tagged w/ Fuel Efficient Cars
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Two more people with fully functional water-powered cars, and this time, they are both Americans:
A Middle Tennessee State University professor drove 500 miles on Monday in a Toyota Tercel converted to be powered by water and the sun.
Dr. Cliff Ricketts’ hydrogen-powered drove from Bristol to West Memphis, Ark., on Monday, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. Hydrogen-power is not new. What made Ricketts’ trip unique is that the hydrogen was gathered using electrolysis — a process that separates the hydrogen and oxygen in water.
Ricketts said he got about 45 miles per gallon.
http://www.wsmv.com/news/25608611/detail.html
Steve Schappert of Connecticut converted a 72 Mustang to run on water in addition to gasoline- so it uses much less gasoline.
http://brookfield.patch.com/articles/brookfielder-looks-to-the-future-with-water-powered-car
These people need funding and support to perfect these technologies and start mass producing these cars!Two more people with fully functional water-powered cars, and this time, they are both... more
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Many people out there need their morning cup of coffee before they can even begin to think about moving. If this Carpuccino design catches on, the same could definitely be said of our cars, which is both good and bad news. The good: Eco-friendly transportation. The bad: They’ll be grumpy and impossible to live with in the mornings. All stupidity aside, the Carpuccino is a 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco that has been retro-fitted to run on coffee grounds.
Read more: http://www.whitespace.bz/ws/web/forms/pulse/PulseMainArticle.aspx?id=449Many people out there need their morning cup of coffee before they can even begin to... more
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Alright, I’ll be honest here, I’m not really a “car person” per se (though I have a great appreciation for Top Gear) but when I see something this sexy and eco-friendly, it definitely grabs my attention.
During the Geneva Auto Show last week, Porsche debuted this green beauty: The Spyder 918 – a plug-in hybrid sports car with more than 700 horsepower, gets 78 mpg, runs 15.5 miles on a lithium-ion battery pack before a powerful 500-horsepower V-8 kicks in, and emits only 70 grams of carbon dioxide emissions per mile – and built in only 7 months. The best part? There’s a very good chance you’ll be seeing it on the market soon(ish).
Porsche went for a green theme for the first annual Geneva Auto Show, focusing on more power for less fuel and efficiency. (See the video on the original post.) It seems that Europe is taking the initiative to greatly reduce their carbon emissions in the very near future and they’re putting a lot of focus on reducing vehicle emissions as part of this effort.
(Read more and see the video on the original post.)Alright, I’ll be honest here, I’m not really a “car person”... more
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MPGomatic.com puts a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid to a grueling test drive in search of maximum MPGs. Can America compete on the world stage? You bet!MPGomatic.com puts a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid to a grueling test drive in search of... more
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MPGomatic.com puts the 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid to a grueling test drive in search of maximum MPGs.MPGomatic.com puts the 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid to a grueling test drive in search of... more
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Be a film critic, have fun and promote driving efficiency!
The Alliance to Save Energy's Drive $marter Challenge campaign launched a video contest in mid-August that produced so many good videos that the judges had problems narrowing it down to just the top 10 finalists.
Now, they’re inviting people to play "film critic," have fun, and determine who wins the $5000 grand prize and three other exciting prizes.
Public voting on 10 short videos aimed at helping to drive smarter, reduce their gas consumption and drive fewer miles begins today (October 5) and runs through Monday, October 19, 11:59 PM (EDT).
To rate the videos (from 1-5 stars), just go to the Drive Smarter Challenge video contest website: http://drivesmarterchallenge.org/contest
Videos are just two minutes or shorter, and you can return to the site if you don't finish rating all 10 in one sitting.Be a film critic, have fun and promote driving efficiency!
The Alliance to Save... more
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The Drive Smarter Video Contest (http://www.drivesmarterchallenge.org/contest/) invites anyone with a camera to submit a two-minute video illustrating one or more of the Drive Smarter Challenge campaign’s gas- and money-saving tips to compete for a $5,000 grand prize.
The goals of the campaign are to encourage people to drive smarter, reduce their gas consumption and drive fewer miles by combining errands, biking, telecommuting, walking, carpooling, or taking public transit.
The first 80 entrants whose videos meet the contest criteria will receive a $25 ExxonMobil Gift Card and a Car Care Council Car Care Guide. Once the contest judges select the finalists, the public will vote for the winners of these prizes:
• Grand Prize: $5,000
• Second Prize: Choice between one VIP NASCAR Race Package (two tickets and two garage/pit passes to a NASCAR race event) or one VIP Indy Racing League Package (two tickets and two garage/pit lane passes to an Indy race event, plus a ride in a specially modified Indy car driven by a pro driver);
• Third Prize: Whichever prize package hasn’t been selected by the second prize winner (either the VIP NASCAR Race Package or the VIP Indy Racing League Package);
• Fourth Prize: Transportation Efficiency Package: A set of 4 Michelin Energy Saver All Season Tires (or comparable tires for the winner’s vehicle), one-year AAA membership, and two Silver Spoke League of American Bicyclists memberships.
