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Ethanol Output Linked to Gas Price Drop 

The Iowa State study says regular gasoline in the U.S. averaged $3.52 a gallon in 2011 and without the availability of ethanol, the price would have been about $4.61.

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  • May 25, 2012
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    Amid Nuclear Talks, Fiat Halts Sales in Iran

    Fiat and its subsidiaries temporarily are halting exports to Iran as the Middle Eastern country sorts through diplomacy issues over nuclear-weapons production....More
  • May 25, 2012
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    GM Holden Setting Up for Volt Charging

    The Port Melbourne charging station will be available to Holden Volt drivers when the extended-range EV goes on sale in Australia later this year....More
  • May 24, 2012
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    Supplier Roundup  

    A roundup of this week’s news involving automotive suppliers....More
  • May 23, 2012
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    Australia, Malaysia Sign Free-Trade Pact  

    The agreement ends Malaysian tariffs on Australian-built vehicles with engines larger than 2.0L. Tariffs on smaller vehicles will be phased out by 2016 and restrictions on import volumes will be lifted....More
  • May 23, 2012
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    Chinese Auto Makers Have Foreign Objectives

    Chinese exporters are focusing mainly on emerging markets in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America, where a taste for their small, inexpensive cars has grown rapidly....More
  • May 23, 2012
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    Thai Output Gaining Post-Flood Momentum  

    Auto makers’ production capacity is back to nearly 100% and major companies, such as Toyota, Honda, Isuzu and the U.S. and European manufacturers, have gradually filled orders for about 450,000 units....More
  • May 22, 2012
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    GM Korea Offers Buyouts to Top Managers

    Some analysts question whether the program is voluntary as it is being billed, saying it instead may be a way for the auto maker to jettison some of its less-aggressive managers....More
  • May 22, 2012
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    Ethanol Output Linked to Gas Price Drop  

    The Iowa State study says regular gasoline in the U.S. averaged $3.52 a gallon in 2011 and without the availability of ethanol, the price would have been about $4.61....More
  • May 22, 2012
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    Spanish Sales Dry Up With No End in Sight

    Deliveries fell 21.7% to 56,250 units last month for the market’s worst April ever, and marked the 22nd consecutive month of decline. Sales in the first two weeks of May were down 25.7% year-on-year....More
  • May 21, 2012
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    Thai Auto Industry Veteran Bullish on Future  

    Thailand has built its auto industry on what Vallop calls product champions – first the 1-ton pickup, then the eco-car. He says “low-risk” vehicles powered by alternative energy sources should come next....More
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