by Ken Zino | May 12, 2010
Joseph DeMatteo of Clark County, Nevada is now listed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s fugitive Web site for failing to surrender to federal law enforcement authorities following his indictment for criminal violations of the Clean Air Act. DeMatteo was...
by Ken Zino | May 11, 2010
General Motors and The Gas Company (TGC), Hawaii’s major gas energy provider, announced today a hydrogen infrastructure project that will use an estimated five to 50 of GM’s fuel cell vehicles as part of the program. Hawaii could benefit from hydrogen-powered fuel...
by Ken Zino | May 11, 2010
Toyota Motor Corporation said this morning in a statement that profits will rise 48% this fiscal year, as it boosts sales in Asia and recovers from record numbers of recalls. Toyota made a net profit of 112.2 billion yen ($1.2 billion) in its fiscal fourth quarter...
by Ken Zino | May 11, 2010
Manny, Moe & Jack – the Pep Boys – have agreed to take corrective measures and pay $5 million in civil penalties to settle claims that it violated the Clean Air Act. The auto discount chain that “Does Everything for Less” was importing and selling...
by Ken Zino | May 10, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) have launched AirNow International, which provides real-time air quality data reporting from the 2010 World Expo in a city with more than 17 million inhabitants. The...
by Ken Zino | May 10, 2010
The Texas Transportation Institute’s “Teens in the Driver’s Seat” center has released the results of 10-year study of highway fatalities, which shows that the percentage of night time fatalities has increased for teen drivers during the last...
by Ken Zino | May 10, 2010
Nissan is recalling more than 134,000 model year 2005 through 2007 Infiniti G35 sedans and Infiniti G35 coupes for the potential failure of the passenger side airbag. It is just the latest example of ongoing electronic problems in automobiles. A wire connector for...
by Ken Zino | May 7, 2010
Chevrolet is offering iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owners a chance to play a three-dimensional baseball game simulation, along with a contest to win a trip to attend the 2010 All Star Game – not exactly peanuts and Cracker Jacks, but a new age version of ...
by Ken Zino | May 7, 2010
Consumer Reports revoked its “Don’t Buy: Safety Risk” designation from the 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV this morning, saying that recall work corrected the problem it displayed in one of its emergency handling tests. (See Japanese Stop Sales of 2010 Lexus GX460) CR is not...
by Ken Zino | May 6, 2010
Sixty-two General Motors Company manufacturing plants have achieved “zero landfill” status by recycling or reusing all normal plant wastes, the Detroit based automaker said today. This means 43% of its global manufacturing facilities no longer send any production...
by Ken Zino | May 6, 2010
A national survey released today claims that more than one in five Americans plan to drive less because of the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Moreover, one in eight Americans plan to stop buying British Petroleum (BP) gas altogether. Among the survey’s other...
by Ken Zino | May 5, 2010
As a result of the fatalities and law breaking at Toyota, as well as lapses in enforcement at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration during unintended acceleration deaths, automotive regulations are about to be stiffened. It’s not necessarily a good...
