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Automobiles and light trucks combined. (source: EPA)

Nissan LCV business update  -  Oct 19, 2007
AutoCorse.it,Within Europe, Nissan is working to strengthen its dealer network by creating a dedicated sales channel for light-duty vehicles and by continuing to promote

New Report Shows Increase in Fuel Efficiency for 2007  -  Sep 26, 2007
NewsBlaze,...provides data on the fuel economy and technology characteristics of new light-duty vehicles (cars, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickup trucks).

2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer  -  Oct 17, 2007
Auto SpectatorIt debuts in the TrailBlazer SS and was developed to handle the high horsepower and high torque loads of performance-oriented light-duty vehicles.

Silicon Valley executives join push for plug-in hybrids  -  Sep 24, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,The 52-page document, titled "Clean & Green," also suggests that if 3 percent of light-duty vehicles were replaced locally by plug-ins, about 2000 tons of

ecoAUTO Rebate Program application form now available  -  Oct 1, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),The two-year ecoAUTO Rebate Program offers performance-based rebates on new light duty vehicles. What vehicles get rebates? The list of eligible vehicles is

Feinstein urges progress on energy  -  Oct 12, 2007
Nuevo Mundo,Her bill, which seeks to raise the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard to 35 mpg for all light-duty vehicles by 2020, is now in a conference committee

Small increase in Smithtown taxes  -  Oct 3, 2007
Newsday,The proposed $4.6 million capital budget continues the town's recent push to use natural gas vehicles, adding nine heavy and light duty vehicles to the

Small increase in Smithtown taxes  -  Oct 3, 2007
Newsday,The budget also continues the town's recent push to go to natural gas vehicles, adding 9 heavy and light duty vehicles to the fleet, as well as solar panels

AltWheels 2007 "Green Pioneer" Award Winners  -  Sep 26, 2007
Autochannel (press release)MassHighway: 330000 GGEs for more than 200 CNG light-duty vehicles. Accepted by Robert Cohen, Deputy Commissioner for Administration. 4.

Silicon Valley Execs Get Behind Plug-In Hybrids  -  Sep 24, 2007
Environmental Leader,...due to be released today according to the Mercury news, suggests that if three percent of light-duty vehicles were replaced locally by plug-ins,

The Environmental Costs of Shipping  -  Sep 29, 2007
EV World (subscription),Although many studies look at light-duty vehicles, Yeh says, few "look at the LCA of freight, especially long-range rail and air, and compare them

Cummins cleans up with diesel  -  18 Aug 2007
Indianapolis Business Journal,Now, Cummins is adding jobs—at least 800—to help meet the demand for diesel engines in not only heavy-duty Rams, but also medium- and light-duty vehicles.

DOE Awards Ford Two Grants for Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Research  -  Aug 14, 2007
HULIQ,The first project, with an award up to $3.2 million, will focus on improving flexible-fuel engines and light-duty vehicles that operate on ethanol-gasoline

China Automotive Systems Reports 2007 Second Quarter Results  -  Aug 13, 2007
CNNMoney.comSecond quarter net sales for 2007 from steering products for passenger and light-duty vehicles increased to $22.8 million as compared with $15.7 million

MOE blitz focuses on emissions  -  Jul 20, 2007
Brockville Recorder and Times,The MOE inspectors, who only went after vehicles they suspected of being "gross polluters," pulled over 13 light-duty vehicles and one heavy-duty truck

Cummins Selected For Energy Research Grant  -  Aug 7, 2007
Inside INdiana Business (press release),Cummins Engine Company has been selected for negotiation of an award up to $2.4 million to develop advanced combustion engines for light-duty vehicles.

US Department of Energy to Provide Up to $21.5 Million for ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
Grainnet,Three projects have been selected for negotiation of awards up to $5.7 million to develop advanced combustion engines for light-duty vehicles.

