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US regulators say fuel efficiency pays, despite cheaper gas

US regulators say fuel efficiency pays, despite cheaper gas

Automakers have technology to meet fuel efficiency mandates, but consumers buying pickups, SUVs By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) – Automakers have the technology to meet aggressive mandates to hike fuel efficiency by 2025, but the fleet-wide improvement will not be as great as the Obama administration once forecast because buyers are switching to […]

California carbon emissions cut for all fuel sold in state

California carbon emissions cut for all fuel sold in state

California carbon emissions from fuel to be cut by 10 per cent SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California regulators on Friday restored ambitious rules to cut transportation fuel emissions 10 per cent within 5 years. The rules further strengthen California’s toughest-in-the-nation carbon emissions standards, but oil producers warn the changes could drive up costs for consumers at […]

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Electric cars still not ready for prime time

Electric cars still not ready for prime time

Electric cars are nothing but taxpayer subsidized toys for the rich and famous By Kenneth P. Green for Troy Media Twenty years ago, in May, 1995, I had my first op-ed published in a major newspaper, the Los Angeles Times. The title was Pull the Plug on the Electric Car Mandate. In that column I […]