Major Fuel Economy Boost Envisioned by Obama Administration
The Obama administration is considering a new fuel economy standard that would require cars and light trucks to achieve an average of 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025, an ambitious target that would...
View ArticleNational Security and Fuels of the Future: The Importance of Sec. 526
Last week, a team from the Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Command in Warren, MI parked a unique vehicle in the Pentagon courtyard. Dubbed the Fuel Efficiency...
View ArticleBetter Fuel Economy Through Better Transmissions
Arguably, the most complicated piece of machinery in the automotive world is a transmission. Transmissions transmit the power from the motor to the wheels in a way that prevents the engine from...
View ArticleWhat Really Are the Best Ways to Cut Gasoline Use?
The United States has implemented a variety of policies in the effort to cut back gasoline use. For example, the Obama Administration has invested federal dollars into GM’s electric vehicles. The EPA...
View ArticleEcoSpeed App Could Cut Auto Fuel Costs By 30 Percent
By now most readers of this blog probably realize that driving isn’t the most efficient or eco-friendly method of transportation (unless you’ve got one of these) but many of aren’t able or willing to...
View ArticleHybrid Vehicles Create Cost Advantages for Businesses
High fuel prices are back and are slowing our economy’s growth, eating into businesses’ profit margins and sapping household discretionary budgets. Today, consumers have a range of options for buying...
View ArticleAmerican Fuel Efficiency Standards Set to Rise Dramatically
Not long ago, the Obama Administration raised the federal fuel efficiency standards, known as CAFE, to an average 35.5 mpg by 2016. Yesterday, they announced the CAFE were being raised again to...
View ArticleTop 7 Greenest All-Wheel Drive Vehicles
Believe it or not, the holidays are quickly approaching and winter driving is not far behind. So, it’s time to think about how the changing seasons will impact road conditions. For many drivers, the...
View ArticleGrowth in US Energy Production Outstripping Growth in Consumption
In a recently released report, the Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2013), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projected the US energy markets through 2040. Their projections only take into...
View ArticleToyota’s Bid to Turn Petrolheads Into Hybridheads
While car sales of hybrid models have shown a steady increase in the last decade, there is still a perception that the green benefits of going hybrid come at the cost of limited performance. This is...
View ArticleRaising the Bar on Hybrids – Kia Optima Hybrid
There once was a time when hybrid cars were unique in technology and looks compared to their traditional counterparts. The Toyota Prius was one of those cars. That car screamed “look at me, I am...
View ArticleMost Effective Fuel-Saving Strategy: Drive Less
New cars are getting more fuel-efficient every year. Engineers are deploying all kinds of whiz-bang technology to achieve these gains. But the no-brainer most effective and immediate way to reduce our...
View ArticleMeasuring Efficiency in a Battery-Powered Electric Car
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week issued a fuel economy rating of 119 MPGe to the Chevrolet Spark EV, making it one of the most efficient cars in the United States. The all-electric...
View ArticleShould Hummers be Outlawed for the Sake of the Environment?
The Hummer. It is unmistakable on the roadway, and it is probably the closest a civilian will ever get to driving a tank. That’s not surprising, since the Hummer is essentially a military vehicle that...
View ArticleTravelogue – 2013 Kia Soul! Gets the Job Done in Atlanta
It’s not every day that I am afforded the opportunity to have a car dropped off at the airport terminal for me to just get in and drive for several days. When that opportunity comes up, there is no...
View ArticleChina Finds Some New Stones in its Electric Vehicle Policy
Is China backing off its push to have millions of electric vehicles on China’s roads in the next ten years? Not exactly. But recent statements by government officials do signal a change in strategy....
View ArticleBMW 328d Rated at 45 MPG Highway by EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week officially rated the 2014 BMW 328d sedan at 32 mpg in the city and 45 mpg on the highway, for combined fuel economy of 37 miles per gallon. BMW...
View ArticleFord Reduces Fuel Economy Ratings of C-Max Hybrid
Ford announced this month that it will lower the fuel economy rating on its C-Max Hybrid. The C-Max had been marketed as a 47-mpg crossover, blending generous cargo space and fuel economy in a new way....
View ArticleElectric Cars Are the Cleanest Vehicles on the Road
Here’s the common refrain from electric vehicle skeptics: electric vehicles aren’t necessarily that much cleaner than conventional vehicles and hybrids—even though they burn no gasoline and have no...
View ArticleCarmakers See Smaller as Better for Electric Cars
Small cars are only now beginning to gain traction in the United States—where pickup trucks, roomy sedans and towering SUVs have long dominated the consumer landscape. But with new demographic trends,...
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