Fuel Efficiency

Two German companies plan to market carbon-aluminum hybrid wheels.

As one website put it--in a piece tagged to lure Tesla Motors fans--Elio Motors is "the other automotive startup" to which those fans should presumably pay attention. But even Tesla CEO Elon Musk hasn't proposed "crowdsourcing" his product-development funds. Given that Elio now seems to have raised...

A fleet of autonomous electric taxis could largely replace private cars, researchers argue.

Trucks can benefit from fuel-saving features already used on many cars.

June new-car average fuel economy may have been affected by SUV sales.

It's a regular and recurring theme in comments on Green Car Reports: "Yeah, maybe the new 2016 something-or-other gets 31 mpg combined, but so what? My 20-year-old Geo Metro gets 40 mpg and I've put 280,000 miles on it! New cars are all stupid!" When we have the time or inclination, we often...

Ford tests a new cylinder-deactivation system on its 1.0-liter engine.

Neste sends a car across the U.S. with just one tank of its renewable diesel.

EcoBoost sales may be fueling the Ford Mustang's current success.

Gas purchases are inelastic, and a small part of average U.S. household spending, a new report finds.

A Mitsubishi Mirage sedan will arrive in the U.S. before the end of the year.

A AAA study found that most drivers get better fuel economy than the EPA ratings.

When Paul Elio said in April that his startup carmaker, Elio Motors, was pursuing crowdsourced funding, most journalists likely imagined sites like Kickstarter or GoFundMe. In fact, the investment opportunity is slightly more formal than that. Elio needs to raise roughly $230 million to start...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released proposed standards that would further boost the fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses, starting in the 2021 model year and running through 2027. The new regulations were announced on Friday by Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and...

Consumers don't care about how cars achieve fuel-economy improvements, a new study finds.

The 2016 Honda Pilot gets a slight bump in fuel efficiency as part of a ground-up redesign. The new Pilot was unveiled back in February at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, and we now know that it will achieve an EPA-rated 23 mpg combined (20 mpg city, 27 mpg highway) with front-wheel drive and the...

Ethanol use doesn't automatically limit gasoline consumption.

Detroit-area residents occasionally see camouflaged development prototypes from GM, Ford, and Chrysler testing on public roads. Similarly, Southern California residents often see Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai prototypes pass them clad in disguise. And so it was for a Cars Direct employee driving to...

California works to implement ambitious goals set by Governor Jerry Brown.

While Toyota remains coy about the launch date of its fourth-generation Prius hybrid, a company executive has confirmed that the car is coming "soon." Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota North America, didn't release any specifications on the car when he mentioned it during the groundbreaking for an expansion...