fuel economy

While it's awesome to save 10 cents on a gallon of gas, if you've got to drive 10 miles out of your way, chances are you're burning up your savings simply by driving back and forth.

Revetec, a little known company from the Gold Coast region of Australia, may be on to something huge: they’ve created an engine that is 50% smaller, 50% lighter, has 50% lower emissions and is cheaper to manufacture than a conventional internal combustion engine of the same horsepower.

Men's Health Magazine ranks top 100 major U.S cities by its most eco-friendly consumers

Those trendy Californians… Recent jumps in gas prices have seemingly driven them [sic] to adopt a new chic habit: letting their cars run out of fuel on the highway. Allstate has announced that the number of Californians running out of gas on the highway jumped 17% in the first 5 months of 2008 compared to the same time period in 2007.

The Two Mile Rule states, if safe, you should either walk or ride your bike to any place within a two mile radius of your home or work. Considering these trips account for a significant amount of our driving, you should see a significant savings at the pump and end up in much better shape.

VW announced the pricing of the 2009 Jetta and SportWagen yesterday, along with a new fuel economy certification from the third-party certifier AMCI. It seems that VW wasn’t particularly impressed with the EPA’s 29 mpg city / 40 mpg hwy estimation, and wanted a second opinion.

As much of the news in America focuses on the troubles of gasoline at $4 per gallon, it is worthwhile to look around the world and see the effects of high gas prices there as well, especially how it impacts one’s carbon footprint and global warming.

Cars.com has announced that for the first time ever, the Toyota Prius has become the most searched for new vehicle on the popular vehicle classifieds site — surpassing long time favorites such as the Accord and Camry.

Not only that, their top ten list for new car searches (see below) now contains mostly fuel-sippers including the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Honda Civ

While we're all worried about $4 gas, one of the best side effects is we've started to consume less gas and drive fewer miles.  Here are some of the best tips in order to help keep this trend going.

Now that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has finally hit the $4 mark, it is probably a good time to reflect on how far our perspective regarding the price of gas has changed over the last year or so.

Think paying $100,000 for an electric car is obscene? How about $100K for an F-250? The NYTimes reported last week that if you account for total ownership of a full-sized truck, including insurance, interest, repairs, taxes, and gasoline, a big vehicle like Ford’s F-250 will now set you back $100,000 in the first five years of ownership. Five years is the average amount of time an owner keeps one of these trucks.

With the latest rises in gas prices, many people find themselves unable to afford gas for their cars. Follow this useful tips to find out how to increase fuel efficiency

A tongue-in-cheek look at how you can drain your savings $4 at a time.

The automobile industry are increasingly trying to convince the buying public that their vehicles are 'green'. But is this purely marketing hype or are we at the dawn of a new age of environmentally responsible motoring?

Every time I accelerated from a light, it took forever to get up to the speed limit. Every time I saw a light turn yellow, I immediately took my foot off the gas and started coasting. On the freeway down to Laguna Beach, I drove a solid 65; no more, no less. And what did I get back for it? A lot of honks and a special middle-fingered tribute.