Fuel Efficiency
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Wayne Gerdes starts hypermiling mpg record attempt in Kia Optima Hybrid
Hypermiling extraordinaire Wayne Gerdes, along with colleague Chris Bernius (both friends of the site), are heading out on a big…
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Honda reveals Europe’s slightly revised 2012 Insight
For the new, slightly revised, European version of the 2012 Insight, Honda is focusing on making the hybrid slightly more…
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Ownership costs for plug-in vehicles to drop significantly by 2030
A UK analysis of total ownership costs for the cars of tomorrow found that low-carbon vehicles will make substantial progress…
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Sales of big electrified trucks to exceed 100,000 a year by 2017
As the global economy takes steps toward recovery, truck manufacturers are looking to technologies that can mitigate the rising cost…
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Flywheel hybrid test vehicle nets 22.4% improvement in fuel economy
Improvements in fuel economy of up to 22.4 percent on the ARTEMIS test cycle (pdf), which represents typical real-world usage,…
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Small businesses support stringent fuel economy standards
Lawmakers continue to push for anti-regulation and automakers successfully fought to weaken Obama’s proposed 62-mile-per-gallon CAFE standard, but what do…
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Johnson Controls to construct $100 million stop-start battery factory in China
Johnson Controls announced Wednesday that it’s investing $100 million to construct a stop-start automotive battery factory in China. The facility…
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Upcoming Honda minicar to feature stop-start technology, 59 mpg
After a four-plus-year hiatus, Honda will resume production of minicars (a.k.a. Kei cars, vehicles with engine displacements of 660 cc…
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Could plug-in vehicles save the U.S. Postal Service?
With the United States Postal Service facing financial woes, Infrastructurist claims to have found a plugged-in solution that will keep…
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Toyota Prius C headed to UK, rest of Europe?
After it leaked out onto the interwebs yesterday, Autocar now claims that, contrary to the magazine’s prior report, the Toyota…
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