American Automobile Fuel Consumption Debate

Two interesting data points: 1. Falling share of V-6 and V-8 engines since 2005 “It’s pretty clear that the V-8 is on its way out of the mai...

ABC News teaches basic facts about number of cars per person around the world .

From Market can Fuel Energy Solutions : The irony is that engine and vehicle technologies have improved steadily in the past 20 years, and v...

Washington Wire reports: CAFE CLASH looms among Capitol Hill Democrats. Senate leaders, including incoming Energy Chairman Bingaman, back a...

Matt Wald reports why the Plug-In Hybrid may get here later rather than sooner . ...if the plug-in goes four miles on a kilowatt-hour, and d...

Mish points to a bunch of news articles from China about the rise in Coal-to-liquids (CTL) activity.

Bike MPG = ? Threadless via Barry R.

A BBC News article : As concerns about the environmental impact of cars continue, a new breed of housing developments are appearing in citie...

I promised to write something more than just a rant about who really killed the electric car. I had not read Mark Rechtin's review in A...

King Coal? Search for New Oil Sources Leads to Processed Coal, says Matt Wald in NYT. Not only in Coal to Liquids (CTL) an expensive way to...

Matt Wald reports in the NYT -- Plan to Reshape Mileage Standards Could Buoy Detroit : The administration wants to keep vehicle size constan...

( Cross Posted on Tech Policy ) As I was listening to the politicians and people complaining about the gas prices, I could barely restrain m...

Some worries for 2006 : Actually, skip the post head straight to the comments (Sorry Prof. Hamilton). I don't have time to respond to s...

Five issues identified in the WSJ 2006 Auto Industry Outlook are: * Future of GM * Fuel Economy (and Hybrids) * Boom in Luxury car segme...

(cross posted on TechPolicy ) In response to a shareholder resolution urging the company to outline its strategy to deal with climate change...

Silly of me not to thought about this before, but buried deep inside Tuesday's WSJ was a short piece on how the significantly higher AE...

This Week in Petroleum sums up three different takes on medium to long term oil prices and concludes that if there are still any illusions ...

Danny Hakim in the NYT reports on Honda's experiment of leasing a fuel cell vehicle . Honda is also experimenting with natural gas cars,...

An interesting piece in the IHT titled At auto show, all the talk is of fuel : As one automaker after another made clear at the auto show, ...

May require subscription: * Industry opposes possible gas-guzzler fee in Canada exceprts: The government is considering a "feeb...

Robert Feldman of Morgan Stanley GEF takes a shot at explaining that the oil debate may be converging towards the following: Develop fossil...

Post KatRita , with gasoline prices flirting with Three dollars a gallon, there is an increased attention to the fuel consumption of cars an...

I have a link for WBCSD Sustainable Mobility News on the right, but I just thought that I should specifically mention that they also deliver...

This Week In Petroleum states: ...the U.S. gasoline supply situation remains far from normal, and prices generally remain above pre-Hurrica...

Over the weekend, the NYT published a bunch of articles about increasing gasoline prices under a title Beyond Gasoline . I want to talk abo...