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Automotive News Archive11-May-2006Study: Drivers Cause Most Large Truck Crashes Drivers of large trucks and other vehicles involved in truck crashes are ten times more likely to be the cause of the crash than other factors, such as weather, road conditions, and vehicle performance according to a new study released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Hybrid Sales Doubled in 2005 A majority of new car buyers consider a hybrid but don't buy one because of the increased cost. Nevertheless hybrid vehicle sales more than doubled in 2005 according to R.L Polk & Co., an automotive data collection firm. Bush Proposes Lifting Hybrid Tax Credit Limit President Bush says Congress ought to eliminate the limit on the number of hybrid vehicles produced by an automaker that qualify for current tax credits. Bush Moves to Ease Gas Price Pressures Hoping to ease gas prices, President Bush has ordered a temporary halt in deposits to the nation's strategic petroleum reserve and announced plans to ease some environmental rules. Gas Prices Don't Slow Gas Guzzler Sales With U.S. gasoline prices racing back to record highs, consumers are still buying big, gas-guzzling engines, at least for now. Hybrid Sales Slow, Automakers Worried Slowing sales of several gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles have automakers worried. Honda is on the verge of cutting production of its hybrid Accord and perhaps discontinuing the ground breaking Insight, the first hybrid sold in the U.S. New Fuel Economy Rules on the Way The Bush administration plans to announce final fuel economy regulations that will require vehicles average 24 miles per gallon by 2011. Public Citizen Wants Higher CAFE Standards Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen and a former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is urging Congress to raise the passenger car Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. $50 Fill-Up for Average SUV as Prices Soar The average price for regular unleaded gasoline is now $2.69 a gallon, up 8 cents in four days. One month ago, regular unleaded was selling for 33 cents a gallon less at $2.36. Survey: Consumers Want More Auto Safety Technology More than eight out of 10 U.S. car owners want some form of in-vehicle technologies to improve safety and security and they are willing to pay for it, a survey finds.
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