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Wireless Road Trains Keep Highway Vehicles Linked Together

What if you could drive onto the highway, take your hands off the wheel, and sit back... more

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2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Review

MPGomatic.com puts a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid to a grueling test drive in search of... more

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2010 Honda Insight Hybrid Review

MPGomatic.com puts the 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid to a grueling test drive in search of... more

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Better Fuel Economy: It's All in the Way You Drive

MPGomatic takes a ride up Manhattan's West Side Highway with race driver Stephanie... more

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Cash for clunkers hits bump in the road

The Car Allowance Rebate System otherwise known as "cash for clunkers" may have... more

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Man mods Honda Civic to be super-aerodynamic!

Have you got a car that feels a bit sluggish to drive? Not happy with its fuel... more

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Mini Test Item Four

This is a test item for the Mini sponsored channel, Good News.

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Mini Test Item Seven

This is a test item for the Mini sponsored channel, Good News.

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Who Killed The Electric Car? - ¿Quién Mató al Coche Eléctrico?

Ever wonder why the automotive technology has changed virtually nothing for the past... more

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Most fuel-efficient cars - ConsumerReports

Among Consumer Reports' vehicle test criteria are measurements of fuel economy. Our... more

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65 MPG Ford Available in November… Too Bad The Government Is Keeping You From Buying One

This November, Ford is expanding their slate of vehicles to include the Ford Fiesta... more

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Save gas, $30,000 and your pride - learn to drive a stick shift

Consumer Reports found that cars with manual transmissions get two to four miles per... more

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Atlanta's MARTA Buses Idle All Night Wasting Fuel, Polluting the Air and Disturbing a Neighborhood.

MARTA has adopted a new written policy for idling buses and some rail-yard neighbors... more

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Hybrid car conversions getting 80 MPG right now

SAN JOSE, CA (KGO) -- About a year ago, CEO's in Silicon Valley challenged one another... more

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save gas and help the planet.

Hey There -- We can cut global warming and save money on gas -- if the federal... more

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Another aspect of the Ethanol Scam: Poor gas mileage

E-10 ruins fuel economy for vehicles. With gas prices soaring, people are concerned... more

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100mpg city car targeted for 2011

Axon is a British project in its early stages of development, whose creators claim... more

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Sick of high gas $, these people found a way to save. Here are some of my ideas! And YOU?

Robert Raymond says this is the wave of the future. 4 bucks a gallon is highway robbery and any way you can save and not use this liquid gold to fuel the pockets of the oil companies is a good way to go!

I think the wave of the future is finding out other ways and other alternatives to ancient sun energy, like current sun energy, wind power or even mules like this farmer did. We have to be creative...

In Europe, (Switzerland) where I live most of the year (I live in the States as well), fuel is close to 8 bucks a gallon (2 a liter) and has always been more expensive than the States. What I can offer the states to help save on fuel are a few ideas I see here in Europe.

1. Traffic patterns: Seems like the traffic circles (round-abouts, etc) here in Europe saves you from stop signs and traffic lights ... as you know, stop signs, traffic lights make you STOP, so, when a vehicle stops it needs a large quantity of fuel to rest and then 'go again'. In a circle, you sometimes have to stop, but hardly ever. A large savings of fuel for the masses as well as individual people.

2. Traffic lights here are more friendlier in Europe than in the States. They are for the most part shorter in time, most sense traffic and most have a different method as well as being interconnected. Also, the turn signal is different as it is coordinated a little different and there is less waiting.

3. Traffic cameras save the city from using police cars to monitor traffic as well as issuing tickets. Not only saving fuel, but many man hours riding around in a police car. Just think about the savings on tax you pay in your state/city, then the police can go fight real crime instead of the license plate being a little lopsided! (Yeah, that is a crime in most cities lol).

4. Public transportation: holy makeral! If every city was like NYC or European public transportation! Europe still beats the States, but NYC comes close. If only the rest of the cities and states followed the lead of these cities and offered real solid transportation for the public, not only would we reduce our glut of fossil fuels, but we would reduce the emissions into the atmosphere by a thousand fold. Especially if the electric street car/trolley was brought back. Also, if you miss your bus/train/trolley, you can catch another in 5 to 15 minutes ... tops! (late night schedules are about half to full hour different).

5. School buses!!! Yup, here is a surprise. School buses are used only for real young students, and the vehicles aren't as BIG ... the ones that are 10 years and over use number 4 above! PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!!! So ... less property taxes (that usually pay the school buses) and you pay a discounted rate for the monthly/yearly transportation ticket. And, an added benefit for saving fuel is that there aren't all those lousy stops you have to do if you are behind a bus since there are 90% fewer ... and as an economic benefit to public transportation, there is a built-in income that they can rely on. Of course, moms and dads still do it too!

6. Here in Switzerland, it's illegal to idle the engine more than one minute! So, during a rail road crossing, or cold morning, or road work stop, or any situation that requires no moving, most people shut their engines off.

7. How about this: National Public Transportation Week. Everyone has to use public transportation to work for a week.

Now, let's all brainstorm ways to cut down our fuel consumption....Robert Raymond says this is the wave of the future. 4 bucks a gallon is highway... more