Fuel development hinders China's progress in cutting emissions  -  Jul 24, 2007
2456.com,China 3 vehicle emission standards are short for China's limits for emissions from light-duty vehicles (GB18352.3-2005). Equivalent to the Euro 3 standards,

China Automotive 2Q Profit Jumps  -  Aug 13, 2007
Forbes,Sales from steering components for passenger and light-duty vehicles increased 45 percent to $22.8 million, while sales from steering components for

Current and Future Passenger Diesels  -  Aug 9, 2007
Biodiesel Magazine,Margo Oge, director of the US EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, calculates that if one-third of all US light-duty vehicles were modern diesels

Canadian Trucking Alliance 2008 Pre-Budget Submission Calls For ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
Canadian Trucking Alliance (press release),Under the program, which is consistent with the Vehicle Efficiency Initiative for light-duty vehicles introduced in the 2007 federal budget and with

LKQ Corporation Announces 2007 Second Quarter Earnings With ...  -  Jul 26, 2007
CNNMoney.comThis business primarily serves the professional repair market for not only automobiles but also for heavy trucks and several types of light duty vehicles

US: Department of Energy to fund up to US$21.5m for engine and ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
Automotive World (subscription),...totalling up to US$15.3m in DoE funding, will aim to improve flexible-fuel engines and light-duty vehicles that run on E85 ethanol fuel.

The Week in Sustainable Mobility  -  Jul 22, 2007
WorldChangingImplementing stringent fuel economy standards for light-duty vehicles is one of the principle strategies needed to reduce petroleum demand that is outlined

Vehicle Efficiency R&D  -  Aug 8, 2007
Technology News Daily,...on improving flexible-fuel engines and light-duty vehicles that operate on ethanol-gasoline blends up to 85 percent ethanol by volume (E-85).

Muggles Perform Magic in California  -  Jul 30, 2007
Cleantech Blog,The California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Regulation in 1990 to reduce the emissions from light-duty vehicles and

Surprise. Hybrids Do Save Gas. A Lot of Gas  -  Jul 24, 2007
BusinessWeekThat sounds impressive until you consider that more than 8.5 million barrels per day go to light-duty vehicles (according to NREL, which used 2003 oil

China Automotive Systems Q2 Profit Climbs On Growth In Passenger ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
RTT News,The company's sales from steering products for passenger and light-duty vehicles for the quarter improved 45% to $22.8 million from $15.7 million.

DOE to provide funding for ethanol vehicle efficiency research  -  Aug 8, 2007
Ethanol Producer Magazine,Six of the 11 projects (accounting for $15.3 million of the DOE funding) are focused on improving flexible-fuel engines and light-duty vehicles that run on

Dept. of Energy Publishes Progress Report on Fuel Cell Learning ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
Auto SpectatorFuel cell stacks will need to last approximately 5000 hours to enter the market for light-duty vehicles. For this demonstration project, DOE established

Printer makers reject health risk claim  -  Aug 5, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,...saying the European Commission had already added a particle number limit to its Euro 5/6 emissions standards for light-duty vehicles.

US DoE awards WSU 2 fuel efficiency research grants  -  Aug 13, 2007
Model D,...the United States Department of Energy awarded two grants to Wayne State University to research improving fuel efficiency in light-duty vehicles.

Will Electric Utilities Be the Fueling Stations of the Future?  -  Jul 29, 2007
EV World (subscription),This assumes that half of the 9.2 million light-duty vehicles were PHEVs that had randomly traveled between 0 and 20 miles before plugging into a common

Coq. gives away old fire trucks  -  Jul 25, 2007
Coquitlam Tri City News,...replaced the aging fire trucks last year with three new pumper trucks, along with one new aerial ladder truck and five new light-duty vehicles.

Construction Equipment and Utility Fleet Available for Live ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
USPRwire (press release),More than 350 pieces of utility and line equipment, construction and underground equipment, trucks, trailers and light duty vehicles such as bucket trucks

Natural Gas Fuelled Diesels  -  Jul 29, 2007
AutoSpeed,More recently and in conjunction with Ford, Westport has begun developing an NG-fuelled CI engine for light-duty vehicles. In terms of emissions,

Ford sees decline in local vehicle purchases  -  13 Apr 2007
Virginian Pilot,Also, AutoCount, unlike Cross-Sell, includes only light-duty vehicles and doesn't count fleet sales. Lorenzo Brookins, a senior sales manager at Freedom

Wet Multiple Disc Brake meets light-duty vehicle needs.  -  Mar 19, 2007
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release),MICO, Incorporated has designed a Wheel End Brake for installation on purpose-built or converted light-duty vehicles. The new, wet multiple disc brake

Heineman Statment Before The Senate Energy And Natural Resources ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Southwest Nebraska News,...flexible-fuel vehicle requirements that not less than 70 percent of new light duty vehicles sold in the United States be fuel flexible within 10 years.

