Auto Alliance CEO: automakers "Embrace Change," want national regulations

Auto Alliance President and CEO Dave McCurdy has released an Op-Ed titled “Embracing Change” in which he unsurprisingly uses can-do enthusiasm to explain just how well the big automakers are gearing up for the low-carbon economy and don’t want a nasty patchwork of laws. McCurdy repeats the automakers’ new rallying cry for “a smart and predictable regulatory environment.” Translation: California had better not get to define its own greenhouse gas emissions regulations for half of the states.

BMW Project i fleshed out?

BMW has been making a big deal of its Project I, the aim of which is to launch a new series of fuel-sipping vehicles.

How Ford’s Smartgauge came to pass

Click on the SmartGauge empower display for a high res gallery A few months ago, Ford unveiled the new eco-friendly instrument cluster called the SmartGauge in the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan hybrids. Since there’s no new car to highlight right now, Ford though it’d be a good time to give the world a bit of history on how the SmartGauge was developed.

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