Published in June 2007, "Hybrid Cars Market Outlook" provides extensive research and objective analysis of the global hybrid car industry. In 2006, hybrid vehicles had the limited presence in the world, but the technology has potential to register itself as the mainstream one. The only limiting factor in wide acceptance of hybrids is their high cost. Key Findings: US remains the largest hybrid car market that accounted for nearly 70% of global hybrid sales in 2005 largely due to high oil prices & increased environmental awareness. Read more about "RNCOS Report: Hybrid Cars Market Outlook "...
Copyright © 2007 San Francisco Sentinel Flanked by several hybrid taxicabs, Mayor Newsom today urged the City’s Taxi Commission to approve a resolution that gradually reduces, offsets, and eliminates greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in taxis by 2020. In his 2006 State of the City Address, Mayor Newsom pledged to convert 100% of San Francisco taxis to hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles by 2011. This resolution would provide the mandate to help achieve that goal and take it even further. The resolution specifically requires the San Francisco taxi industry to reduce its total greenhouse gas emissions by 50%... Read more about "San Francisco proposal would reduce cab emissions 50% by 2020 "...
Where will the car of the future come from? Detroit, which fumbled the electric automobile and let Japan grab the lead in hybrids? Not likely. Instead, try NASA, MIT's Media Lab or Silicon Valley, where the sizzling, battery-powered Tesla Roadster debuted last summer. New technology that promises to revolutionize the automobile as we know it is emerging from research institutions and startups -- and these innovations won't set you back $100,000 like a Tesla will ... ... Others are looking to revolutionize the automobile's engine, not replace it. Read more about "<i>WIRED</i>: Radical Engines, Quirky Designs Refuel Quest for Car of Future"...
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer Published: May 23, 2007 WASHINGTON - Backed by numerous environmental groups and about a dozen other states, California officials demanded federal permission Tuesday to impose their own greenhouse gas emission controls on cars and other vehicles. The only voice of opposition at an Environmental Protection Agency hearing came from an auto industry lobbyist who deemed California’s approach "counterproductive" and said there was no proof it would help deal with global warming. "This is more important than any issue that EPA’s going to have to face," California Attorney General... Read more about "State Fights Feds for Harsh Greenhouse Gas Emissions"...
Reuters May 21, 2007 WASHINGTON - World emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide increased three times faster after 2000 than in the 1990s, putting them at the high end of a range of forecasts by an international climate change panel, scientists reported on Monday. At the same time, a trend toward cutting Earth's energy intensity — the ratio of how much energy is needed to produce a unit of gross domestic product — appears to have stalled or even reversed in recent years, the researchers reported. "This paper should be a rallying cry," said Chris Field,... Read more about "Study: World carbon emissions are speeding up"...
By Timothy Gardner, Reuters NEW YORK - President George W. Bush said his voluntary plan to cut greenhouse gases is on track, citing a 2006 dip in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, but environmentalists say the change is a temporary blip that goes against an overall trend. U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels dropped 1.3 percent last year, the Energy Information Administration said late on Wednesday, the third time in 16 years that these emissions fell. Total U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions have grown 17.9 percent since 1990. Read more about "U.S. carbon emissions slip seen separate from trend"...
By Andrew Ward in Washington Published: May 31 2007 President George W. Bush on Thursday committed the US for the first time to take part in negotiations on a successor to the Kyoto treaty and agreed to set goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The decision appeared to mark a landmark break by Washington from its longstanding opposition to global limits on carbon emissions, although the US plans still fall short of some European demands. A senior US administration official said Mr Bush would announce the new position in a speech in... Read more about "<i>Financial Times</i>: Bush unveils strategy on climate change"...
Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune, June 12, 2007 While consumers look for relief from high gas prices, and Congress debates raising fuel-economy standards, comes word that this fall there will be one less gas/electric car to put on your shopping list. Honda will bring out a redesigned Accord sedan minus the hybrid version. Some insist Honda is waving a white flag to the much-better-selling Toyota Prius hybrid. Baloney! Honda will continue to offer its compact Civic hybrid and plans to add another hybrid smaller than Civic in 2009, a vehicle about the size of a... Read more about "<i>Chicago Tribune</i>: Hybrid Accord runs out of gas "...
By Frank Davies MediaNews Washington Bureau Article Launched: 06/13/2007 WASHINGTON - In a move denounced by state officials and others as improper lobbying on behalf of the auto industry, transportation officials in the Bush administration are making a pro-auto industry pitch to members of Congress, urging them to oppose California's efforts to enforce tough emissions standards on vehicles. One official, Heideh Shahmoradi, a special assistant to Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, left a voicemail recently with a House staffer warning that if California gets the authority from the Environmental Protection Agency to enact those... Read more about "White House lobbying against state's emissions plan"...
Financial Times, June 12, 2007 World oil demand is rising faster than previously expected while non-Opec supply is growing more slowly, the International Energy Agency has said in its latest monthly assessment of the market. The rich countries' energy watchdog warned on Tuesday of growing tightness in oil supplies in the second half of the year, and urged the Organisation of the Petrolem Exporting Countries to raise its output. David Fyfe, an analyst at the IEA, said: "We would very much hope that Opec production is at its seasonal low at the moment... Read more about "Oil demand rising faster than expected"...