Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year

The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.

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Mile-per-gallon ratings may mislead

With the price topping $4-a-gallon everybody wants to save gas, but depending on those miles-per-gallon ratings may be misleading.

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Chrysler to Boost Gas Mileage

With higher government fuel economy requirements looming and gas costing about $3 per gallon, Chrysler Group on Thursday announced new measures to boost mileage for its cars and trucks.

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Detroit routinely insisted throughout the past few decades that their consumer studies proved the American buying public wasn't interested in fuel efficient vehicles, and preferred big, profitable SUVs and pickups, as reason for Detroit's truck-heavy product lineups.

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Products and packaging account for more than 40% of our carbon dioxide emissions -- suggesting that the type and amount of things we buy matters more to the climate than energy or fuel efficiency.

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Wow, a really interesting concept that has been shown in practice to be workable and efficient! 7.5% improvement is pretty darned good!

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As is stands right now, the trucking industry is not particularly green--just ask anyone who has been stuck in traffic behind a gas-guzzling, exhaust-belching 18-wheeler. But if the industry is to survive in the next decade, it will have to go through some major changes.

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The author of this OpEd News piece shows that the 230 mpg cited in recent publicity for the Chevy Volt is twisting the facts.

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CARS Program Study

I just wanted to get some numbers on cars that qualify vs. cars that don't. Please go here... ... and get your 'COMBINED' EPA. Don't use the 'USER' rating - it does not count.

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Advertising tricks Volkswagen uses to the up the gas mileage it is able to claim in its most recent round of ads. Now, I have heard of a 100 mpg car that they are going to be offering in Europe soon. Is that the same thing?

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Forcing auto companies to make more fuel-efficient cars is fine, but Americans overwhelmingly believe it's more important for the country to find new energy sources.

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Obama's Auto Plan: Pay $1,300 Up Front, Get $2,800 Back From Your Vehicle

President Obama has upped emission standards and miles-per-gallon standards so that domestic cars will have to average a minimum of 30 MPGs by 2016. According to the numbers by the White House, a vehicle would cost the average consumer about $1,300 extra when they buy it.

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Ask most energy analysts how to cut US petroleum usage, and they'll point to Europe, where gasoline costs more than double the price in the States. For decades, European countries have taxed gasoline heavily, and the laws of economics work: Consumption per capita is much lower.

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CBS/AP) Micro-cars can give motorists top-notch fuel efficiency at a competitive price, but the insurance industry says they don't fare too well in collisions with larger vehicles.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday imposed the first increase in fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars, requiring model year 2011 vehicles to average 30.2 miles per gallon.

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A list of the 10 most fuel economical cars---neither the Toyota Prius nor the Honda Insight are members

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Biomass algae culture, called Algaculture, may very well be the best solution to meeting the energy needs of the future while addressing the carbon buildup and global warming at the same time. Algae bacteria are one of the best possible energy sources.

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Make your trucks more fuel efficient by educating the drivers. No special technology required for 25-50% gains in mpg. This reduces your costs and your impact on the environment as less fuel burned equates to lower emissions of both pollutants and CO2.

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During the debate over the 2007 energy bill, one of the Bush administration's chief demands – besides opposing strong renewable energy goals – was raising fuel efficiency standards to 31.8 miles per gallon by 2015 and 35 mpg by 2020.

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What The Economic System Doesn't Want You To Think About Auto Efficiency and Driving Speed!

Imagine, 400 million drivers driving 10,000 miles per year at an average 25 miles per gallon changing the type of vehicle they drive which increases the mpg to 40 miles per gallon. The reduction in fuel consumption would be 60 billion gallons of fuel per year a 37.5% reduction.

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As Detroit once again went begging for billions from Congress on Thursday, executives from the Big Three vowed to wash their hands of gas guzzlers and embrace a future of fuel efficiency.

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Indianapolis (IN) - Using fully stock production gasoline engine powered vehicles, with engine modifications limited only to changes in fuel mixture and ignition timing,

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List of the 5 most fuel efficient trucks on the road today. Trucks include the Silverado Hybrid, Ford Ranger, Toyota Tacoma, Raider, and Mazda B2300. Gives details on the MPG for each truck.

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Well, we can think of several objections. First, there is the question of whether the U.S. government should be picking winners and losers in a business such as this.

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Air Pod car..available 2009! Use compressed air! cool, weird looking

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by David Kiley Friday, September 19, 2008

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Ford's Fiesta ECOnetic gets an astonishing 65 mpg, but the carmaker can't afford to sell it in the U.S. by David Kiley

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The Greens will support an increase in the tax on luxury cars after winning a compromise from the Federal Government. The Government has agreed to exempt fuel-efficient cars from its plan to raise taxes on cars worth more than $57,000.

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