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Higher gas prices could boost Japan's share of the U.S. auto market, which now stands at about 26%. While the Big Three have substantially improved their fuel economy in the past 10 years, they still lag behind the Japanese. GM raised the average efficiency of its fleet from 19.1 m.p.g. in 1979 to 26.9 m.p.g. last year, while Chrysler boosted its fuel economy from 20.5 m.p.g. to 27.7 m.p.g. At the same time, Toyota raised the average economy of its models from 24 m.p.g. to 31.7 m.p.g., and Nissan from 26.8 m.p.g. to 30.2 m.p.g...
...bailout reaches its first anniversary with a price tag that has climbed to $500 billion, and seems out of control. -- GM's new Mr. Big takes the wheel. -- Rollerblades inspire rhapsodies...
...weird-looking machines are the solar-powered cars competing in GM Sunrayce USA, the nation's largest ever race for vehicles propelled solely by power from the sun's rays. Built by science and engineering students from 32 American and Canadian colleges and universities, the innovative cars, capable of reaching speeds of up to 113 k.p.h. (70 m.p.h.), are following an 11-day, 2,639-km (1,640-mile) course that began in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and will pass through eight states. The high-tech Soap Box Derby is scheduled to finish this week at the General Motors Technical...
When will all-solar cars be rolling out of local showrooms? Probably never, says Paul MacCready, the guru of low-powered transportation and one of the designers of the GM Sunraycer, winner of the 1987 World Solar Challenge across Australia. To run dependably on cloudy days, a solar car would have to carry sufficient power to make the trip on batteries alone. Better to charge the car from a wall socket and use the solar cells elsewhere -- perhaps at power stations to ease the load of generators running on nuclear or nonrenewable fossil fuels. The real value of Sunraycer, says...
...first three finishers in the current race will be sent to Australia in November, at GM's expense, to compete in the 1990 World Solar Challenge, a repeat of the 1987 Darwin-to-Adelaide contest. But for hundreds of youthful participants, racing by day and swapping notes -- and solar cells -- by night, Sunrayce is one of those competitions in which just getting to the starting line may be as important as finishing first...