Find your mileage from your mobile
Perhaps this story has more to do with the proliferation of the Internet than it does about green car trends, but here we go anyway. We all know that you can check fueleconomy.gov to find out what the fuel mileage of current and past cars is or was. Anybody who carries an internet-capable cell phone in their pockets also knows that navigating sites which are not optimized for mobile browsers is rather difficult from the average phone or internet tablet without a full browser. With that in mind, the government has seen fit to introduce a new mobile version of their fuel economy site, fueleconomy.gov/m. Easy enough, right? From the mobile site you will be able to see the mileage ratings from vehicles from 1985 through today.
We think that this service should prove rather useful as a tool for checking the mileage of used cars on dealers lots that don't have window stickers on them. Whatever works, we say. Also present on the mobile site are calculations for figuring how much you'll spend on gas each year and your resultant carbon footprint. Yay, technology!
[Source: Detroit News]
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1985 Gripen 2:59PM (1/29/2008)
I want to be a good American citizen and contribute to our President's goal to "reduce our dependence on foreign oil" and "achieve energy security and independence".
Does the mobile version show how many barrels of petroleum each model consumes per-year like the website does?
While you're at it, check out the 2008 Chevrolet Impala 3.5-liter V6 running E85 versus the 2008 Toyota Prius. Guess which one helps wean us off our dependence on terrorist-controlled oil better? ;-)
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