The 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid is estimated to get a solid 40 mpg on the highway. But a team of “hypermiling” specialists—who utilize special driving techniques to boost a vehicle’s fuel economy—just finished a trip through every …
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A Non-Profit Car Loan is Still a Car Loan
The New York Times Opinionator blog has a rather doting feature on More Than Wheels, a New Hampshire-based non-profit that sets people with bad credit up with low-interest car loans.
Here Come the (Sorta) Solar-Powered Cars
In terms of sustainability and environmental friendliness, hybrids and electric cars are good. But cars powered at least partly by the sun? That’s even better. Here are two steps in that direction.
Why Small Economy Cars Make Economic Sense for Automakers
Is it better to sell one pricey luxury car at a hefty profit, or 10 reasonably priced compacts with much smaller, but still decent profits? Increasingly, car manufacturers are embracing the wisdom of the latter.
How Much Will New MPG Requirements Cost Car Buyers?
By 2025, it looks like the average light vehicle sold in the U.S. will have to get somewhere between 47 mpg and 62 mpg. The technology needed to produce such fuel efficiency will increase the initial cost of each car somewhere …