Fuel Consumption : How's it's determined and how to improve it  -  Apr 12, 2007
Auto123,The Canadian government requires automobile manufacturers to establish reliable fuel consumption ratings for all light-duty vehicles with a gross vehicle

Environmental analysis of the 2007 federal budget  -  Apr 2, 2007
Solid Waste & Recycling,It will also impose regulations on fuel consumption for light-duty vehicles for transportation. The clean air agenda is a move away from voluntary

Statement of Thomas W. LaSorda, President and Chief Executive ...  -  Mar 14, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),There are more than 230 million light-duty vehicles currently in use today in the US which travel nearly 3 trillion miles. That is nearly 13000 miles

Carmakers respond to new stability control mandate  -  Apr 10, 2007
Autoblog,Last week, the NHTSA announced its final rules that will require electronic stability control on all light duty vehicles by September, 2011.

Auction to take place at dog track  -  Apr 10, 2007
Gresham Outlook,...including generators; trailers and light-duty vehicles, including bucket and digger-derrick trucks; forklifts; and pick-up trucks, SUVs and cars.

Ready to Roll: The Benefits of Today’s Advanced-Technology ...  -  Mar 15, 2007
Environment Maine,Light-duty vehicles such as cars, pick-up trucks, minivans and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are responsible for almost one half of all emissions of

CHINA: Power steering profits produced  -  Apr 3, 2007
just-auto.com (subscription),Net sales from steering components for passenger and light-duty vehicles increased 51% to $60.3m while net sales from steering components for commercial

Fuel Management goes green  -  Mar 23, 2007
Montgomery Advertiser,...set by Air Education and Training Command, will aim to replace 30 percent or more of all applicable light duty vehicles with low speed vehicles by 2010.

Branch After Sales Manager  -  Apr 3, 2007
الأسواق العربية,Manage the heavy duty truck operations and later on to include light duty vehicles. - Sets annual business plan and targets.

China Automotive Systems Reports 2006 Fourth Quarter and Full Year ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...reflecting a 51% year-over-year growth; -- Net sales from steering components for passenger and light-duty vehicles increased to $60.3 million,

Testimony of UAW President Ron Gettelfinger Before the House ...  -  Mar 15, 2007
Auto Spectator...reductions in the carbon emissions of light duty vehicles, as well as reductions in the carbon intensity of the fuels that go into these vehicles.

US auto chiefs cool to tougher Cafe standards  -  Mar 15, 2007
MarketWatchUAW's Gettelfinger urged lawmakers to think about measures that would require reductions in carbon emissions by light-duty vehicles as well as measures that

Uniroyal Expands Laredo Cross Country Line  -  Apr 2, 2007
Tyres & Accessories,The new sizes include P255/65R16 106 S, LT235/85R16 LRE, P255/65R17 108 S, and P265/65R17 110 S, and target such light duty vehicles as Dodge Dakota,

What’s Offline Airport Insecurity  -  Mar 16, 2007
New York Times,...“According to the Environmental Protection Agency, if diesels were to power one-third of all light duty vehicles (comprising cars, SUV’s and small trucks),

Statement of Thomas W. LaSorda, President and Chief Executive ...  -  15 Mar 2007
PR Newswire (press release),There are more than 230 million light-duty vehicles currently in use today in the US which travel nearly 3 trillion miles. That is nearly 13000 miles

US auto chiefs cool to tougher Cafe standards  -  15 Mar 2007
MarketWatchUAW's Gettelfinger urged lawmakers to think about measures that would require reductions in carbon emissions by light-duty vehicles as well as measures that

Testimony of UAW President Ron Gettelfinger Before the House ...  -  15 Mar 2007
Auto Spectator...reductions in the carbon emissions of light duty vehicles, as well as reductions in the carbon intensity of the fuels that go into these vehicles.

