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After Monday’s list of the Top 10 Fuel Efficient Cars, we realized that many people are still unsure about the reliability, and the inner workings of new hybrid cars. So today, we have a quick explanation about how hybrids work. Under the hood, there is a standard gasoline engine (like any other car), but also a [...]
Read more →It’s impossible to ignore the current spike in gas prices, so take a minute to check out the top 10 list of fuel efficient cars. It will be great to keep in mind for your next vehicle purchase. 10. Toyota Yaris (MPG: 35 highway / 29 city) 9. Ford Escape Hybrid (MPG: 30 highway / 34 city) [...]
Read more →Forget hybrid or electric cars. A Florida man has just remodeled his fuel injection system to run almost entirely on tap water. He claims that he is able to get 100 miles to the gallon by separating the water into hydrogen and oxygen, and adding a small amount of fuel vapour. The fuel doesn’t provide any waste [...]
Read more →This week, a huge breakthrough in algae-to fuel technology was made by Sapphire Energy. Although using algae to create biofuel in the past is widely accepted, and being researched by many biofuel producers, Sapphire’s discovery takes the microorganisms one step further to complete 91 octane gasoline. The product is chemically identical to the gasoline that [...]
Read more →It was announced today that SEKEB, a company from Sweden, is the first company in the world capable of providing verified sustainable ethanol. The difference between “verified sustainable ethanol” and regular ethanol is that the sustainable has to meet criteria covering the entire production cycle of the product, right from its harvesting. And because this ethanol is extracted [...]
Read more →Yesterday, Scott Dixon won the 92nd annual Indy 500 – but that’s not the only thing newsworthy about the race. Many cars were fueled by ethanol that was produced by plant material from the U.S. One benefit of using the ethanol fuel (above the environmental issue) is that ethanol actually has a higher octane than gasoline, and therefore has [...]
Read more →The new XH-150, an “Extreme Hybrid” by AFS Trinity, was test driven today by California officials and the general public in Sacramento. The big fuss about this vehicle is that it gets 150 mpg, can get up to 87 mph on the highway, can accelerate faster than “comparable gas only vehicles” and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Because the [...]
Read more →In the Challenge X competition, 17 teams work to reconfigure a Chevrolet Equinox(their crossover sport utility vehicle) to push the vehicle to its maximum efficiency – both in energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. The competition has been going on for several years now, and it always breaks new ground for GM engineers to look into when [...]
Read more →As we saw with last week’s announcement by UPS, it’s not only a financially wise decision to switch a company’s vehicles over to alternative fuel — it’s also great PR. This week, AT&T follows suit by adding 25 compressed natural gas vans, 65 electric hybrid vehicles (Ford Escapes and Toyota Priuses), and 15 “hybrid conversion [...]
Read more →Although the thought of driving a scooter may turn you off at first, the Vectrix, entirely electric powered, is much more like a motorbike in its appearance. Not only that, it can reach 62 mph, and has a range of about 70 miles on a full battery, which makes it perfect for some city/freeway driving in the summer [...]
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