DETROIT - Market researchers at R.L. Polk & Co. reported that hybrid vehicle registrations in the United States more than doubled in 2005, rising 139 percent to just under 200,000 vehicles for the year. That number is still only about 1 percent of the annual U.S. vehicle sales total, but Polk notes that the market
DEARBORN - Ford announced Tuesday that sales of its two hybrid vehicles, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner, driven by rising gas prices, more than doubled from March, and increased 68 percent compared to April 2005 sales. Escape Hybrid, an SUV, gets 36 miles per gallon in the city, an 80 percent improvement over an Escape
DETROIT - Michigan's NextEnergy wants to make Michigan the alternative energy epicenter of the United States, in part by investing in promising start-up companies that, say, will produce future fuels that don't come from petroleum products. In January, the alternative energy R&D incubator at Wayne State University in Detroit hired DTE Energy?s deal finder, Ryan
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler Group CEO Tom LaSorda will announce Tuesday in Washington D.C. that the Chrysler Group is committed to selling 250,000 flexible fuel vehicles in 2007 and about a half-million in 2008, including both retail and fleet sales, which translates into committing about 25 percent of total Chrysler Group production to flex fuel
LANSING - A package of bills aimed at boosting production and use of ethanol and bio-diesel fuels by providing for lower taxes on those fuels and encouraging greater use by state vehicles won unanimous approval by the Senate Thursday. The six-bill package - SB 1074, SB 1075, SB 1076, SB 1077, SB 1077, SB 1078,
LANSING - Michigan now ranks 11th among all states in production of ethanol fuel, but Gov. Jennifer Granholm declared this week her goal of taking the state to the top, beginning with four new ethanol plants now planned or under construction. Granholm made her remarks at a Capitol grounds ceremony hailing a new partnership between
SOUTHFIELD ? Lawrence Technological University's 13.9 million, 42,000 square foot A. Alfred Taubman Student Services Center is a testament to the school's commitment to sustainable energy design. The center's architect, Joe Veryser, said the idea of turning the facility into a living laboratory for architectural and engineering students came up early in the design process.
DETROIT - Visitors will have an opportunity to explore the future of energy first-hand when The New Detroit Science Center hosts a day-long event of hands-on activities, alternative-power demos, rides and special energy challenge team appearances on Earth Day April 22. The event is organized in association with General Motors, Lockheed Martin and NASA -
LANSING - Michigan Public Service Commission Chair Peter Lark will spend the next eight months coordinating creation of a comprehensive energy plan for the state under an executive directive issued Thursday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The new 21st Century Energy Plan will verify the power use assumptions by the PSC's Capacity Needs Forum Report and
DETROIT - FEV Engine Technology showed a number of fuel-saving technologies at the Society of Automotive Engineers Congress in Detroit, this week. The German-based company that has its North American headquarters in Auburn Hills is heavily involved in the research and development of new alternative fuel technologies. FEV is an independent engine and powertrain systems