By Huw Evans As these words are written, the 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is well underway. And it seems that it could shape up to be a rather interesting one, especially as far as hybrid cars running in the LMP1 Prototype class are concerned. During Friday’s final qualifying session, some surprising results [...] [...]
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By Philippe Crowe As the hybrid and electric vehicle markets continue to grow in the U.S., so too grows the number of batteries in these vehicles that eventually will need to be recycled. While the heaviest volumes of discarded batteries are still years away from hitting recycling plants, the first set of aged and failed batteries [...] [...] By Huw Evans Back in March, the Renewable Fuels Association sent a proposal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Labeled the Model E15 Misfuel Mitigation Plan, it was designed to help fuel companies and those manufacturing fuel additives meet previously declared misfuel mitigation partial waivers introduced by the agency. This past week, the EPA granted approval for [...] [...] By Huw Evans For years, American motorists showed an overwhelming preference for V8s and V6s. However, according to statistics released from J.D. Power and Associates, that’s significantly changed in recent times; more than 50 percent of new vehicles purchased in the U.S. so far this year have been powered by four-cylinder engines – an increase from [...] [...] By Huw Evans An article published by ThinkProgress.org recently highlighted efforts by Republicans in Congress which the writer contends are attempting to reverse much of the progress made in the last two decades relating to clean energy and environmental sustainability. read more [...] By Huw Evans For a while now VW’s Jetta TDI has been at the pinnacle of “clean diesel” sales charts. After eight days of deliberating, the World Health Organization’s cancer research board recently concluded that diesel exhaust ranks as a Class 1 carcinogen. In other words it’s as lethal as asbestos to humans. read more [...] |
 
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