by Chris Sawyer on January 16, 2010
For a number of years, the combination of a January time slot, official “International Auto Show” status, and good economic times made Detroit one of the “must see” auto shows. Automakers both domestic and foreign came to Detroit’s aging Cobo Center to hawk their latest wares. That was especially true when the Los Angeles Auto [...]
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by Chris Sawyer on May 19, 2009
The blogs, airwaves and newspapers are awash with the news that the Obama administration, the states (i.e., California), and automakers have agreed to an historic reduction in vehicular emissions and increase in fuel economy. The standards call for a fleet-wide average–cars and trucks combined–of 35.5 mpg by 2016, with passenger cars averaging 39 mpg and [...]
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