Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Researchers to turn car exhaust to power
Teams challenged to improve fuel economy by converting tailpipe heat into vehicle energy.
Margaret Harding / Associated Press
WARREN — The stinky, steaming air that escapes from a car’s tailpipe could help us use less gas.
Researchers are competing to meet a challenge from the U.S. Department of Energy: [...]

 
GM expands fuel efficient XFE lineup for 2009
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Leslie J. Allen
Automotive News | August 12, 2008 - 12:01 am EST
 
 
DETROIT — Building on the fuel-economy improvements of the Cobalt XFE small car, General Motors is expanding the XFE line to the Chevy Silverado, Chevy Tahoe, GMC Sierra and GMC Yukon starting in the fall.
The automaker [...]

2008 MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS

David Barkholz
Automotive News | August 11, 2008 - 3:01 pm EST
 
 
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Chrysler LLC is negotiating with the UAW to put factory employees on four 10-hour workdays to save energy and travel.
Chrysler manufacturing chief Frank Ewasyshyn said the new schedule would affect most of its plants except those working [...]