Auto industry should speed fuel economy fixes-expert
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While plug-in hybrids and hydrogen  fuel cells are likely one day to help cut U.S. gasoline  consumption, major fuel savings can be achieved now if  automakers put existing technologies to work under one hood.
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A new approach is needed for setting fuel-economy standards, lawmakers said Wednesday as they considered changes amid concerns about global warming and the problems of struggling U.S. automakers.
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Some people are whining that the newly adopted 35-mpg fuel-economy standard will kill the muscle car. Don't bet on it. Meeting an average doesn't mean every car has to be average.
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Confronted with congressional concerns about global warming, the leaders of the U.S. auto industry are highlighting their work to develop alternative vehicles and asserting that the burdens of climate change cannot fall to one industry alone.
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Chief executives of struggling Detroit-based automakers will press their energy and trade agendas in congressional meetings Wednesday, days before the Senate plans to take up proposed legislation to sharply hike fuel economy standards.
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BROAD LEGISLATION: An energy bill in the Senate would raise auto fuel economy standards for the first time in nearly 20 years and make oil industry price gouging a federal crime.
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The lesson of this decade for automakers? Better to go it alone than bulk up through mergers and alliances.
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European automakers demanded more time on Wednesday to meet mooted CO2 emissions targets but stressed they were on board and working hard to produce cleaner cars.
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The former head of Royal Dutch Shell calls on the European Union to ban all cars that don't get 35 mpg, saying it's the only way to force the auto industry to improve the efficiency of its cars. Is he wrong?
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT WASHINGTON - As motorists face near record gasoline prices, the Senate took up an energy bill Tuesday that would raise auto fuel economy standards for the first time in nearly 20 years and make oil industry price gouging a federal crime.
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Car makers are embracing fuel-efficient vehicles and bringing a new perspective to energy challenges, the chairman of the firm that bought an 80 percent stake in Chrysler said Wednesday.
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Automaker sees greater participation as the way to boost light truck sales in the fast-growing market.
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New cars will include labels with crash test ratings and more realistic fuel economy estimates.  In Autopia.
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT and KEN THOMAS WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Thursday to increase fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon for cars and SUVs, the first significant boost demanded of automakers in nearly 20 years.
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The United States must diversify its  global oil supplies, expand a world network of strategic  petroleum reserves and raise fuel efficiency standards to  ensure its energy security, a panel of experts recommended on  Wednesday.
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DIAGNOSING the problems faced by Europeâs car industry isnât rocket science - but listening to Europeâs auto bosses youâd think the causes of the malaise were unfathomable.
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With the high cost of gasoline, I have become even more attuned to the waste of fuel while sitting at stoplights. And I have noticed, especially in the evening, that electronic sensors on stoplights will allow the lights to turn green quicker when there is little or no traffic.