Everyone has heard some version of this story: your grandma’s best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid whose dad was a garage genius. He worked some non-technical desk job, but experimented with engines on evenings and weekends. After much trial and error, he … [continued]
What if a company had the ability — with a few minor changes to one product — to save its customers over a billion dollars on gasoline, and reduce America’s fuel use by an almost unbelievable 22.6 million gallons of gasoline per year, every year? Would that make you want … [continued]
Toyota has just launched the 2013 Prius Plug-in MPG challenge to raise environmental awareness and to help promote maximizing fuel efficiency of the Prius Plug-in. The challenge will also benefit several charitable organizations. Either way, I think it’s a great move on Toyota’s part. The MPG challenge is targeted at the … [continued]
The staff over at AOL Autos did what many websites do at the end of the year and nominated its top 5 products of the year; in AOL Auto’s case, the top 5 cars from 2012. The winner? The 2013 Ford Fusion. Though for the life of me I’ve … [continued]
The other day, we featured a story from one of our readers, a Volt Owner, on his fuel and cash savings after one year of driving the Volt. I think the discussion under the post triggered Mr. Volt Owner’s latest article, which he titled “Why MPGe really doesn’t matter … [continued]
Ford seems to be doing rather well at the whole greener cars game — the number of dealers certified to sell plug-in electrified vehicles (hybrids, really, including the C-MAX Energi) has tripled to over 200 nationwide. […]
The GM Ultralite prototype was unveiled to the public in Detroit in January ’92, with air conditioning, self-leveling air suspension, and hit 60mph in 8s.
Vectrix Japan, known for its electric scooters. Their flagship model is titled the Vectrix, and it works fairly well. Yet they’re improving it as of March 21st, with […]
Sometimes there can be good news, as in this case, thanks to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute who have released figures stating that average fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the US is up for the second straight month. According to the figures, … [continued]
Already having made waves with the popular Leaf, automaker Nissan Motor Co announced plans to launch a hybrid vehicle in 2015 as part of a new 5 year environmental plan. All research and development will be conducted in-house, according to Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn.
