DES MOINES, IOWA – The Iowa House has passed a bill that would raise the state tax on gas that does not contain ethanol if Iowa does not reach the goal of having ethanol account for 25 percent of the fuel sold in Iowa by 2025.
AUBURN HILLS, MI – As part of a test program, DaimlerChrysler will place up to 40 Dodge Sprinter Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) with customers in California, Kansas City, and New York, among other locations within the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized minor amendments to new rules for diesel engines in passenger cars and light trucks. The rules make it easier for manufacturers to comply with tougher emission standards during a transition period.
SAN FRANCISCO – Following an earlier ruling March 6 finding the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in violation of its obligations under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, District Court Judge William Alsup on March 30 rejected further government delay and ordered the DOE to finally come into compliance with the Act within two years, by mandating a plan for significant federal purchases of alternative fuels vehicles (AFVs).
BANDON, OR – As interest in fuel economy and global warming increases, so does research into alternative-fuel vehicles. One such research project by CNW Marketing Research Inc., which took place over the span of two years, collected data on the energy necessary to plan, build, sell, drive, and dispose of a vehicle from initial concept to scrappage.