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We know, June is a little late to be releasing your annual report for the prior year, but Delphi was forced to wait until discussions with GM and its own unions concerning wage and benefit reductions ... Tags: job, gm, federal government, delphi, detroit free press, ceo, losses, fourth quarter, attrition, early retirement, raw materials, unions, bankruptcy, buyouts, steve miller, government source, gm workers, benefit reductions, annual report
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The Supreme Court announced Monday that it has agreed to hear an appeal filed by a number of states, cities and environmental groups hoping to force the federal government to regulate carbon dioxide e ... Tags: federal government, reuters, electricity, co2 emissions, new york city, vermont, carbon dioxide emissions, washington d c, bush administration, environmental protection agency, clean air act, number of states, rhode island, maine massachusetts, epa position, baltimore new york, supreme court ruling, new mexico new, appeals court, mexico new york
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With Tuesday marking the date 06/06/06, it seems only fitting for Autoblog to spare a moment to remember U.S. Route 666, variously known as The Devil's Highway and The Highway to Hell.In fact, Route 6 ... Tags: federal government, autoblog, devil, souvenirs, route 66, traffic deaths, memorabilia, new mexico, route 666, highway to hell, ghost stories
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If you use natural gas in your home, Honda may have a good solution for your daily commute. American Honda Motor announced Wednesday that the redesigned 2006 Civic GX will sticker at $24,440. Although ... Tags: gasoline, hp, federal government, earth, honda, internal combustion engine, predecessor, alternative fuel, pot, tax credit, honda motor, fuel tax, civic gx, cng, environmental protection agency, objective, highway fuel economy, american honda motor, good solution, natural gas line
Earlier this month we reported on how ten states are planning to file a lawsuit against the federal government to toughen CAFE rules minivans, SUVs, and trucks. Well, the Orange County Register has ta ... Tags: gasoline, federal government, trucks, minivans, suvs, consumers, efficient vehicles, surging gas prices, orange county register, greenhouse pollution, political ploy, beasts of burden, desert dispatch, state lawsuit, political move, bill lockyer, state treasurer, attorney general
The New York Times reports that California, New York and eight other states plan to file a suit to force the Bush administration to impose tougher CAFE rules on SUVs, trucks and minivans. The suit cla ... Tags: federal government, trucks, minivans, new york times, proposal, fuel prices, president bush, fuel economy standards, bush administration, environmental impact, climate change, york times reports, gasoline consumption, consumer concern
Pro-A Motors, a firm that manufactures automotive headlights has issued a recall for more than 60,000 replacement lamps. The affected combination headlights do not have the amber side reflectors as re ... Tags: toyota, automakers, ford, federal government, visibility, accidents, honda, acura, detroit free press, highway traffic safety, traffic safety administration, national highway traffic, national highway traffic safety administration, national highway traffic safety, automotive headlights, side reflectors, replacement lamps, link sources, likelyhood, compliant
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The U.S. federal government made it official Wednesday - the NHTSA/EPA Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, program is getting tougher on light trucks. Automakers will have to increase average fue ... Tags: gm, cars, automakers, mpg, ford, federal government, chrysler, nhtsa, light trucks, profits, fuel economy ratings, s cafe
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Automakers will be more closely watching the federal government over the next few months as environmental groups continue to report that President George Bush is considering raising Corporate Average ... Tags: cars, automakers, mpg, fuel economy, federal government, trucks, suvs, vans, detroit news, automotive news, car truck, bush administration, george bush, united press international, president george bush, upi, matt ray, truck fuel, ehp, photodisc
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The province of Ontario, Canada, has enacted a new policy affording double tax-rebates for hybrid vehicles, effective last Friday. Previously, the rebate was up to $1,000... now it is $2,000 maximum.T ... Tags: automakers, federal government, hybrids, ford motor co, ford motor, desire, hybrid vehicles, canadians, british columbia, last friday, consumer incentives, ford of canada, leading edge technology, automotive industry in canada, province of ontario canada, tax rebates, prince edward island, leadership role, province of ontario, canoe
