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NewsDecember 21, 2005

ALG Announces Seventh Annual Residual Value Award Winners

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Automotive Lease Guide (ALG) announced the winners of its Seventh Annual Residual Value Awards, which honors vehicles in each automotive segment that are predicted to retain the highest percentage of their original price.

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NewsDecember 15, 2005

World Will Need 60% More Energy in 2030

During its annual energy outlook, Exxon Mobil Corp. predicted that global energy consumption will soar 60 percent over the next 25 years, which will cause the demand for oil to grow to 334 million barrels a day in 2030, according to The Associated Press.

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NewsDecember 8, 2005

Lawsuit: Four Fed Agencies Must Buy More Alt-Fuel Vehicles

Agencies violated Act requiring 75 percent of new light vehicles purchased run on alternate fuels. Federal court still must rule on lawsuit provision that would force large private fleets to buy alternative fuel vehicles.

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NewsNovember 9, 2005

New Law Drives Car Donors Away

Donors of vehicles to charity can now only deduct actual selling price, not Kelley Blue Book retail value. Donations have dropped 30-50 percent this year.

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NewsNovember 3, 2005

Camless Engines Could Reduce Emissions and Boost Fuel Economy

Recently, production engineers have encountered the possibility of eliminating camshafts and their timing hardware, thus increasing efficiency, fuel economy by as much as 35 percent and revolutionizing the internal combustion engine.

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NewsOctober 27, 2005

American Workers Pour 2005 Salary Increases Down Gas Tank

Employees in some U.S. metropolitan areas may soon be forking over nearly 10 percent of their salary for gas needed to commute to and from work.

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NewsSeptember 22, 2005

EPA Plans to Revamp Fuel Economy Ratings

Miles-per-gallon numbers will reflect real-world driving. Fuel economy ratings on some vehicles could drop by 10 to 50 percent.

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NewsSeptember 22, 2005

AAA Fuel Web Site Begins Posting 7 Days a Week

In August of this year, when fuel prices began moving toward $3 per gallon, hits to the AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report increased by 231 percent over the previous month.

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NewsSeptember 14, 2005

How to Maximize MPG with MDS

Tips on how to get the most fuel savings from Chrysler's Multi-Displacement System. MDS improves fuel economy up to 20 percent and is standard equipment on almost all HEMI 5.7L engines.

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NewsSeptember 8, 2005

Consumer Reports: New Car MPG Greatly Overstated

YONKERS, N.Y. – Government fuel economy figures posted on new-car window stickers can have shortfalls of up to 50 percent, according to new-car fuel economy test results published in Consumer Reports magazine's October issue.

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