Tag: Fuel Efficiency - Page 5
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It's Back! British Architect Builds Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion Car
Buckminster Fuller 's 1933 Dymaxion car was a marvel. Architect Norman Foster tells Jonathan Glancey of the Guardian: "The Dymaxion had the same engine and transmission as the Ford Sedan of the time," says Foster, who worked
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SkyRider Seat Squeezes In More Passengers , Saves Fuel
The more people you pack into an airplane, the less fuel per passenger consumed. Since we have noted already that standing on planes won't fly, Italian seat design company Aviointeriors proposes the SkyRider, a sort of saddle-like perch seat.
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See-Through Car is Super Efficient (307 mpg!)
This car turns heads. It's clear. And clearly one of the most efficient in the world. It was built by students at the DeLaSalle Automotive Design Studio in Kansas City, Missouri, as a high school class
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Americans Don't Know How To Save Energy & The Green Movement is Partially to Blame
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science shows that many Americans really miss the big picture when it comes to saving energy, thinking that small behavioral changes have a far greater impact
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Whisky Biofuel Available in a Few Years: 30% More Power Than Ethanol
The food versus fuel debate already has many people worried that we can't feed the world and power our cars. but some folks are claiming we can power (some of) our cars, feed the world and have a drink in the
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6 Incredible Low-Carbon Airships: From Concepts to Reality
As Lloyd reported a while back, Zeppelins are back—and not without good reason. Silent, stylish and low-carbon, many of us who fly regularly have been dreaming of the day when airships will once again grace the skies. (When
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Automotive X Prize Finalists Race to Top 100 MPGe
X-Tracer and ZAP compete for the X Prize. Photos courtesy of Progressive Automotive X Prize After a series of eliminations at Michigan International Speedway over the past several weeks, the original 136 vehicles that qualified to enter the Automotive
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Stop Eating Fossil Fuels, Start Eating Food
Michael Pollan says that if you eat a typical American diet, you are made of corn. Dale Allen Pfeiffer takes it one step further, and says We are Eating Fossil Fuels. (Actually, Jaymi points out that Michael Pollan says that too.)
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Looking for an Affordable Mercedes? Try the Hybrid
OK, affordable might be a bit of an overstatement, unless you're one of the richer tree huggers out there. We've told you before about Mercedes-Benz's hybrid S400,
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Solar Powered, Driverless Cars To Drive 8,000 Miles from Rome to Shanghai
If you're planning on driving from Rome to Shanghai this summer, you might encounter two small, orange cars along the route. Covered with seven cameras and four laser scanners each, they'll
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The Best Green Cars and Technology From Michelin's 2010 Challenge Bibendum Show (Slideshow)
This year, French tire giant Michelin (yes, the Michelin that made the tires on your car) held its 10th Challenge Bibendum event, this time in Rio de Janeiro. If you've never heard of this thing, don't kick yourself,
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Will We Have "Talking Tires" By 2013?
We already know that maintaining proper tire pressure means better gas mileage, and while some may have scoffed, I much preferred Obama's enthusiasm for tire gauges than his ridiculously ill-timed expansion of offshore
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Save Money by Driving Better: BP Doing Something Right (Gasp!)
Many people are hoping that the gigantic BP oil spill will be a collective eco-wake up call. Meanwhile the oil just keeps on spewing, and it looks like magic-bullet solutions like burning off the oil slick are unlikely to
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17 DIY Cars Hacked for Fuel Efficiency (Slideshow)
If reader views are any indicator, a lot of you love to see the clever -- and sometimes crazy -- solutions people come up with to make their cars more eco. That goes for Ecological and Economic, in the case of fuel-sucking
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17 DIY Cars Hacked for Fuel Efficiency
We love to see the clever, sometimes crazy, solutions people come up with to make their cars more Eco. Therefore, we've collected some of the wackiest options together in one place -- the cars both winning rallies and turning heads -- proving that a more
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iSpotSwap iPhone App - Find Parking Fast, Switch Spots with Other Drivers
When it comes to parking, it pays to ride a bike. Usually you can lock it on to any tree or post without concern about finding a "parking spot." But if you have to drive somewhere, especially in a crowded place, you could be
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Are Zeppelins the Future of Air Travel? (Slideshow)
Concocting crazy flying machines has long been a favorite hobby of mankind. Our generation, accustomed to being whisked to our
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Are Zeppelins the Future of Air Travel?
The Dream of Flight Humans have long concocted glorious images of flying machines with an aspiration to defy gravity. With air travel called into question due to issues including fuel consumption and the effect that airplane contrails have on the earth's
