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Detroit Auto Show Parades Environmental Future
Georgia Straight: The flavour of the month at the North American International Auto Show was clean and green transportation. No surprise there. Among the usual 500-horsepower sports cars, extravagant luxury sedans, ground-shaking pickup trucks, and glitzy SUVs gathered on the floor at Detroit’s Cobo... More
Hydrogen-Powered Chevy, Saturn Hybrid To ECOFEST
WebWire: Chevrolet Unveils First of Fuel-Cell SUVs that will be Tested by Real Drivers in New York this Winter, Saturn Shows Manhattan its Award-Winning Aura Visitors to Manhattan’s ECOFEST 2007 will witness the first of a fleet of fuel-cell Chevrolet SUVs that will soon be driving across metropolitan... More
Ford Gives Ethanol Demonstration Vehicles To KCP&L And Gov. Matt Blunt
Kansas City Star: Ford Motor Co. presented three ethanol-powered Ford Escape Hybrids to Kansas City Power & Light and one to the state of Missouri in a ceremony Wednesday at the Claycomo plant. The presentation was part of Ford’s plan to deliver a demonstration fleet of 20 E85 Escape Hybrids... More
Ethanol Conference To Attract 5000 Visitors
Washington Business Journal: More than 5,000 people are scheduled to attend the 23rd Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo in St. Louis at America’s Center June 26 to 29. The conference is estimated to have a local economic impact of $2.8 million, according to the St. Louis Convention... More
Ford Makes History As Demonstration Fleet Of Ethanol-Fueled Hybrids Hits The Road
Ford Unveils First E85 Hybrid: The ethanol industry got a major boost on Wednesday, when the Ford Motor Company unveiled the world’s first E85 hybrid vehicle, the E-85 Escape, on Capitol Hill. The hybrid gets 41 miles per gallon and emits 25-percent less carbon than a gas-powered Escape. But Ford... More
Brazil Receives The World For Summit On Ethanol And Alternative Energy
Brazzil Mag: São Paulo is currently the global capital of ethanol. The statement was made by the president of the São Paulo Sugar Cane Agroindustry Union (Unica), Eduardo Pereira de Carvalho, during the launch of the São Paulo Ethanol Summit 2007. The event will discuss the present and the future... More
