Gas Mileage
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Most car buyers don't think a lot about transmissions. In the U.S., more than 9 out of 10 of them opt for an automatic, and that's that. But transmission technology turns out to be one of the major ways automakers are boosting gas mileage to meet tougher fuel-economy rules. And it appears GM is about to make a major transition on that front. DON'T MISS: Auto Industry Doing Fine In Meeting Gas-Mileage Goals, It Turns Out (Aug 2014) According to industry trade journal Ward's Auto, General Motors is tooling up to use a new continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) in many of its high-volume car...
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2015 Ford F-150 Has Lowest Lifecycle Carbon Footprint: Study
A research firm claims the 2015 Ford F-150 has the lowest lifetime emissions of any full-size truck.
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Gas Mileage Remains First Priority For Buyers, JD Power Says
More surveyed owners listed fuel economy as their highest priority than anything else.
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Chrysler CEO: Industry Can Meet MPG Targets, But They Should Be Delayed
Sergio Marchionne, CEO of newly merged Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, is not a man to mince words. While carmakers can meet fuel-economy requirements for 2025, he said last week, he slammed government efforts to boost plug-in electric cars. The industry will find the most cost-effective way to meet...
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New Metric For Car Efficiency: Miles Per Dollar Spent On Energy?
It's downright confusing trying to calculate how much it costs to run green cars, whether it's a 50-mpg Toyota Prius or a highly efficient electric car like the 124-MPGe BMW i3. One of the problems is how to use different efficiency ratings for various powertrains--gasoline, hybrid, electric--to...
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12-Volt Lithium-Ion Battery For Advanced Start-Stop Coming In 2018
Johnson Controls claims its new start-stop system can improve fuel economy up to 8 percent.
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A Ford executive says there are better ways than aluminum bodywork to improve car fuel efficiency.
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2015 Honda Fit Video Road Test
If you’re looking for a small hatchback that delivers both fuel economy and flexibility, only a handful of new cars come to mind. Add in top safety ratings, and your list may narrow down to just one car: the latest 2015 Honda Fit. To Honda’s credit, the latest Fit looks less like a...
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Obama: Buy A Fuel-Efficient Car, Gas Won't Stay Cheap Forever
President Barack Obama encourages Americans to buy more-efficient cars despite low gas prices.
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Conventional Gasoline Engines A Minority In 2 Years? Not So Fast...
Progress must be coming at a much faster pace than we thought: Conventional gasoline engines will power only a minority of the new cars sold just two years hence, according to a new report. That means more than half the vehicles sold will have hybrid, diesel, natural gas, or plug-in electric...
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What Is MPGe Anyway? What Is Efficiency For Electric Cars?
A video explaining the meaning of MPGe.
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Ford 'EcoBeast' Trademark: The Performance Side Of Green?
Ford applies for a trademark on the "EcoBeast" name, and obvious offshoot of its efficient EcoBoost line.
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The 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage earned four- and five-star ratings in government crash tests.
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2015 Chrysler 200 Four-Cylinder: Gas Mileage Review
The 2015 Chrysler 200 mid-size sedan is a good-looking, comfortable, and modern entry in a very competitive segment of the car market. Part of the Fiat-led product renaissance at Chrysler, it replaces the grim, dated previous 200 derived from the old Sebring and largely relegated to car-rental...
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Green Car Reports Year In Reverse: Our 5 Biggest Stories In 2014
It's December 31, when we like to look back to see which stories were our most popular over the entire year. Boy, did we get some surprises this year! Not a single electric-car story cracked the top five, despite the huge traffic we get on plug-in cars in general and particularly many of our Tesla...
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2014 Was A Good Year For Cleaner, Greener, More Efficient Cars
An advocacy group charts improvements in car efficiency.
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Green Car Reports Scorecard: 3 Stories We Got Right In 2014, 3 We Didn't
We published roughly 1,800 stories on Green Car Reports this year, covering everything from fuel economy (it's rising) to electric cars (there are more on sale than ever). Every news site strives for 100-percent accuracy, but very few reach that mark. That's why there are Retractions sections in...
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Fuel-Economy Rules Likely To Stay Put Through Midterm Review: Consensus
Gas prices have fallen 40 percent in a year. Sales of SUVs and crossover utility vehicles are up, while hybrid sales are flat or falling. And a midterm review is coming up, giving auto companies a chance to argue that the corporate average fuel economy rules that stretch out to 2025 need to be...
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Ford's CEO says the company is on track to meet U.S. fuel-economy standards.
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Volvo 3-Cylinder Engine Echoes Ford, BMW, Daimler & Others With Threes
Volvo will add a three-cylinder engine to its Drive-E series.
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Chrysler To Follow Trend, Add Direct Injection To V-6, Turbo Too
Chrysler is reportedly looking to increase the efficiency of its Pentastar V-6 engine.
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2015 Honda CR-V: Gas Mileage Test Of Updated Crossover SUV
The Honda CR-V has been one of America's most popular compact SUVs for many years now, and for 2015, it's received a number of updates to keep it competitive. As well as styling updates and improvements to the interior, the 2015 Honda CR-V features an updated engine and a new continuously variable...
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Europe's Gas-Mileage Test Results Move Further Away From Reality: Report
Your mileage may vary, as the saying goes. But it turns out that real-world fuel efficiency in European cars varies considerably more from official ratings than in the U.S. And some car brands are so far off from their ratings that a buyer may only get two-thirds of the published fuel efficiency...
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Average Fuel Economy Falls In New Cars, First Time In 4 Years
The Wards Auto Fuel Economy Index recorded a decrease in new-car average fuel economy in November compared to the same time last year.
Stephen Edelstein