Obama’s Proposal to Raise Fuel Economy Creates 570,000 U.S. Jobs
The Obama Administration's recent proposal to reduce fuel use is expected to create 570,000 jobs in the U.S. by 2030. Of this figure, 50,000...
Couple Drives 1626.1 Miles in Diesel-Powered 2012 VW Passat
Remember when you used to say clean vehicles couldn’t take you very far? John and Helen Taylor prove you wrong: after 90 fuel economy...
German Engineers Develop Diesel Engine With Barely Detectable Emissions
Engineers from the Technische Universitaet Munchen (TUM) have shown an engine prototype whose emissions are very close to the Euro 6 standard, even though the Euro 5 norm has just been put into force three months ago for all new car models.
Gasoline And Steam Engine Reloaded
Bruce Crower's engine is an innovation derived from a standard 4-stroke engine. It uses 6 strokes - the 4 normal ones, and at the...
Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Yields Super Fuel Efficient [3,587mpg] Reliant Robin
When we think fuel efficient, we might think hybrid or electric and this maxes out our brains at a little over 100mpge, so how...
The New Mazda2 To Become World's Most Fuel Efficient Car
Mazda2 is scheduled to be launched in Japan in the first half of 2011, being the first car fitted with SKYACTIV, a technology produced only by Mazda based on next-generation gasoline and diesel engines.
VW's 235 MPG Car to Be Unveiled at Qatar Motor Show 2011
Volkswagen will unveil a vehicle that, according to the company, consumes only 1 liter of gasoline at every 100 km (235 mpg). The two-seater car is an upgraded version of the VW L1 concept and will be presented at the Qatar Motor Show this week.
Blogger gets 72 mpg from stock Euro Honda Civic diesel
What we're going to do is hypermile these cars. Although, much like Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, we're not sure you can...
Ultrasound Looks Inside Engines to Improve Efficiency
We have long been using ultrasound to look deep into the ground for mineral deposits or even archaeological remnants, and even to lake a...
European Union to Implement Drastic Carbon Dioxide Reductions by 2020
There will be drastic reductions in CO2 emissions for new cars and light commercial vehicles by 2020. The European Commission reported this news as...
