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Main > Car Makers News > Other > California cuts clean car goal WASHINGTON -- The California Air Resources Board on Thursday reduced the number of zero-emission vehicles the top six automakers must sell in the state, but didn't go as far as the board's staff and U.S. automakers urged. The board will require the automakers to sell a combined 7,500 zero-emission vehicles from 2012 through 2014, a 70 percent cut from a previous mandate of 25,000 vehicles. Bowing to sharp criticism from environmentalists and politicians in California, the board rejected a proposal from... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:56 Article Views Rating: 123 Main > Car Makers News > Bentley > Bentley, and luxury cars generally, face life or death struggle One headline made me do a double-take at the annual Geneva Car Show early in March. "Geneva 2008: Bentley to go 120 G/km by 2012" Let me try and explain some of that gobbledygook. "G/km" is short for grammes of carbon dioxide CO2 per kilometre. That's European shorthand for how much a car apparently threatens the climate with its emissions of CO2. This formula is simply a more opaque way of expressing a more familiar measurement of miles per gallon. After quickly consulting my conversion table I can... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:56 Article Views Rating: 186 Main > Car Makers News > Other > California regulators debate zero-emissions rules WASHINGTON -- The California Air Resources Board is meeting today, grappling with the question of how many zero-emission vehicles the top six automakers will be required to build annually in 2012, with one member suggesting it be four times what the board's staff proposed. Last month, CARB's staff said in a 52-page report that it should reduce by 90 percent the number of zero-emission vehicles -- fuel-cell and battery-electric vehicles -- would be required to 2,500, down from 25,000 under the current... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-28 05:33:56 Article Views Rating: 112 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs KANSAS CITY, Mo . -- General Motors Corp . has agreed to settle a series of class-action lawsuits claiming a faulty engine coolant damaged thousands of customer vehicles. Under the settlement, GM would reimburse class members between $50 and $800 for repairs linked to Dex-Cool, an orange coolant that GM included in cars and trucks beginning in 1995. The total cost to GM will depend on the number of customers claiming damages, but the plaintiffs' attorneys estimate the settlement could cover up to 20... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-27 07:35:09 Article Views Rating: 169 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Dispute cited in top Chrysler engineer's departure DETROIT -- One of Chrysler LLC's top engineers left the company Tuesday because of a dispute with senior managers, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. Mike Donoughe was leading the company's effort to develop a new generation of global midsize cars. The person said Donoughe clashed with Peter Arnell, a marketing consultant hired by Chrysler Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Nardelli. The person asked not to be named because Chrysler wasn't publicizing the reason for Donoughe's... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-27 07:35:09 Article Views Rating: 185 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > In the Autoblog Garage: 2008 Honda Civic Si sedan Click above for a high-res gallery of the Honda Civic Si sedan.We've avoided glossy-eyed retrospectives of 2007, but if you were in the market for a practical, affordable and entertaining ride in the last year, there were a handful of vehicles to be had for under $25 large. The Mazdaspeed3, R56 MINI Cooper S and VW GTI have set the fun-to-drive quotient relatively high, but one vehicle that's been left out of the Autoblog Garage is the Honda Civic Si. While the coupe has garnered its fair share of... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 16:47:44 Article Views Rating: 260 Main > Car Makers News > Acura > Acura RL Is this the car that will finally bring Honda’s luxury Acura brand to British shores? According to our sources, the image on the right provides the best insight yet into plans currently under review to do exactly that.Based on the chassis that underpins Honda’s four-wheel-drive Legend saloon, the model is being described as a replacement for the top-of-the-range Acura RL – a front-wheel-drive machine available in the US market.Power is from an all-new 4.8-litre V8 engine producing at... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 10:03:51 Article Views Rating: 674 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > Dispute cited in top Chrysler engineer's departure DETROIT -- One of Chrysler LLC's top engineers left the company Tuesday because of a dispute with senior managers, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. Mike Donoughe was leading the company's effort to develop a new generation of global midsize cars. The person said Donoughe clashed with Peter Arnell, a marketing consultant hired by Chrysler Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Nardelli. The person asked not to be named because Chrysler wasn't publicizing the reason for Donoughe's... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 08:09:15 Article Views Rating: 213 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Calif. board expected to lower requirement for green autos WASHINGTON -- The California Air Resources Board is expected to vote Thursday to cut the number of zero-emission vehicles the top six automakers are required to build annually, beginning in 2012, but it is not clear how big the reduction will be. CARB Chairwoman Mary Nichols told reporters in a conference call Tuesday that the board is likely to revise a proposal its staff recommended last month that called for cutting the vehicle count 90 percent, from 25,000 to 2,500. She said the final proposal... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-26 08:09:15 Article Views Rating: 457 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Jenson Button takes the Civic Type R around the ‘ring Honda F1 star Jenson Button takes a Civic Type R around the famed German widow-maker, the Nurburgring, and just to make things a bit more interesting he does it while its raining and answering questions from an interviewer. Even for a man used to the fast pace of F1, the ride around the ‘ring is, in Button’s own words, “a rush”. Follow the jump to watch a video of the event in full. [source] Full article... Article added: 2008-03-25 07:31:05 Article Views Rating: 201 |
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