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Automotive News Archive21-May-2006Vehicle History Reports Becoming Essential for Used Car Buyers As last year's hurricanes cause concern about flood-damaged vehicles potentially appearing on the market, vehicle history reports are becoming an increasingly important tool among used-vehicle buyers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Used Vehicle Sales and Certification (UVSC) Study. 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. Toyota Goes Country to Sell Big Trucks As part of a campaign to sell more full-sized pickup trucks in the U.S., the Toyota Motor Corp. is boot scootin' into the heartland of the U.S. Hot-Selling GM Products No Bargain for Consumers What is good for General Motors these days may not necessarily be good for the automotive consumer. Take a look at two hot GM products currently making money for the struggling automaker -- the Chevy Tahoe and the SUV sold as the Chevy Suburban, GMC Yukon XL and Cadillac Escalade. Alternative Fuel Not Hard to Find Work by experts from The Earth Institute at Columbia University suggests that relatively low-cost alternatives already exist to meet the country's' growing energy demand that would at the same time reduce the need to rely on oil supplies from the Middle East and Latin America. Gasoline Prices May Be Leveling Off Gasoline prices continue to climb, rising almost 7 percent in April alone. Nevertheless, oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg says consumers may be in for a break because of increasing supplies. Alternative Fuel Sources Are No Secret As the internal combustion engine sputters into the 21st century choked by the rising cost of gasoline, public attention is turning, however, fitfully, towards alternatives to the old-fashioned gasoline powered buggy. 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. Researchers: Speed Cameras Make Drivers Slow Down A new Australian review of existing research suggests that "speed cameras" and other devices can reduce automobile accident rates by allowing authorities to detect and cite speeders as they zip down the road. New Government Rules May Fuel Gas Prices New Federal rules requiring oil companies to replace an emissions-reducing chemical added to gasoline with ethanol could spark shortages and lead to $3 a gallon gasoline again, according to a U.S. Energy Department assessment. Gas prices are already rising quickly, with the national average now above $2.50 a gallon.
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