Earth Friendly Cars » fuel efficiency http://www.earthfriendlycars.com Green Eco Friendly Cars Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:22:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Mainstreaming fuel economy tech through auto race fans http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/mainstreaming-fuel-economy-tech-through-auto-race-fans/ http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/mainstreaming-fuel-economy-tech-through-auto-race-fans/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:31:06 +0000 Tim http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/mainstreaming-fuel-economy-tech-through-auto-race-fans/

Toyota's Le Man's race hybrid car Using pop culture to sell fuel efficiency As I was web-surfing earlier today I was stopped dead in my tracks by a few images on the AutoWeek home page regarding NASCAR and Le Mans. Emblazoned upon the 2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup car, in big and bold letters, …

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]]> http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/fuel-economy-tips-%c2%bb-blog-archive-%c2%bb-green-cars/feed/ 0 128.3 mpg in a hybrid: “That’s why I bought this thing” http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/128-3-mpg-in-a-hybrid-%e2%80%9cthat%e2%80%99s-why-i-bought-this-thing%e2%80%9d/ http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/128-3-mpg-in-a-hybrid-%e2%80%9cthat%e2%80%99s-why-i-bought-this-thing%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:36:32 +0000 Tim http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/128-3-mpg-in-a-hybrid-%e2%80%9cthat%e2%80%99s-why-i-bought-this-thing%e2%80%9d/

The dash of Dave's hybrid If only the rest of America thought the same about fuel economy Hype. Image. PR. Image over all else. That’s largely the nature of our modern world these days. Maybe it has always been that way. Automakers, for instance, are geniuses at covering up their role in the terrible geopolitical and environmental…

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Even after a $7500 tax credit, most Americans aren't interested Calls for level playing field for clean diesel and advanced ICE engines Former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, a Democratic Congressman from California whom worked under both the Clinton and Bush administrations, has joined with the U.S. Coalition for Advanced Diesel Cars in calls for a…

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]]> http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/the-biofuel-controversy/feed/ 0 Overland Park Chevrolet Dealers Have Reason to Celebrate … http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/overland-park-chevrolet-dealers-have-reason-to-celebrate/ http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/overland-park-chevrolet-dealers-have-reason-to-celebrate/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:54:53 +0000 Tim http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/overland-park-chevrolet-dealers-have-reason-to-celebrate/ Hybrids now offer the same fuel efficiency as some of the first eco-friendly cars but are now paired with performance, style and even cutting edge safety features. Among the safest green cars is the Chevrolet Volt which recently earned …

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]]> http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/volkswagen-not-green-enough/feed/ 0 NRC – New engines and hybrids most promising for next 15 years http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/nrc-%e2%80%93-new-engines-and-hybrids-most-promising-for-next-15-years/ http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/nrc-%e2%80%93-new-engines-and-hybrids-most-promising-for-next-15-years/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:24:49 +0000 Tim http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/nrc-%e2%80%93-new-engines-and-hybrids-most-promising-for-next-15-years/

Ecoboost the first step to hybrid pickup trucks? Could “greatly” reduce fuel consumption by 2025 Over the next 15 years conventional spark-ignition engines will continue to dominate the US auto industry, according to the National Resource Council (NRC). Fortunately, a “significant” number of new technologies, such as friction reduction, downsizing, better thermal management, turbocharging, etc., can be combined to decrease fuel consumption by almost…

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]]> http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/nrc-%e2%80%93-new-engines-and-hybrids-most-promising-for-next-15-years/feed/ 0 Car makers rethink sustainability approach amid E10 fuel fiasco … http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/car-makers-rethink-sustainability-approach-amid-e10-fuel-fiasco/ http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/car-makers-rethink-sustainability-approach-amid-e10-fuel-fiasco/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 05:06:00 +0000 Tim http://www.earthfriendlycars.com/car-makers-rethink-sustainability-approach-amid-e10-fuel-fiasco/ Until then, eco-friendly consumers of German cars will have to rely on fuel efficiency technologies, hybrid vehicles – and E10. This comes at a price: German petroleum producers under the MWV umbrella estimate that it costs an extra €0.10 to €0.20 to produce one litre of E10 versus E5, … But German petroleum refineries are already scaling back on E10 production, choosing instead to meet their quotas through other means – increased …

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Helping to make eco-modification cool? Is there a bridge between performance and eco-tuning? By the time Mugen is done fine tuning the Honda CR-Z hybrid , they’ll have added 15 percent more power to their current CR-Z tuner that now offers 197 hp and 181 lb-ft of torque. Unfortunately, while the tuned CR-Z can achieve 0 – 60 in about 6.6 seconds when…

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Auto-drive, not electrification, is the key to the future of the auto industry Reinventing personal mobility might be too disruptive for major automakers In many ways the Big 3 are back. While in the short term, that’s good news for US manufacturing, is it really good news long term? Or, are major automakers simply driving…

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