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Tech Analysis: 2010 Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan powertrains, 38 mpg hybrid!
The long-awaited redesign of the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan is almost upon us and we got our first look at the new powertrains this week in Dearborn. As expected, increased fuel efficiency has been the number one priority for Ford’s engineers, followed by power and refinement. In the conventional models, the sedans have picked [...]
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BMW: U.S. may get turbo 4, depending on next President
BMW’s North American CEO, Jim O’Donnel has ended the rumors of a new BMW four-cylinder engine option. It’s true. And it sounds great. Not only will the new turbocharged engine outperform the current inline-six, it will get better fuel mileage and produce fewer emissions. Perfect! When is it coming? Could be soon for Europe. The [...]
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Chrysler improves efficiency of top-drawer minivans
General Motors has proven that it’s not all that difficult to eke a bit more efficiency out of already-finished models with its XFE line. By waving a magic wand over the engine’s computer, subtle reprogramming tweaks can make a big difference. Other tricks involve altering transmission gear ratios for improved efficiency. Chrysler has gone ahead [...]
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NYC gets hit with lawsuit over “unsafe” hybrid taxis
While the shift to hybrid taxis in New York City has been moving forward for a while now, not everyone thinks that the yellow cabs should be cleaner just yet. Who, you ask? Well, the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade (MTBOT), for one, and they filed a complaint in United States District Court, Southern District [...]
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Auto Alliance and Gov. Schwarzenegger launch Ecodriving USA
Automakers in the U.S., through their lobbying group the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, are getting behind a new fuel-saving program called EcoDriving that is supposed to “save consumers money at the gas pump, reduce fuel use and cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.” How will it do this? By using some of the oft-repeated greener driving [...]
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Paris Preview: three Volvo DRIVe models with CO2 emissions under 120 g/km
Volvo will be coming to the Paris Motor Show with three low-CO2 models that all beat the EU’s important 120 grams per kilometer target. The new DRIVe (yes, the e is small) editions of the C30 SportsCoupe (53.4 mpg U.S.), the S40 saloon and the V50 Sportswagon (both at 52.3 mpg U.S.) make up what [...]
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VW shows off 74 mpg Golf BlueMotion Concept
Fans of fuel savings get a new concept car in Europe to drool over today as Volkswagen pulls the wraps off its latest BlueMotion machine. This time, the badge which identifies the most miserly of VWs is affixed to the sixth-generation of the German automaker’s most popular car in Europe, the Golf. When run through [...]
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GM agrees to build new mid-size hybrid, 6-speed transmission in Canada
With a federal election coming soon in Canada, the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has begun to liberally spread the pork. The most recent example is a deal that will relieve General Motors of Canada from the repayment of $200 million in previous government loans in exchange for new investments in plants in [...]
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Garage: 2008 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ and Hybrid
There was a time not so many years ago when the best-selling cars in the U.S. market were mid-sized models from General Motors. Cars like the Oldsmobile Cutlass and Chevrolet Malibu outsold everything else by very healthy margin. In the middle of the 1980s, that changed as the successive generations of Honda’s Accord grew larger, [...]
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Harley-Davidson says “screw fuel mileage”
America, please don’t buy a Harley because it gets 50 mpg. MPG describes riding like biology describes sex. History has shaped this tank, not the whims of foreign oil. American workers pour their soul into it. Lets chase sunsets whether gas is 6 bucks or 6 red cents. Let’s ride to parties like rock stars. [...]
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