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The U.S. National Research Council released its much-anticipated study of emissions standards Thursday, and its recommendations are a major disappointment to automakers. The NRC study backed the right ... Tags: automakers, federal government, disappointment, emissions standards, adoption, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental protection agency, nrc study, pollution regulation, vehicle pollution, federal environmental protection, pollution standards, pollution problems, stringent rules, state california, california california, national research council
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Motor Trend recently published a doozy of a conclusion regarding hybrid vehicles. According to the article, hybrids, especially full versions like the Toyota Prius, are so quiet that many a pedestrian ... Tags: federal government, hybrids, motor trend, accidents, hybrid engine, prius, engine noise, toyota prius, hybrid vehicles, software company, pump up the volume, doozy, silence, director of engineering, national federation of the blind, federation of the blind, safety officials, full versions, pedestrian, symantec
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The West Central Cooperative in Ralston, Iowa, and General Atomics in San Diego, California, have received a $3.3 million grant from the federal government to find out if biodiesel processing can diss ... Tags: iraq, federal government, diesel powered vehicles, battlefield, cooperative, ralston iowa, general atomics, san diego california
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The U.S. Departments of Agriculture (DOA) and Energy (DOE) have announced it will be pooling its resources together to decode soybean DNA in the government's first steps towards increasing biodiesel p ... Tags: federal government, plants, soybean, dna, doe, first steps, dependence on foreign oil, rsquo, joint genome institute, walnut creek california, departments of agriculture, synergize, oil supplies, microbes, associate director, ari
In response to a year-old shareholder resolution that was initiated by environmentally-minded consumer groups, Ford Motor Company has released a report on how the company intends to deal with the redu ... Tags: gm, ford, federal government, automaker, ford motor, auto industry, ford motor company, environmentalists, scope, greenhouse gas emissions, futures, greenhouse gas reduction, government policymakers, shareholder resolution, carbon emissions, minded consumer, meaningful reduction, consumer groups
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The US Chamber of Commerce (a very powerful and influential lobbying group, not an actual governmental agency) has sponsored a report that highlights the funding gap for highway projects, which of cou ... Tags: suggestion, fuel economy, federal government, alternative fuel vehicles, hybrids, gap, inflation, tax breaks, fuel tax, highway trust fund, taxation policy, highway projects, us chamber of commerce, lobbying group, extra fees, governmental agency, chamber of commerce
Environmental group Bluewater Network is launching an ad campaign today accusing Toyota of misleading the public about its environmental record. An article in Monday's Detroit Free Press cites Bluewat ... Tags: toyota, lexus, fleet, automakers, federal government, hybrids, ad campaign, ford motor, hybrid versions, detroit free press, bill ford, environmental group, highlander, pinocchio, lexus rx 400h, fuel economy standards, environmental image, group notes, gas guzzler, environmental record
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Somewhere between 65% and 90% of new vehicles sold today have an onboard "black box" capable of recording data prior to airbag deployment, and there's a battle brewing between the federal government a ... Tags: federal government, crash, black boxes, new vehicles, crashes, third party, feds, deployment, controversy, uncertainty, exact number, explicit permission, privacy issues
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Barack Obama, the freshman senator from Illinois, is suggesting that the Big 3 automakers engage in a deal with the devil federal government. In exchange for promises of 3% yearly increases in fuel ec ... Tags: fuel economy, federal government, automaker, amp, billion dollars, proposal, promises, liabilities, energy bill, next decade, aisle, senator obama, profitability problems, barack obama, freshman senator, big 3 automakers, deal with the devil, thinking outside of the box, congressmen, health care
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), those fun-loving folks who crash vehicles in ways that the federal government doesn't, has found what it says to be inadequate head and neck protecti ... Tags: gm, federal government, chrysler, minivans, vans, rear end collisions, mercury, minivan, ford freestar, freestar, headrests, insurance institute for highway safety, rear seat, wagons, mercury monterey, iihs, crossover vehicles, loving folks, seat occupants, government doesn
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