The News Review:
- Auto Companies: Hydrogen-Powered Cars Won’t Be Easy to Make
- Bush to meet with auto execs
- Senator to kill bill altering auto policies
Auto Companies: Hydrogen-Powered Cars Won’t Be Easy to Make
FXNews – Mar 22, 2007
Representatives of European and U. auto and energy companies at the National Hydrogen Association convention said hydrogen technology is feasible but faces big challenges to become commercially viable. “We all have our homework to do in the coming years” said Klaus Bonhof manager of the alternative fuels division of DaimlerChrysler AG (DCX).
Bush to meet with auto execs
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Mar 22, 2007
htm –>Bush to meet with auto execsThursday March 22 2007The Associated PressWASHINGTN — President Bush seeking to build momentum for his energy plan will meet with executives of major U. automakers at the White House on Monday to focus on his support for flex-fuel vehicles. Such vehicles which are capable of using gasoline and ethanol-gasoline blends are a key to the president’s goal of reducing gas consumption by 20 percent over 10 years spokesman Tony Fratto said. The auto executives are General Motors Corp.
Senator to kill bill altering auto policies
Rocky Mountain News – Mar 22, 2007
bucket_list –>More stories ». inline –>INSURANCE A state senator whose auto insurance reform bill faced strongopposition from the industry said she will kill the legislation andintroduce a revamped measure later this session. Lois Tochtrop D-Thornton said insurance officials hadexaggerated the increased costs of Senate Bill 193 but she said shewill scuttle the legislation and reintroduce a bill that will fixtechnical language problems while lowering the amount of medicalcoverage required by the measure. The insurance industry had warned that Tochtrop’s bill mandating$50000 in extra medical insurance coverage for motorists would tack onanother $200 a year for a car policy. Tochtrop said the measure is necessary because hospitals andambulance companies are having to eat millions of dollars in unpaidbills for uninsured motorists.