Bringing Diesel Savoir-Faire to the US, See How at SAE 2007  -  Mar 2, 2007
ClickPress (press release),The filter can be easily integrated into different exhaust systems, such as single filters for light-duty vehicles or multiple filters for heavy-duty

Canada's New Government helps Canadians choose more eco-friendly ...  -  Feb 14, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),...role in helping the auto industry to achieve the 5.3 megatonne reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions from light duty vehicles in Canada.

Delphi Launches World's First Ammonia Sensor  -  Feb 22, 2007
Telematics Journal,SCR will also be used on passenger cars in the United States to help deliver compliance with Tier II Bin 5 regulations for light-duty vehicles and is

Trends for Manual and Conventional Automatic Transmissions and ...  -  Mar 1, 2007
Autochannel (press release)Worldwide sales of light-duty vehicles - passenger cars, SUVs, MPVs, light trucks and commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes maximum gross vehicle weight

The great guzzle's puzzle-II  -  Feb 19, 2007
Central Chronicle,The World Energy Outlook 2006 estimates that the average on-road fuel efficiency for new light duty vehicles is 9.3 litres/100 km in OECD countries and in

US: Delphi to offer ammonia sensor  -  Feb 23, 2007
Automotive World (subscription),In the US, SCR will also be used on passenger cars to help deliver compliance with Tier II Bin 5 regulations for light-duty vehicles.

BUDGET WASTE INC. Signs Letter of Intent With Airlin Industries Ltd.  -  Mar 13, 2007
SYS-CON Media,...is a mechanical maintenance facility, specializing in mechanical services on heavy and light duty vehicles as well as heavy equipment and machinery.

Delphi launches world's first SCR ammonia sensor  -  Feb 23, 2007
Auto Industry,...in DaimlerChrysler’s, BMW’s and VW Group’s trademark BlueTec system, to help deliver compliance with Tier II Bin 5 regulations for light-duty vehicles.

Tories pony up $36M to promote green vehicles  -  Feb 15, 2007
London Free Press,The Tories say they plan to work with the industry to help achieve the 5.3-megatonne reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions from light-duty vehicles

What is ethanol?  -  Feb 22, 2007
News & Observer,...and E85, which is 85 percent ethanol and15 percent gasoline, is used as an alternative fuel for specially designed, light-duty vehicles.

ecoTransport-canada's new government delivers over $100m to ...  -  Feb 16, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),...will include in-depth testing and publishing of results on a range of emerging, environmentally friendly technologies for use in light-duty vehicles.

US looking to new fuels for reducing petrol use  -  Feb 16, 2007
Gulf Times,Annual sales of such vehicles are projected to triple in 2012; by 2030, they are expected to make up more than 25% of all light-duty vehicles sold in the

Emissions trading: A mixed record, with plenty of failures  -  Feb 19, 2007
Grist Magazine,By the time lead trading was introduced in 1982, only 20% of light-duty vehicles still accepted leaded gas. Even so, under the proposed regulations trading

Delphi creates groundbreaking SCR technology  -  Feb 27, 2007
Today's Trucking News...small truck manufacturers also are committed to SCR solutions in diesel applications to comply with Tier II Bin 5 regulations for light-duty vehicles.

Major Fuel Cell Stocks in Review  -  Feb 15, 2007
Seeking Alpha,...a fuel cell power plant and a fueling station which dispenses hydrogen and hydrogen blended fuels to a fleet of light duty vehicles in Las Vegas.

Affiliates of Hunt Special Situations Group, LP Announce ...  -  Feb 19, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),The Company currently sells to customers in the truck and diesel engine components, petroleum, aftermarket light duty vehicles, aerospace, mining,

Development of alternative energy backed  -  Feb 19, 2007
Kentucky Post,...also calls for the state fleet to convert at least 50 percent of its light-duty vehicles to those that run on alternative fuels.

Businesses favoring alternative methods could benefit  -  Feb 17, 2007
WHAS 11.com (subscription),The proposal would require the state to convert at least half of its light-duty vehicles so they can run on alternative fuels.

Canada's New Government delivers the environmental goods to the ...  -  Feb 15, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),...such as regulating emissions from rail and marine transportation and fuel consumption of new light duty vehicles, announced in the fall.

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