The American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) has announced their endorsement of Barack Obama for President, marking the first 2008 presidential endorsement by a major biofuels trade association, and only the second time in the ACGA’s twenty-one year history that they have ever endorsed any presidential candidate.
Starting later this year, Advanced Mechanical Products (AMP), a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, will take your pre-existing or newly purchased Saturn Sky and convert it to an electric car.
The Scuderi split-cycle air-hybrid engine is a better mousetrap that will increase efficiency and gas mileage and lower emsissions by 80-percent.
According to a survey commissioned by Cars.com during July, about 50% of US consumers don’t believe that Obama or McCain has a magic rabbit up their sleeve that will lower prices at the pump any time soon
Feeling the tight squeeze from the latest high gas prices? Can’t afford to purchase a fancy new hybrid vehicle? I think most of us could use a few quick tips on ways to improve the gas mileage in our older cars.
Compressed-Air Powered cars could take you over 800 miles on a single fill-up, at speeds of up to 96 mph. They should be refillable in less than 3 minutes, and at speeds over 35 mph emit about half the CO2 of a Toyota Prius. Oh yeah, and you could see them in the US at the end of next year.
An update on 2011 Toyota Prius.
While the critics are talking about the laws of thermodynamics, inventors of hydrogen on demand generators from Arizona to Missouri are helping motorists save gas and emissions.
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.
A water and gasoline-powered supercar in Austin, Texas is able to achieve 40 mpg and is the first time a hydrogen gas saver is being introduced standard on any vehicle.
Since gasoline and oil prices are out-of-control, many people have turned to hydrogen generators for their cars to increase gas mileage and reduce emissions.
The White House has outlined their plan to increase fuel efficiency standards to 35 MPG by 2020, a move that will save Americans an estimated $100 billion in fuel costs. The proposal gives a boost to the timeline by requiring the mileage of passenger vehicles to average 31.6 MPG by 2015. That’s up from today’s average of 25 MPG.
Toyota may lose its high-mileage stranglehold on the U.S. auto industry, thanks to Volkswagon’s new Golf hybrid-electric diesel.
The Hydrorunner G3 hydrogen additive system has been shown to improve gas mileage by over 84-percent and reduce greenhouse emissions by 90-percent.
President of the German automotive industry association, Matthias Wissmann, told a news conference recently "We don’t want Germany to became a nation of small car owners".
The German company Loremo (short for low-resistance mobile) released a turbodiesel sportscar at last September´s Frankfurt International Auto Show capable of a whopping 117 mpg and range of no less than 621 miles. They also plan on hybrid and electric models, and even one that runs on vegetable oil.
Driving techniques help, but a few basic modifications to your hybrid could increase MPG by 50% or more...
Honda builds them to last. Original engine and transmission.
