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1622 Articles match "Economy","Fuel"
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Ford ready to dominate hybrids, at least the luxury segment
Based on the extremely well received Ford Fusion hybrid , high expectations for the MKZ hybrid shouldn’t be surprising, especially since it is cheaper and more fuel efficient than the Lexus HS 250h hybrid. Tags: Buying Hybrids Fuel Economy Hybrid Cars Lincoln MKZ hybrid MIsc. The best hybrid in the luxury segment?
Hybrid Car Blog
- Wednesday, September 8, 2010
62 mph in 4 secs, drag-racing 12,000 pounds up a mountain, or 60 mpg?
Will fuel economy ever be cool? Yet, if all the effort put into achieving such power had been put into achieving fuel economy, 60 mpg would already be an after-thought. Such poor fuel economy has done more good for America than harm? Utterly senseless? What percent of pickup truck owners ever tow anything?
Hybrid Car Blog
- Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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Fuel economy: Is it meaningless?
Why do people care about fuel economy? Can fuel economy be fairly rated as more fuels are added to the mix? Tags: fuel economy Is it all about good karma? can largely only think of three things: bragging, altruism, and cost of ownership. Yet, I wonder, do these rating systems even matter?
Hybrid Car Blog
- Monday, August 17, 2009
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Asian automakers dominate fleet fuel economy
Perhaps you've seen the recent Chevy commercial where Howie Long wonders why Asian automakers have a fuel efficient reputation when GM sells some similar vehicles with better highway fuel economy? Well, because they have better fleet fuel economy. Tags: fuel economy Where's an American competitor?
Hybrid Car Blog
- Monday, November 23, 2009
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"Too many solutions" to improve fuel economy?
Batteries or fuels, both? Cellulosic ethanol, natural gas, methanol, synthetic fuels, smaller cars, new engine technologies, hybrids, electric cars and fuel cell vehicles are all being explored, yet each automaker can only truly focus on a few of these solutions. Tags: fuel economy don't know.
Hybrid Car Blog
- Thursday, April 15, 2010
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Lightening the load to better fuel economy
When it comes to better fuel economy, too often the entire conversation focuses upon batteries. More on Lightening the load to better fuel economy. carbon fiber Fuel economy Tags: Fuel Economy MIsc. The growing importance of carbon fiber? How light is light?
Hybrid Car Blog
- Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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Panel – How to increase US fuel economy
Stymieing better fuel efficiency? According to a National Academy of Science Pane l, many readily available technologies to improve fuel efficiency are not being utilized by automakers because the methodologies for determining fuel economy, particularly regarding CAFE, are often out of touch with the real world.
Hybrid Car Blog
- Thursday, June 3, 2010
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Hybrid fuel economy killers and keepers
Over the years I've heard many a story about how the wrong oil, the wrong tire pressure, the wrong tires themselves, or the wrong ethanol blended gasoline caused serious drops in fuel economy for some hybrid owners. What issues or products have killed your hybrid's fuel economy? Using the wrong oil?
Hybrid Car Blog
- Friday, September 18, 2009
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Time to kill highway fuel economy numbers?
The highway fuel economy gimmick. Highway fuel economy. In such conditions, highway fuel economy is simply irrelevant. According to one of Ford’s latest marketing pieces, the new Fiesta achieves 40 mpg on the highway, a fuel economy rating that is better than 21 hybrid vehicles.
Hybrid Car Blog
- Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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Obama and EPA Launch 34.1-MPG Fuel-Economy Rules for 2016
government agencies jointly announced the final fuel-economy rules for model year 2012 through 2016 vehicles, giving automakers a single national set of standards and averting the threat of state-by-state regulation. Starting with 2012, automakers must improve the fleet average fuel economy of their
Green Car Reports
- Friday, April 2, 2010
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Surprise? Hybrids top gov's fuel economy guide
Easily the most fuel efficient vehicle sold in the US Yesterday the government released its 2010 Fuel Economy Guide and, once again, hybrid cars dominated the list, led by the Toyota Prius. To see the entire list, click Fuel Economy Guide. Tags: fuel economy toyota prius Hybrid Vehicles
Hybrid Car Blog
- Friday, October 16, 2009
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Whoohooo! Fuel efficiency rules
Dumping big A new survey demonstrates that 53 percent of new car buyers will buy a more fuel efficient vehicle than their current model, while 54 percent are willing to downsize their vehicle choice. Tags: fuel economy Not surprisingly, the key reason for not buying an alternative vehicle in the interim was price.
Hybrid Car Blog
- Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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