http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/au…tacorolla.html
I’m very glad that the 2.4L engine is available as an option. The previous 1.8L engine was lacking.
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The hybrid peacekeeping force of the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) opened its headquarters in el-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur State in western Sudan on Wednesday. Rodolphe Adada, the head of the UN-AU Mission …
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This note just went out to customers. No Halloween trick, either. Instead, starting tomorrow, the open is our treat.
Effective November 1, 2007, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will offer free trading to all customers in NYSE securities (excluding ETFs) for market and limit orders executing on the opening price, including Market-On-Open (MOO), Limit-On-Open (LOO) and Good-Til-Cancel (GTC) orders.
In addition, the NYSE recently established a more efficient opening process that allows specialists to automatically open stocks for trading quickly and more efficiently, freeing them up to focus on larger situations with imbalances in an effort to discover the best price. The NYSE has the most liquid opening and a superior process for handling imbalances and facilitating better price discovery. Specialists play a vital role in managing imbalances and establishing the best opening price, including providing additional support to minimize imbalances and avoid unreasonable price variations.
In November, the NYSE will be providing real-time pre-open indicative prices, which will be available both to the NYSE floor community and through the NYSE Alerts data feed. The NYSE plans to offer additional pre-open information in the future.
If you have any further questions please contact your Relationship Manager.
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Original post by Mainer
The new Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California, Davis announced Tuesday the launch of the first consumer report on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, according to the UC Davis News Service. Environment & The Green Beat
Original post by george_douglas@nrel.gov (George Douglas)
More than 100 families in Northern California will be the first consumers to test hybrid Toyota Prius sedans, modified by UC Davis to recharge from a standard 110-volt electric outlet.
Original post by george_douglas@nrel.gov (George Douglas)
Fisker has released the first picture of its upcoming four-door plug-in hybrid premium sports sedan that will make its official debut at the Detroit Auto Show in January. Fisker will start selling the car in the 4th quarter of 2009 with an annual production projected for 15,000.
Original post by george_douglas@nrel.gov (George Douglas)
While we were hanging outside of SEMA yesterday, we came across the Toyota Hybrid stand. There we saw this amazing tuned Toyota Camry Hybrid Limited, otherwise known as CHiL.
Original post by george_douglas@nrel.gov (George Douglas)
Filed under: Biodiesel, Green Culture, Cadillac, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, SEMA Show, Green Daily
GM opened the full-scale electric car dialog with the EV-1 (and its demise), Toyota opened the full-scale hybrid dialog with the Prius. Now that Green is Good as Gold, aftermarket folks are opening the mass market dialog when it comes to making the cars you want to buy right now a little less hard on the Earth. Next in the queue: EcoTrek with its biodiesel Cadillac Escalade EXT, simply referred to as BioCaddy.
Starting with a plain black EXT, EcoTrek swapped the 6.2-liter Vortec V8 for Chevy’s PPE supercharged Duramax 6.6-liter diesel. Fitting it required cutting a scoop into the hood. The Hydramatic transmission came out, and in went an Allison. The suspension was removed and replaced with an Air Ride ARC4800L Big Red Max LevelPro System. And as an extra, the BioCaddy gets an ethanol injection system for a claimed “30% additional HP or fuel economy.” About the only thing dirty on it is the 26″ DUB Dirty Dog II rims clothed in Pirelli Scorpion rubber. EcoTrek even blacked out all the chrome — something we consider a good thing. Having a “clean ride” is about to take on a new meaning.
Gallery: 2007 SEMA biodiesel Caddy EXT
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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD Step behind the curtain at Ford Motor. Experience the documentary first-hand.
Original post by Jonathon Ramsey
WHITE MARSH, Md. — General Motors this week began production of its two-mode hybrid transmission, with the first units earmarked for the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and GMC Yukon Hybrid.
Original post by george_douglas@nrel.gov (George Douglas)
IRVINE, Calif. — Fisker Automotive has followed up an earlier “teaser” image with the real thing — a photo of the upcoming plug-in hybrid that it will unveil at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show in January.
Original post by george_douglas@nrel.gov (George Douglas)
Filed under: Diesel, Volkswagen, SEMA Show
Volkswagen has a long history of grassroots racing series in the US and elsewhere. For the past three decades those series mostly used various GTI models. For 2008, Volkswagen is replacing the current GTI cup with the new Jetta TDI Cup. As the name implies, the new series will use the new Jetta CleanTDI diesel sedan. For racing purposes, the 2.0L diesel will be rated at 170 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque pumping through the standard six-speed DSG gearbox. The suspension and brakes will be beefed up for track use and all the usual racing safety equipment will be included. The series will be organized by SCCA Pro Racing and up to thirty cars per race are expected.
[Source: Volkswagen]
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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD Step behind the curtain at Ford Motor. Experience the documentary first-hand.
Original post by Sam Abuelsamid
HONDA may soon be bringing the hybrid version of its popular Civic to India. Close on the heels of Toyota announcing its intention of bringing its Hybrid Prius into the Indian market, a senior Honda executive said his company would launch the version in a few months.
Original post by george_douglas@nrel.gov (George Douglas)
Filed under: Biodiesel, Manufacturing/Plants, Green Daily
If you’re interested in biodiesel but your company has too many trucks to brew your own biofuel in small Appleseed reactors and you’re not big enough to be a large-scale producer, Pacific Natural Energy would like a word.
Specifically, the word is BioBox, a system that PNE says is “the perfect ‘pie filling’ for mid-sized companies to make their own biodiesel. BioBox is a mobile biodiesel production contraption that is made up of four 20-foot cargo containers (one for the reactor, one that’s a hazmat storage container and two 6,000 gallon storage tanking systems). Hey, we didn’t mean mobile like the iPhone is mobile.
Anyway, PNE thinks there’s a need out there for this mid-size facility, and as I think about it, I’m inclined to agree. PNE’s founder and CEO, Eric McLeod, said that, “There are an increasing number of biodiesel companies now, but these companies generally cater to small-scale experimenters and users, or multi-million dollar plants. I believe that mid-market biodiesel production has been completely overlooked.”
[Source: Domestic Fuel]
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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD Step behind the curtain at Ford Motor. Experience the documentary first-hand.
Original post by Sebastian Blanco
Fisker promises a driving range of 680 miles with its new hybrid…
Original post by george_douglas@nrel.gov (George Douglas)
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