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Daily News Briefs: June 13, 2012
KickingTiresBankrupt Swedish automaker Saab has found a new suitor; a Chinese-Japanese investment group wants to buy the brand and turn it into a builder of electric vehicles, according to sources who spoke with Reuters and Bloomberg News. The group formed......Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Diesel Fuel, Sweden
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Where Our Cars Are Manufactured
KickingTiresIn our joint series with USA Today, Cars.com looked at exactly where automakers are building cars in the U.S. We took a snapshot of assembly plants over three decades from 1982 to 2012 to see where domestic, European and Asian......Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MSNBC (tv network), Europe, Plant Openings, Los Angeles Times
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2011 Nissan Leaf Gets EPA Mileage Rating
KickingTiresAs the hotly anticipated 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car gets ready to go on sale, the car cleared one last major hurdle. The Environmental Protection Agency has approved its fuel-economy label for electric vehicles and rated the Leaf???s equivalent...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Vehicles, Tennessee, Oregon
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2011 Chevrolet Volt Rated at 93 MPGe
KickingTiresThe Environmental Protection Agency has approved its fuel-economy label for the Chevrolet Volt today. The car gets an estimated 93 mpg equivalent in combined city/highway driving. The term ???MPGe??? was used first on the 2011 Nissan Leaf. That vehicle...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Nissan, Passenger Cars, Vehicles, Politics
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Ford Developing 40 MPG Hybrid F-150
KickingTiresFord is working with the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power and Folsom Technologies on a hydraulic hybrid F-150 that can achieve 40 mpg or higher. We???ve talked about hydraulic hybrids before, when Chrysler, in conjunction with the...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Cars.com Interview: NHTSA Administrator David Strickland
KickingTiresAs the economy continues to struggle, federal regulators are taking steps that will undeniably raise the price of new cars. We asked David Strickland, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, how the feds determine what steps...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Travel, Event Planning, Science and Technology, Vehicles
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Today's News From the Cars.com Family
KickingTiresLooking for the most fuel-efficient pickup truck available? The Environmental Protection Agency just released its 2011 list of most fuel-efficient pickups, and the Ford Ranger tops the list, according to PickupTrucks.com. For more information, go to...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jaguar, Hyundai, Ford, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Toyota Sells its 1 Millionth Prius
KickingTiresToyota sold its 1 millionth Prius hybrid in the U.S. this week. The announcement comes as the Prius faces increased consumer demand as well as potential supply constraints. It???s been more than 11 years since the first Prius went on......Tags: Consumers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hybrid Vehicles, Economy, Business and Finance, Automotive Equipment
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Metro Baltimore near worst on bad air days
Maryland WeatherOn a list of 252 locations in 40 states, ranked nationally by the number of Code Orange Air Quality days so far this year, the Baltimore Metropolitan area comes in with a dismal rank of 17. Only Atlanta, Ga. and......Tags: Energy Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Texas, California, Maryland
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Chrysler, EPA Partnership Hint at Hybrid Minivan
KickingTiresChrysler and the Environmental Protection Agency announced today a joint venture to develop a hybrid system that could eventually come to the automaker???s large cars and trucks. The powertrain is a hydraulic hybrid system, which is similar to those...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Sergio Marchionne, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Vehicles, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA OKs E15 for More Cars
KickingTiresIt???s been more than 30 years since the Environmental Protection Agency allowed a fuel mixture of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline in America???s vehicle fleet. Today, the federal agency took steps to increase the ethanol mix even further. The EPA......Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Passenger Cars, Susan Collins, Maryland, Benjamin L. Cardin
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EPA Approves E15 Gas for Newer Cars
KickingTiresThe Environmental Protection Agency has approved a higher blend of ethanol for use in gasoline, but only for vehicles built since 2007. The move will raise the amount of ethanol from 10% ??? called E10, which is sold at most......Tags: Consumers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hybrid Vehicles, Vehicles, Ethanol
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