Tag: Fuel Efficiency - Page 8
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Eco-Rally to Transverse America
Photo from Eco-Rally USA Eco-Rally USA, a grassroots transportation group, is launching a trip across the United States aimed at helping to accelerate clean energy vehicles to become the standard for automobiles rather than the exception. The tour start
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Dual-Fuel Partially Premixed Combustion: Gasoline + Diesel = Cleaner, 20% More Efficient Engines
Could be 20% More Fuel Efficient Than Diesel Alone Gasoline and diesel have different combustion characteristics that make one or the other preferable depending on the situation. But what if you could get the best of both world? That's what researchers
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Cash for Clunkers Controversy Continues: Some Senators Won't Approve Unless It's Made Greener
The Cash for Clunkers program is turning into a hotter issue than many ever could have foreseen: the wildly popular program ran out of funds in just
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Cash For Clunkers Suspended by Midweek Unless Senate Approves Funding: Transportation Secretary
The House appropriated more money for the so successful it's broke Cash For Clunkers program last week, but without the Senate approving more money
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Cash For Clunkers Breaks Its Bank in Less Than One Week (UPDATED)
It's only been a short while that you could actually participate in the Cash for Clunkers program -- four days in fact -- but response was so
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Making the Most of Your Clunker Cash
You've probably seen the onslaught of car dealership TV commercials promising you endless benefits from the new government Cash for
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No Wonder Fuel Economy is Stagnant, Cars Ballooned Up Since 1980
Perspective isn't the same on both photos. The new Accord is even bigger than it looks. It's Like Our Cars Have Been Eating Fast Food for 25 Years This isn't exactly a secret, but it's worth repeating: Our cars are getting more fuel efficient over time,
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The 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid Got a Bladderectomy
Adieu Low-Emission BladderAnyone with a working sense of smell who has been to a gas station knows that gasoline is volatile ("Over 147 million gallons of gas evaporate from tanks each year."). To keep evaporation to a
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"The Insight is the most disappointing Honda Consumer Reports has tested in a long time"
Photo: Honda They Really Didn't Like It... Consumer Reports is highly respected and used by many car buyers to decide which models to even consider. So it's a pretty big blow to the Honda Insight hybrid that CR is publishing a pretty negative review,
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Cash for Clunkers Passes - Auto Industry Saved? Blue Skies Ahead?
There's plenty of debate as to whether there's anything green about the Cash for Clunkers program that just passed the Senate, and is on the way to the White House to be signed into law. The law will allow owners of "clunkers",
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Greener Flying: Alternatives to Flying (Part 3 of 3)
Photo: Flickr, CC Hold On, Don't Order These Airline Tickets Yet! This is part 3 of a series. In part 1, we looked at how not all flights were created equal, and in part 2 we looked at the top 20 most popular flying routes based on data from the TRX
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Have You Plugged In a Ford Lately? EVs, Plug-ins, and Hybrids Live on in Detroit (Part Two)
Nancy Gioia is a big wheel at Ford where she oversees sustainable transportation projects. In the second part of our chat, Gioia illuminates the future of diesels, Obama's new MPG standards, and the lackluster promise of the hydrogen highway. She also
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Gas Prices Have Risen 41 Days in a Row: Is It Good for the Environment?
Photo: Flickr, CC How Much Green Mileage Do We Get Out of Pain at the Pump? The price of gasoline in the US has been going up for 41 straight days (more than the traditional summer increase), bringing the national average to $2.62 a gallon, according to
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Retooling the Auto Industry for a Smaller (Yet Profitable) Future
Photo: Flickr, CC If Small Cars Become More Profitable, We'll Have Better Small Cars Toyota announced something interesting: The company is restructuring and retooling so that it can make more profits on small cars (more details below). To some this
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Have You Plugged In a Ford Lately? EVs, Plug-ins, and Hybrids Live on in Detroit (Part One)
In the smoking ashes of Detroit, Ford Motor Company looks a lot like the last man standing, which could have great big implications for the green car race. Nancy Gioia heads up Ford’s Sustainable Mobility programs—she shares with TreeHugger how her
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Isn't GM already Green?
With the auto giant General Motors filing for bankruptcy today, they are now promising to change into a lean, green automobile-making machine. But if you look at the facts, they already are green. Is GM the poster child for
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In My Prius video by Casual Mafia - LMAO!!
Green isn't always serious business. The newest video out by Casual Mafia called In My Prius makes fun of the Prius which is, well, really funny! With the looming GM bankruptcy, a few laughs, were cars are involved, is
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GM Gas-Electric Hybrid Car Ad From... 1969!
Photo: GM The More Things Change... Speaking of GM and electric cars, here's an ad from 1969 that shows a series hybrid powered by a stirling engine. The underlying concept isn't actually so different from the upcoming Chevy Volt, and while at the time
