The support of the auto industry shows how powerful the leverage is when an industry, even one as recalcitrant as this one, realizes that higher standards and accountability are unavoidable.
Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green
A arrives in your driveway with several thousand tons of CO2 emissions embedded in it. So you'd better be sure that there is a big t differential between the mileage of your old car and new one.
Mark Cooper | Posted 01.02.2009 | Green
Now that the speculative bubble in commodities has burst and with the global economy moving into recession, crude oil and gasoline prices are plummeting.
Steve Parker | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business
Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green
The EPA has just published... The 2009 Fuel Economy Guide. Hybrids swept the top four spots this time, with the 2009 Toyota Prius ranking as the most fuel efficient car.
Josh Dorner | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
John McCain's campaign has been marked by gimmick after gimmick. We had the gas tax holiday--denounced by over 230 leading economists, including 4 Nob...
Treehugger | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 10.25.2008 | Green
U.S. Military: Single-Largest Consumer of Oil in the World We constantly hear about how this or that car gets X miles per gallon, but we rarely hear a...
Diane Tucker | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home
Any sort of cash incentive to get manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles -- and to get people to buy more of them -- is an admirable thing. But let's not forget that if people just make smarter choices, this nation's energy usage will go down dramatically.
Guardian | Clare James | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green
I choose not to own a car and usually get about on public transport. I know all about car pooling and ride sharing and I'm familiar with companies lik...
Los Angeles Times | Ken Bensinger | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green
"In the 1970s, '80s and '90s, carmakers all offered super-high-efficiency cars," says Eric Noble, president of the Car Lab, an auto industry research ...
Wall Street Journal | Jeff Bennett | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said that more legislators are "in our corner" as the three U.S. auto makers prepare to...
Posted 10.09.2008 | Business
General Motors's quest to sell its Hummer division may get a bit tougher after Tuesday. That is when Dan Towbin-whose dealerships grabbed national at...
BusinessWeek | David Kiley | Posted 10.09.2008 | Green
If ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whop...
DailyTech | Jason Mick | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green
It's no secret that America's largest automakers -- General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler -- are struggling. Weighted by the burden of a t...
AP | MARGARET HARDING | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green
WARREN, Mich. — The stinky, steaming air that escapes from a car's tailpipe could help us use less gas. Researchers are competing to meet a cha...
New York Times | Keith Bradsher | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green
To understand why fuel prices in the United States have soared over the last year, it helps to talk to the captain of a battered wooden freighter here...
MSN | Doug Newcomb | Posted 06.07.2008 | Green
Getting from point A to point B by car costs a certain amount of dough, and thanks to recent record-high gas prices it takes more of your hard-earned ...
Carl Pope | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green