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Fuel Efficiency

Vote for Your Favorite Drive Smarter Challenge Video!

Have you ever wanted to be a film critic? Now’s your chance! It’s time to vote for your favorite video from among ten finalists in the Drive Smarter Video Contest launched by The Alliance to Save Energy. Your vote can help determine who wins the $5000 grand prize and three other exciting prizes!
The entrants took [...]

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Six Myths About Improving Gas Mileage

Especially with gas prices rising again, myths and rumors about how you can increase gas mileage are spreading like wildfire, from the ridiculous to the real thing. Snopes and Mythbusters have tackled some of them – like whether it’s better to run your AC or drive with the windows open or if acetone improves mileage [...]

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New CAFE Standards Mean Nothing without Consumer Dedication to Efficiency

The Obama administration’s new groundbreaking CAFE and emissions standards for cars and light trucks don’t mean much if the American public can’t be goaded into choosing energy-efficient models instead of gas guzzlers.
The new rule raises the average fuel economy for cars and light trucks combined to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, and gives the [...]

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Obama Will Likely Allow States to Toughen Air Quality Rules

California and other states will most likely be given permission to toughen air quality rules soon after Obama takes office, forcing automakers to produce cars that are far more efficient than those allowed under current federal standards.
More than a dozen states will be able to enforce their own greenhouse gas emission standards on automobiles, rules [...]

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Garmin GPS Upgrade Gives You a Fuel-Saving Route Option

If you want directions for getting around town that aren’t necessarily the fastest but would save more fuel, Garmin has a new software add-on to their satellite navigation system that will be right up your alley. Garmin announced the new ‘ecoRoute’ software at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week, and it will reportedly [...]

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Commercial Shipping Returning to the Eerie Canal

Commercial shipping is making a comeback in the Eerie Canal after decades of decline. Soaring gas prices have caused some companies to rethink sending goods via truck, turning instead to barges – and they’re not alone. More companies are beginning to look into it. So far this season, there have been 42 shipments up the [...]

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