Hotels try to entice holiday travelers with free gas
Budgeting for the Memorial Day weekend might be a bit easier this year. More »
Tesla gains after Model S delivery date set
Tesla Motors Inc., the electric-car maker led by Elon Musk, rose after the company said it will begin delivering the Model S sedan to customers on June 22. More »
Shale glut means $1-a-gallon savings burning frozen gas
Chad Porter wants to run his 18- wheeler trucks on frozen natural gas across Canada’s Rocky mountains even before the world’s longest chain of refueling stations gets built to keep them fueled. More »
Fuel economy tops U.S. auto buyers’ wants
Automobile owners in the U.S. see fuel economy as the leading element they will consider in purchasing their next car, according to a survey by Consumer Reports. More »
Mitsubishi I Miev makes Houston debut
Jackey Noons rolled off the Champion Mitsubishi lot in a brand new all-electric Mitsubishi Miev.
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Fisker Karma fire in Texas garage being probed by NHTSA
U.S. auto-safety regulators are investigating a Texas garage fire that destroyed a Fisker Automotive Inc. Karma, a $103,000 plug-in electric vehicle. More »
Guest Column: Vehicle emissions standards are a regulatory success story
Recent estimates from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) show that emissions of air pollutants that harm human health in the Houston region are falling dramatically. More »
Would you pay $1 million for an electric car?
Croatian carmaker Rimac Auto has announced it will put into production the Concept One electric supercar, a concept vehicle that first made waves at last year’s Frankfurt Auto Show. The battery-powered vehicle boasts more than 1,000 Hp and reaches a top speed of 190 Mph. Only 88 are expected to be sold worldwide in 2013. More »
Report casts doubt on E15 use in cars & trucks
Automakers and the oil industry released a report today that casts doubt on the safety of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol and shows that at least some engines running the fuel suffered damage during recent testing. More »
Study find ethanol helped lower gasoline prices by a $1
Mixing ethanol with gasoline helped reduce the cost of gasoline by more than a $1 in 2011, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University. More »
Tesla to begin repaying U.S. loans by end of this year
Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA), the electric-car company led by Elon Musk, is using the last of its $465 million in U.S. loans and plans to start repaying them by the end of the year, the first startup to fulfill requirements of the criticized program. More »
Waste Management adding cleaner, natural-gas vehicles
The iconic rumbling garbage truck may have met its match: natural gas. More »
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