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 [...]

  GM expands fuel efficient XFE lineup for 2009 queryvar=”gm,expands,fuel,efficient,xfe,lineup,for,2009″; 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 [...]

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 [...]