May 10, 2008
Survey: Quest for Fuel Efficiency Changing Americans' Car Consciousness
Detroit, Mich. – With rising gas prices, today’s car buyers admit fuel efficiency and diversity is not just a necessity, it’s also fashion forward.
If Americans had to choose between driving a car that was beautiful on the outside vs. one that was “greener” on the inside, nearly eight in 10 Americans (79 percent) who plan to buy or lease a car within the next two years would choose the greener car.
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Student Teams Show Off "Green" Vehicles at New Jersey Ride and Drive
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors (GM) will host a behind-the-scenes opportunity to see the vehicles from the collegiate engineering competition Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility in action.
The event is May 15, at Old Bridge Township Motorsports Park and is a stop on a road rally from New Jersey to Washington, D.C. Seventeen Chevrolet Equinoxes have been re-engineered by student teams using a range of cutting-edge clean vehicle technologies such as hybrid, plug-in or fuel cell propulsion systems.
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April 27, 2008
Drivers Secure Grid Positions in Volkswagen's All Clean-Diesel Race
ALTON, VA. – Volkswagen of America has announced the results from the driver qualification session and the starting grid positions for the inaugural race of the Jetta TDI Cup to be held Sunday, April 27, at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR).
Josh Hurley finished with a qualifying time of 2:14.301 to secure the first pole position in the Jetta TDI cup race to be held at 4:00 p.m. (EST) at VIR.
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April 25, 2008
Volkswagen Jetta TDI celebrates racing debut in the US
Wolfsburg -- The new Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup will celebrate its racing début at the VIRginia International Raceway this coming weekend (25-27 April).
The Jetta TDI Cup for rookies is the first one-make racing series in the United States to feature ultra-modern diesel technology. The 170-hp two-litre TDI engine powering the Jetta lives up to its promise of being a "clean diesel”: fitted with a catalytic converter and particulate filter, the racing powerplant meets the stringent U.S. environmental regulations as well as the strict Euro 5 standard.
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April 24, 2008
Poll: More Americans Worry About Energy Issues, Than Home Foreclosures, Jobs or Global Warming
OMAHA, Neb. -- When it comes to energy, Americans worry most about dependence on foreign oil.
Almost half of the 1,200 voters polled by Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc. rate imports as one of their two biggest energy concerns. A distant second is the lack of viable alternatives to fossil fuels.
The U.S. imports about two-thirds of its oil. Of all the energy the country consumes every year, only 6 percent is renewable (excluding nuclear). The rest is oil, gas and coal.
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Virginia Governor to Attend Inaugural Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Race
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine will be in attendance at this weekend's inaugural Jetta TDI Cup race at the VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) on April 27th.
This race follows the recent announcement from VIR that Volkswagen has been named the Official Vehicle of the raceway.
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April 22, 2008
Volkswagen Group Launches Environmental Microsite
HERNDON, Va. -- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. today launched responsiblemobility.com, a microsite focused on the company's sustainable mobility strategy.
The new microsite comes as the Group's Audi and Volkswagen brands prepare to embark upon their 50-state clean diesel strategy, and as the Group continues work on next generation alternative energy innovations such as biofuels and high temperature fuel cells.
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April 14, 2008
Volvo Launches World's First Hybrid Garbage Truck
GOTHENBURG, Sweden -- Steeply rising oil prices and a strong focus on the climate have made fuel-saving hybrid technology particularly interesting.
Volvo Trucks is now taking an important step towards commercialisation of this technology for heavy vehicles by launching two hybrid refuse trucks that will be tested in regular daily operations in Sweden by refuse collection firms Renova and Ragn-Sells.
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Student-Built Prototype Vehicle Breaks Mileage Record
HOUSTON -- "Ladies and gentlemen, start your fuel-efficient engines" were the words that kicked off the 2008 Shell Eco-marathon Americas; and that's exactly what more than 300 students from Canada, Mexico, and the United States did today.
Mater Dei High School of Evansville, Ind., set a new mileage record at the 2008 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, a challenge to design, build and test fuel-efficient prototype vehicles that travel the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel.
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April 12, 2008
Jeep Wrangler (TJ) Rubicon Diesel Engine Project Vehicle
The 2005 Jeep Wrangler (TJ) Rubicon Diesel Engine Project Vehicle from Mopar was built to explore the feasibility of integrating a diesel engine kit into a TJ vehicle system.
Developed by Jeep enthusiasts/engineers who work at Mopar Performance Parts, the TJ features a custom diesel crate engine adaptation.
The prototype vehicle demonstrates that Mopar listens to its off-road enthusiasts. And this is not a show vehicle—Jeep enthusiasts will see this “engineering mule” driven and tested on Moab’s trails.
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Dodge Ram Diesel Power Wagon
This vehicle was built to explore the feasibility of a Dodge Ram Diesel Power Wagon.
The Ram 2500 Quad Cab features a 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engine with automatic transmission packing 350 hp and 650 lb.-ft. of torque.
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April 10, 2008
Mercedes introduces new 4 cylinder diesel engines
What better way to mark the 150th anniversary of Rudolf Diesel's birth than a brand new generation of four-cylinder diesel engines from Mercedes-Benz which outstrip all previous benchmarks for performance, torque, emission properties and, most notably, fuel economy in their segment?
In its most powerful variant, the new four-cylinder unit musters up 150 kW/204 hp from its 2143 cubic centimetres, meaning that it delivers around 20 per cent more power than the engine it replaces.
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PA DEP Urges Strengthened Diesel Idling Legislation
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- In order to better protect the public health and ensure cleaner air, a Department of Environmental Protection official today urged the General Assembly to make substantive amendments to a bill that would limit the amount of time diesel-powered commercial vehicles could idle their engines.
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April 9, 2008
MBtech flies high with turbo diesel
TROY, Mich. -- In addition to innovative automotive projects MBtech also presents a turbo diesel as a light aircraft engine concept.
"A climate for change" is the motto of the SAE 2008 World Congress taking place from April 14th to 17th at the Cobo Center in Detroit, MI, USA. In Detroit MBtech is also presenting an adapted turbo diesel designed for use in light aircraft.
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Video: Build it Yourself Panzer Tank
A Flint, Mich., college student may never have to fight for a parking space again.
That's because he's built his own fully operational half-size replica German World War II Panzer tank.
"I took it home, driving it around in this white-picket-fence neighborhood, and one of the neighbors called the cops on us," Kettering University student Will Foster tells the Flint Journal. "[They] came and they just told us to head back home, but they were also laughing at it because they had never seen anything like that before."
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