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Automotive News Archive24-Aug-2006Automakers Must Disclose "Black Boxes" Beginning in 2011, automakers must disclose presence of an onboard data recorder. Gas Prices May Have Bottomed Out U.S. gas prices are posting only small declines as the price of ethanol used as a summer-time additive joins international oil near record highs. Report Blames White House Inaction for High Gas Prices One year after the Administration's energy policy was signed into law, consumers are paying record high prices for gas and the majority of the cost increases have turned into profits for domestic oil companies. Gas Tops $3 in Majority of States Regular gasoline now costs $3.00 a gallon or more in 31 states and the District of Columbia, an increase of four states from last week. House to Vote on Ethanol Subsidy Facing a Fourth of July recess crowded with constituents angry over rising gasoline prices, the House of Representatives plans to vote on a bill to use fuel economy fines to subsidize installing ethanol pumps at some filling stations. Study: Car's Middle Back Seat is Safest Sitting on the "hump" may not be so bad after all. In a full car, some poor soul is relegated to the middle of the back seat, the least desirable, most uncomfortable, most "un-cool" spot in the vehicle. It also happens to be the safest. TV Comes to the Gas Pump If you think there's no escaping TV advertising, just wait. Murphy Oil USA has agreed to display digital media programming though 20-inch high-definition LCD screens embedded within gas station pumps at its nationwide network of gas stations.
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