Chevrolet Bolt Named Motor Trend Car of the Year
The Chevrolet Bolt was given the Motor Trend Car of the Year award in a ceremony at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
The Bolt , which is expected to go on sale by the end of this year, is General Motors ( GM ) new battery electric compact car.
Automakers Outperform Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for 4th Consecutive Year
Two reports from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicate
that passenger vehicles achieved record-high fuel economy and exceeded
greenhouse gas emission standards in model year 2015.
The World’s Largest Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Opened in Nevada, Iowa
The DuPont cellulosic ethanol facility, opened in Nevada, Iowa, on October
30, and is the largest cellulosic ethanol plant in the world. The facility
is expected to produce about 30 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per
year from corn stover, which are the stalks, leaves, and cobs left in a
field after harvest, within a 30-mile radius of the site.