Porsche Invites 42 Journalists To Prove That The Plug-in Panamera Uses More...
42 journalists who had the honor of being invited by Porsche to what was called a “Plug-In Hybrid Technology Workshop” found themselves used as lab rats, and to produce a mileage rating that supports...
View ArticleChart Of The Day: Is Minivan Fuel Mileage A Big Part Of The Problem?
“America’s minivan segment generated only 3.4% of the U.S. auto industry’s new vehicle volume in 2014, down from 5.2% in 2007.” So said I earlier this week in my review of the updated 2015 Toyota...
View ArticleAAA: Millennials Drive Increase In US Fuel Consumption Amid Low Prices
With fuller wallets and lower prices at the pump, millennials are leading the charge toward the highest consumption among Americans since 2007. AAA says motorists under 35 are nearly twice as likely...
View ArticleVolkswagen Claims CO2 Emissions Lies Were Merely Fibs
A month after questions arose regarding how Volkswagen measured CO2 and fuel consumption in their cars, the troubled automaker says all is well. Per VW’s PR machine, the automaker found “no unlawful...
View ArticleYour Roof Rack Hates the Environment and Your Wallet
Yeah, yeah, one day you’re going to put skis up there. Automakers go to great lengths to make vehicles aerodynamic, adding grille shutters and painstakingly shaving off excess weight, but drivers are...
View ArticleFord F-150 Spotted With a 3.0-liter Turbodiesel; Ram EcoDiesel’s Mileage...
The extended-cab Ford F-150 was somewhat louder than a conventional model, but it was the emissions certificate in the rear window that proved the pickup packed something unusual under the hood. A...
View ArticleU.S. Fuel Economy Targets too Difficult and Costly to Meet: Automakers
A group of automakers wants Big MPG to know they’re out of touch when it comes to fuel efficiency targets, and would really like it if they stopped paying so much attention to California. The Alliance...
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