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Many green car enthusiasts love a hypermiling challenge. They'll eagerly drive in the slow lane, forego air-conditioning, and take different routes to and from work to make the most of downhill traffic, just to boost fuel economy by a couple of miles per gallon. But as hard as those folks try, they'll never, ever achieve the MPGs earned by students at Penn State University’s Behrend College. According to Detroit News, Behrend's budding engineers recently recorded fuel economy well over 1,000 miles per gallon. Of course, they didn't accomplish that feat using a run-of-the-mill sedan...
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This Monstrosity Will Be Your Next Electric-Car Charging PlugIt's almost the size of a misshapen softball, but it may be the charging combo you will have to use for quick charging on future electric cars. The U.S. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) is in the process of expanding its J-1772 standard for an electric-car coupler from the current round...
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U.S. Carmakers To Japan: Don't Need Your Stinkin' Fast-Charge
So you bought a 2011 Nissan Leaf, and paid for the optional $700 quick-charge connector. Now you're able to get an 80-percent battery recharge in just 30 minutes, albeit from very few places right now. Promising, right? Not so fast, sonny. It appears that U.S. makers of electric cars are likely to...
George Parrott -
Did Hyundai Elantra Ad Make Ford Stretch Focus Leg-Room Claim?
We're eagerly looking forward to driving the 2012 Ford Focus. It's won raves in reviews--including the first-drive report on TheCarConnection--and been the subject of downright fawning coverage in Detroit media. It has many unique features and options for a compact car, from Ford's excellent...
John Voelcker
