Drive Like a Trucker for Great Fuel Economy

August 17, 2009

If you haven’t noticed by now, truckers drive their rigs in a fundamentally different way from your average commuter. The main reason for this is the size and weight of their loads, which make it driving a truck more difficult, but a secondary benefit of driving like a trucker is better fuel economy. How do […]

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Yaris and Fit to Become Dueling Hybrids

August 16, 2009

The Fit and Yaris have been dueling hatchbacks for years now, but it looks like they might soon become dueling hybrids. Rumors of both popular cars becoming hybrids have come and gone over the last few years, but it looks like it will stick this time for both of them. Especially now that sedans like […]

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DIY Car Solar Roof

August 14, 2009

Got Pruis solar roof envy? Evidently quite a lot of people do these days. But that doesn’t mean that you, too, cannot have your very own solar roof. However, the ecomodders taking the initiative to add solar to their cars are not doing it for comfort in the summer, but for fuel economy. How does […]

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Pulse and Glide Your Prius for Super Fuel Economy

August 12, 2009

httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAocwToZWVQ Ever wondered what the difference between the average driver struggling to beat the EPA in their Prius and the ecodrivers getting 80 mpg is? One of the keys is a technique called “Pulse & Glide.” The specifics of pulse & glide on the Prius are covered in the above video, but to summarize, the […]

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GM Claims 230 MPG City for 2011 Volt

August 11, 2009

For the last couple days, GM has been trying to drum up a little press surrounding the number 230 for a surprise announcement. As you can see above, the “0” in 230 is a plug, which makes sense considering the announcement was about the fuel economy capabilities of the upcoming Chevy Volt. Nothing has changed […]

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Cash for Clunkers Gets $2B, Back on Track

August 9, 2009

It’s certainly a mixed bag of news for many of us, but the government’s “cash for clunks” rebate program has gotten an infusion of new cash and will be up and running through at least the end of the month. As we recently posted, the program ran out of its first billion after its first […]

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Progressive X-Prize Chooses Technical Operations Panel

August 6, 2009

For those of us eagerly waiting for the official start of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize competition, this is definitely a step in the right direction. The contestants are assembled, the rules are laid out, and finally, the judges have been assembled. The judging will be done by six automotive experts, assembled from such disparate […]

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How to Make Your Car Feel Like New in 10 Minutes

August 6, 2009

httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voYLttw-N0E Let’s face it, many of us have older cars. And cars, as they get older, develop all sorts of little, painful annoyances. One of those annoyances, which has gotten to me even since I first bought my 1991 CRX, was how the windshield wipers never really seemed to move the water off of the […]

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