Archive for the ‘Oil & Gasoline’ Category
Gas prices rise by 12% in 3 weeks
Gas prices rose overnight, with the national average up nearly 12% in less than three weeks, according to a daily survey.
The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose 0.9 cent Friday to $2.290 a gallon, reported motorist group AAA. Friday's increase marks the 17th straight day of...
May 15th, 2009 | Oil & Gasoline | Read More
Carmakers falling short on EU emissions targets
Car makers are not doing enough to meet proposed EU targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report Tuesday, with some German and Japanese brands facing the biggest challenge to make the grade.
The European Commission wants all carmakers to reduce average emissions to 120 grams of...
August 26th, 2008 | Oil & Gasoline | Read More
Govt delays 2p fuel duty hike as oil surges
The government is to suspend a planned increase in fuel duty, Chancellor Alistair Darling said Wednesday, following protests by truck drivers and outrage from motorists' organisations over pump prices.
The 2p rise was due to take effect in October but has now been postponed amid soaring world oil...
July 16th, 2008 | Oil & Gasoline | Read More
U.S. gas: So cheap it hurts
Despite daily headlines bemoaning record gas prices, the U.S. is actually one of the cheaper places to fill up in the world.
Out of 155 countries surveyed, U.S. gas prices were the 45th cheapest, according to a recent study from AIRINC, a research firm that tracks cost of living data.
The difference...
May 1st, 2008 | Oil & Gasoline | Read More
Car makers could face 75mpg rules by 2030s
The nation's passenger cars and light trucks may have to average 75 miles per gallon by the 2030s, a top federal environmental official said at the SAE International World Congress.
Margo Oge, director of the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Transportation and Air Quality, said Monday...
April 16th, 2008 | Oil & Gasoline | Read More
German auto industry says ready for biofuel ramp-up
Germany's automakers association played down concerns Thursday that large numbers of cars would be incompatible with a new biofuel mix that the government wants to introduce to cut emissions.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to double the proportion of biofuel in petrol to 10 percent...
April 3rd, 2008 | Oil & Gasoline | Read More
EU automakers reject 2012 deadline for CO2 cuts
European automakers demanded more time on Wednesday to meet mooted CO2 emissions targets but stressed they were on board and working hard to produce cleaner cars.
The European Automobile Manufacturers Association agreed with a European Commission plan to cut CO2 emissions to 120 grams...
September 13th, 2007 | Oil & Gasoline | Read More
Fuel-economy rules could kill US auto industry
Tough new fuel-economy standards now pending in Congress could lead to the dismantling of what remains of the US domestic car industry, the president of the United Auto Workers union warned Thursday.
"We're being told that we must choose between protecting our environment versus protecting...
September 7th, 2007 | Oil & Gasoline | Read More
New cars seen raising gas mileage levels
New vehicles are expected to set records for average gas mileage in 2007, driven by improved technology and demand for fuel-efficient vehicles, the government reported.
Vehicles from the 2007 model year are projected to average 26.4 miles per gallon overall, a gain of 1 mpg over the previous...
September 1st, 2007 | Oil & Gasoline | Read More
Gas station owners allege price fixing
Nearly two dozen gas station owners in California sued Shell Oil Co., Chevron Corp. and Saudi Refining Inc., on Tuesday, claiming the companies conspired to fix prices for 23,000 franchise owners nationwide.
The case filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco seeks class-action status...
August 22nd, 2007 | Oil & Gasoline | Read More




