The Dirty Secret about Clean Cars

Entry Date: May 29th, 2007 - 10:54 am
One result is that automakers gain some leeway in meeting fuel-economy standards if they produce flexible-fuel cars and trucks. So Detroit's automakers have been pumping out hundreds of thousands of the vehicles, even though most consumers have no access
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The dirty secret about clean cars - BusinessWeek Online - MSNBC.com

Entry Date: March 29th, 2007 - 5:40 pm
The policies for flexible-fuel vehicles—those that can run on mixtures of gasoline and more than 10 percent ethanol—are written in such a way that they result in a number of unintended consequences. One result is that automakers gain some leeway in me
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Mileage takes a hit with ethanol-blend use: report - MarketWatch

Entry Date: September 1st, 2006 - 1:22 pm
GM Tahoe 14 gas to 10 ethanol mpg. E85 fuel for same range $4/gal. Ethanol vehicles get CAFE credit for +2/3 more MPG than they actually deliver.
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Ethanol has a few knocks of its own

Entry Date: August 18th, 2006 - 10:31 pm
"I call ethanol the heroin of transportation fuel," said William O'Keefe, chief executive officer of the George C. Marshall Institute, a Washington nonprofit that conducts scientific assessments of public-policy issues. "The agricultural community is so h
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GM Adds Two-Mode Hybrid Transmission to Saab BioPower Hybrid Concept

Entry Date: July 18th, 2006 - 10:10 am
A baby step. Will there be a production version?
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