Sentences with phrase «u.s. auto fuel»

The decision in May 2009 to raise U.S. auto fuel efficiency standards 40 percent by 2016 will reduce U.S. dependence on oil far more than converting the country's entire grain harvest into ethanol could.

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Regulators have steadily added tough safety, emissions and fuel efficiency standards, and in the U.S., class - action lawsuits that have yielded big judgments is putting additional pressure on auto companies.

Five years after skyrocketing fuel prices and turmoil in financial markets knocked auto makers into a tailspin, the U.S. market has recovered to its former size and character.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Help may soon be on the way to the struggling U.S. auto industry after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed off her opposition to using funds from a fuel - efficiency research program for a bailout, two congressional officials said Friday.

The world's car fleet is set to triple by 2050 to two billion autos with 80 percent of that growth coming from rapidly industrializing nations like India that currently do not have fuel economy rules (although the fastest growing car market — China — has tougher regulations than the U.S.).

The study tracked alternative fuel vehicle media attention from the New York Times, research and development funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, and prototype development by the world's 15 largest auto manufacturers between 1980 and 2013.

But Recchia - O'Neill is certainly at the forefront of a transformation of the U.S. — and global — auto market from standard gasoline - fueled internal combustion engines to greener vehicles.

As auto makers, federal policy makers and environmentalists get ready to craft the next round of U.S. corporate average fuel economy, Tonkin raps an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to improve fuel - economy and carbon - dioxide - emissions reductions equivalent by as much as 62 mpg (3.9 L / 100 km).

TRAVERSE CITY, MI — Cars already are costly, and the head of a trade group representing U.S. auto dealers worries federal fuel - economy mandates will make them even more expensive, pushing them out of the reach of many budget - minded Americans.

Owners coming in for the auto maker's fuel - economy reimbursement program «are some of our happiest customers,» the U.S. CEO says.

Hyundai / Kia last year restated mileage ratings for 35 % of its» 11 - ’13 models after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found flaws in the methodology the auto maker used to derive the fuel - economy estimates.

SANTA BARBARA — The rush by auto makers to offer more fuel - efficient vehicles is on in the U.S., and Hyundai Motor America wants to join the race.

EPA fuel economy figures for the diesel are still a ways off, but we can tell you that in the European test cycle it's nearly 25 percent more efficient than the GLK350; ours probably won't do quite as well, however, because the U.S. diesel doesn't get the auto stop / start system.

An attendee looks over a prototype hydrogen powered fuel cell semi-truck shown by Toyota at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. (Image: Reuters)

Jan 21, 2016 — Honda today announced the company's plans for U.S. sales of its new 5 - passenger, hydrogen - powered Clarity Fuel Cell sedan at the 2016 Washington, D.C. Auto Show.

Honda today announced the company's plans for U.S. sales of its new 5 - passenger, hydrogen - powered Clarity Fuel Cell sedan at the 2016 Washington, D.C. Auto Show.

Honda is giving media and consumers a first look at a U.S. spec version of the next - generation Clarity Fuel Cell sedan at the New York International Auto Show, March 23 — April 3, 2016.

The Toyota FCV concept, showing what the four - door hydrogen - fueled production model that is scheduled to come out next year in the U.S. would look like, has been re-presented at the 2014 Detroit Auto

«We believe U.S. auto sales will continue to grow in 2016, based on the underlying strength of the economy, and we expect customers will continue to embrace crossovers and SUVs because they are meeting their fundamental needs for utility, comfort and fuel efficiency,» said Mustafa Mohatarem, GM chief economist.

It turns out that auto manufacturers in Europe vigorously complain that high fuel efficiency standards there will make them less competitive, while auto manufacturers here (U.S.) vigorously complain that (guess what?)

And part of what happened in the U.S. auto industry was because oil appeared relatively cheap, the U.S. auto industry decided we're just going to make our money on SUVs, and we're not going to worry about fuel efficiency.

Because the waiver would also allow other states to adopt the California program, because states would be implicitly regulating fuel economy, and because automakers would have to reshuffle the mix of vehicles delivered for sale in each «California» state to achieve the same average fuel economy, Jackson's proceeding could have balkanized the U.S. auto market.

In her book, Global Spin, author Sharon Beder noted that past Bonner clients have included tobacco companies Philip Morris and U.S. Tobacco Co.; the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; the utility trade group Edison Electric Institute; military contractor McDonnell Douglas; nuclear industry and military services giant Westinghouse; chemical companies Monsanto and Dow Chemical; and the major Detroit auto companies Chrysler, Ford and General Motors (who hired Bonner to help derail Congressional efforts to raise fuel efficiency standards back in the 1990s).