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Automotive News Archive22-May-2006Bush 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. 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. GM Scraps the Hummer H-1 The head turning hulk of an SUV known as the H1 Hummer is about to see its last day on a civilian production line. GM has announced that production of the diesel-powered guzzler will end in June. The H1 is the civilian version of the military Humvee and sells for $126,000. J.D. Power Gets Tough on Gadgets J.D. Power plans to get tough with techno-gadgets and gizmos filling high-tech cars and trucks these days when it does its next quality study, a tool used by millions of consumers when shopping for new vehicles. California Subpoenas Oil Refiners California Attorney General Bill Lockyer says he will subpoena documents from all 21 California oil refineries to determine whether they are profiteering and gouging consumers. Companies targeted by the subpoenas will include ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Valero, Shell, BP and others.
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