Get ready, get set, go!
Enter here: http://drivesmarterchallenge.org/contest/The Drive Smarter Video Contest (http://www.drivesmarterchallenge.org/contest/)... more
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With its massive middle class lined up to buy the World's cheapest car, the Nano, what will happen to India's economy, quality of life, and pollution levels? What's the true cost of the World's cheapest car?With its massive middle class lined up to buy the World's cheapest car, the Nano,... more
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"A vehicle that travels 500 km on a litre of fuel, with water as an important component. That's the prototype of `Project Garuda RVCE Supermileage' by students of R V College of Engineering in their bid to build an energy-efficient, eco-friendly vehicle.
The project tackles the twin crises of exhaustion of renewable energy resources and global warming. "Our first prototype released in August last year delivered a mileage of 180 kilometre per litre. The new vehicle is being touted as the most fuel-efficient vehicle in India," observes Aashay Sahay, Project Garuda team member."
Technology in prototypes promise a lot but mysteriously never hit the road! I remember reading about a car which ran on water in 1960s and never made to the consumer. Hope this project doesn't go down the drain."A vehicle that travels 500 km on a litre of fuel, with water as an important... more
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Car reads licence plates of wrong doers
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This sets the record straight. His votes against clean energy and the environment tell us which way our country will go the next 4 years if he gets elected-down the tubes like we are right now.
Don't listen to him on tv. Look at his record. They are totally different.This sets the record straight. His votes against clean energy and the environment... more
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Car giant Ford has said it will cut its production of large trucks and large sports utility vehicles (SUVs) in favor of more fuel efficient models.
It will also delay the introduction of its new pick-up truck by two months.
The US economic slowdown has reduced sales and soaring fuel prices have put consumers off buying bigger vehicles.
Ford said it will make a loss this year and predicted that the worsening US economic situation would make it difficult for it to break even in 2009. Car giant Ford has said it will cut its production of large trucks and large sports... more
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Thousands of successful water-conversions around the world are proof that this technology works and will soon catch on! From being used by this guy's torch, HHO gas can prove to be a means to fuel automobiles. The prospect of using HHO to fuel cars successfully almost seems like a dream come true.Thousands of successful water-conversions around the world are proof that this... more
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The 1908 Ford Model T went at 25 miles per gallon. As of 2004, the average fuel economy of cars and trucks was 24.6 miles per gallon. Despite the fact that modern cars can go faster, the Model T topped at 45 miles per hour. Is speed really worth it when work could be done to make for more fuel efficiency?
http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/miscellaneous/100-years-of-improvement/
The 1908 Ford Model T went at 25 miles per gallon. As of 2004, the average fuel... more
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Too bad US car makers are missing out....
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The answer to all of your fuel needs!!
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Ongoing Dangers of Operating Nuclear
Technology in the 21st Century
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?Check it out. It's actually a jet engine," says Johnathan Goodwin, with a low whistle. "This thing is gonna be even cooler than I thought." We're hunched on the floor of Goodwin's gleaming workshop in Wichita, Kansas, surrounded by the shards of a wooden packing crate. Inside the wreckage sits his latest toy--a 1985-issue turbine engine originally designed for the military. It can spin at a blistering 60,000 rpm and burn almost any fuel. And Goodwin has some startling plans for this esoteric piece of hardware: He's going to use it to create the most fuel-efficient Hummer in history.
Goodwin, a 37-year-old who looks like Kevin Costner with better hair, is a professional car hacker. The spic-and-span shop is filled with eight monstrous trucks and cars--Hummers, Yukon XLs, Jeeps--in various states of undress. His four tattooed, twentysomething grease monkeys crawl all over them with wrenches and welding torches.
Johnathan Goodwin is a 37-year-old professional car hacker out of Kansas that's making a name for himself by taking muscle cars and doubling their horsepower, and at the same time quadrupling their mileage and cutting emissions by 80 percent.
His latest project: creating a super-efficient electric hybrid Hummer H3 by putting in an electric motor plus a military-grade 60,000 rpm turbine modified to run on biodiesel, doubling horsepower from 300 to 600, getting 60 miles per gallon, and doing zero to 60 in five seconds. It'll also have a hydrogen-injection system that will cut the already low emissions by half.
He's currently converting a 1987 Jeep Wagoneer to biodiesel for Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a 1960 Lincoln Continental into a biodiesel-electric hybrid for Neil Young.
?Check it out. It's actually a jet engine," says Johnathan Goodwin, with a... more
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