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  U-M study: New vehicle sales remain at record-high for fuel efficiency

  March 7, 2013 at 7:29 am

  By David Shephardson, Detroit News, March 7, 2013 Washington‚Äî Amid high gas prices, thefuel efficiencyof new cars and trucks sold in February remains at a record-high. The University of Michigan said average fuel-economy value ofnew vehiclessold in the United States in February was 24.5 mpg. This ties the record high reached in January and is up 4.4 mpg, or more than 20 percent, since October 2007, when it began monitoring. Read more…    

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  More miles per gallon: Options for fuel efficient cars growing

  March 7, 2013 at 7:26 am

  by Chris Oberholtz, Erika Tallan, Laura McCallister, Alan Shope KCTV5 News March 7, 2013 Thursday is the first full day of the Kansas City Auto Show… There are lots to see, including new features meant to save people money down the road. Automakers have to make new cars more fuel efficient. Read more and see video…

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  Ford boosts cleaner-fuel trucks as demand for green fleets rises

  March 5, 2013 at 8:59 am

  by Ronald D. White Los Angeles Times March 5, 2013 Ford Motor Co. is boosting the number of trucks and vans its offers that run on compressed natural gas and propane as sales rise and demand grows for cleaner fuel fleets. “Since 2009, we’ve seen the number of Built Ford Tough commercial vehicles sold with factory-prepped engines for CNG/LPG [propane] upfit increase by more than 350%,” said Jon Coleman, Ford Fleet Sustainability and Technology manager. Read more…

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  How Ford Designed a Brute That Doesn’t Guzzle

  March 5, 2013 at 6:55 am

  ByGary Witzenburg, Ward’s Auto, Mar. 5 2013 WhenFordrevived its legendary Shelby GT500 for the ’07 model year, that very hot Mustang was powered by a 5.4L 32-valve DOHC supercharged V-8 that was developed from the muscular “MOD” V-8 introduced in the ’00 limited-edition SVT Mustang Cobra R. Read more…  

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  Lower Electric Vehicle Prices from GM and Nissan

  March 1, 2013 at 7:48 am

  By Cyrus Patten, Mar. 1, 2013 For those of you who always wanted an electric vehicle but the near $36,000 price tag was a deal-breaker: your time has come. Nissan took the first step,announcinglast month an 18 percent price cut, bringing the Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) from $35,200 to just $28,800. That’s still a lot of money, but brings the entirely electric vehicle into a more reasonable price range for many people. Read more

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  Chrysler adding 1,250 jobs

  February 28, 2013 at 1:00 pm

  by Lindsey Ziliak, Kokomo Tribune, Feb. 28 2013 Chrysler announced Thursday it was investing $374 million and adding 1,250 jobs in Kokomo and Tipton to increase its production of fuel-efficient transmissions. Once production begins on the new nine-speed transmissions, this area will house the largest transmission installation in the world… Read more

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