considerations for fuel-economy standards ar...
Posted Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 at 10:49 am | Filed in: Automotive, Transportation
Pete Kasperowicz in The Hill today has a good piece about the Obama Administration's draft proposal to reauthorize the federal surface transportation programs. This is an important piece of legislative business that has been lan...
Posted Thursday, May 5th, 2011 at 7:01 am | Filed in: Gas Prices, Oil Dependence, Transportation
Hardly a day passes without references in the news to better vehicle fuel economy or improved operating efficiency generally. Today, the Associated Press reported that gasoline demand fell for the fifth week in a row. They not...
Posted Monday, April 11th, 2011 at 6:16 am | Filed in: Automotive, Oil, Transportation
Over seventy percent of U.S. oil consumption is attributable to the transportation sector. Any effective solution to U.S. oil dependence is going to (in fact must) arise in this sector. Many options exist, from simply improvin...
Posted Monday, March 14th, 2011 at 5:48 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Transportation
The Energy Security Leadership Council (ESLC)—like the Energy Policy Information Center, a project of Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE)—today released Transportation Policies for America’s Future, a comprehensive sui...
Posted Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 at 7:09 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Oil Dependence, Transportation
The Detroit Auto Show opened today, showcasing the latest and future offerings from major automakers. Posted on the website is a news release from the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA). NADA highlights their ‘To...
Posted Monday, January 10th, 2011 at 3:16 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Gas Prices, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Transportation
Earlier this week, it was reported that EPA, which approves the fuel economy stickers that go in the window of every new car, has concluded that the Nissan Leaf has a range of 73 miles. The Federal Trade Commission, which is requ...
Posted Saturday, November 27th, 2010 at 3:16 am | Filed in: Automotive, Electricity, Transportation
This week, most national media outlets had their cameras focused solely on the elections next Tuesday. With all this attention, it may have been easy to miss the Obama Administration’s announcement of higher fuel efficiency st...
Posted Friday, October 29th, 2010 at 12:48 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation, Transportation
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