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Want to Save Gas in the Drive Smarter Challenge? May 21st, 2008
Wal-Mart and Friends Challenge Americans to Cut Back on Fuel
A curious consortium of corporations has joined Wal-Mart and The Alliance to Save Energy to encourage people take the Drive Smarter Challenge. The brand-spanking-new web site asks for the year, make, and model of your...more
Sexiest Fuel-Efficient Cars May 16th, 2008
Not All Hybrids Are Shaped Like Eggs -- Check Out These Supercars
For the last week of May, the Sexiest Green Car Show returns to the Eden Project, the UK's "living theater of plants and people." Why would a place that features a million plants representing 5,000...more
FuelFrog Tracks Your Gas Mileage via Twitter May 16th, 2008
Plus a Biofuels Chart to Make You Feel Smarter
Send FuelFrog the miles you traveled on your last tank of gas, the price you paid, and the number of gallons of your next fill-up, and it will track your mileage. Once you've signed up...more
NASCAR Pays a Whopping $6.25 a Gallon for Gas May 12th, 2008
Transportation and Track Tests are Squeezing Teams' Wallets
While most of us are coordinating ride shares and hopping on our bikes to save money on gasoline, what are people who drive -- and drive fast -- for a living doing? Drafting, sure, but...more
Record Month for Selling Gas-Saving Cars Getting Better than 30 MPG May 9th, 2008
SUV Sales Fell, Small Cars Selling Like Gangbusters
April 2008 was a month of records for the auto industry. For the first time, one in five cars driven off U.S. lots was a compact or subcompact car. Also for the first time, gas-saving...more
15 Tips for Better Mileage -- Want to Get 70 MPG in Your Toyota Prius? May 7th, 2008
Hypermiling Techniques for Everyone -- Extra Tips for Hybrids
In a summer of $4-a-gallon gas predictions and $120-plus barrels of oil, we'll be hearing a lot about hypermiling. But what is it? Who can use it? Does it require a Prius to make it...more
100 MPG in a Prius: Hacking a Hybrid May 5th, 2008
Illinois Brothers Do a Plug-In Conversion -- And You Can, Too!
Brothers Chris and Andrew Ewert of Wheaton, Illinois, converted their standard-issue Prius to a plug-in hybrid that gets more than 100 miles per gallon by installing a battery array and charger in the rear cargo...more
Scooter Commuters, Unite! April 9th, 2008
As Gas Prices Climb, Scooters Get Even More Popular
As winter gives way to spring and the weather warms up, more people are hauling scooters out of garages for 80 mpg+ commutes. I myself have been a scooter commuter, even in the rainy Pacific...more
The Hype about Hypermiling March 14th, 2008
100 ways to get the most from a tank of gas
Previously, RiverWired.com covered ways to stretch a gallon of gas, including hypermiling techniques. Now the blog EcoTrekker has amassed a whopping 100 tips and resources for squeezing every penny out of that $3.25 (at least!)...more
Driving Green = Fewer Greenbacks March 6th, 2008
Internet tools to ease the pain of $4-a-gallon gasoline
As of this moment, gasoline prices in America have not yet hit $4 a gallon, but with oil hitting an all-time-high $100 a barrel in late February, European-style petrol prices may be around the corner....more
