Plan to drive more this summer? Annoyed by the price of petrol? Complaining that oil companies rip you off?
I say, shut up. Even if gas costs $4 per gallon, we should thank Big Oil. Think what they have to do to bring us petrol.
Category Archives: Useful Information
Report: Explosive growth expected for automotive electronics industry
The display of a Mitac International Corp.’s Magellan SmartGPS in an automobile. Once a luxury item, in-dash navigation is showing up in cheaper cars. That’s one reason the global market for advanced vehicle electronics is booming, according to a new report.
Natural gas is the leading alternative fuel in America
In a country where corn-based ethanol incites an avalanche of controversy, you may be surprised to know that ethanol isn’t the most common alternative fuel in America. Well, not by the EIA’s accounting method, anyway.
The 134 billion gallons of gasoline that powered our vehicles last year included about 13 billion gallons of ethanol. But the Energy Information Administration doesn’t consider one drop of blended ethanol as a true alternative fuel.
Automakers, dealers oppose bill preventing rental firms from renting recalled vehicles
Major automakers and auto dealers told a Senate panel they remain opposed to legislation that would prohibit rental car companies from renting or selling vehicles subject to a federal safety recall.
Representatives from the National Automobile Dealers Association and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers told the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance that they oppose the latest bill — which enjoys bipartisan support in the Senate — requiring rental car companies to restrict all recalled vehicles from being rented before they are repaired.
