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Kawasaki Ninja 250 rider claims 100 mpg after simple mods

It's not that difficult to find a motorcycle that's capable of managing fuel mileage of 75 miles per gallon or so. In fact, all you need to do is march into your local Kawasaki dealership and plunk down a few thousand bucks on a brand new Ninja 250. Right off the showroom floor, the littlest Ninja is capable of returning stellar fuel mileage while boasting a more-than-adequate top speed of just over 100 miles per hour. But what if you want even more? EcoModder member TheyCallMeBryan lays out a few simple steps to increase the fuel ... Read more →

Bright Automotive's IDEA plug-in hybrid comes to DC April 21 Sebastian Blanco

Indiana's Bright Automotive is slowly but surely taking the Rocky Mountain Institute's lightweight hyper-efficient vehicle idea (read more here) and making it a reality. One thing that will stay the ...

80 mpg Mustang back, will drive to SEMA and record mileage Jeremy Korzeniewski

Remember Doug Pelmear, the inventor and mechanic from Toledo, Ohio who claims that his late-80's Fox Body Mustang makes 400-horsepower and still manages to return 80 miles per gallon? Doug's back in ...

Has EPA approved test procedure that would give Volt 100 mpg rating? Not yet! Sam Abuelsamid

After reaching an agreement with the California Air Resources Board recently that would essentially see the Chevy Volt classed as an electric car, it appears GM has now also worked things out with ...

Automotive X Prize is hiring, team size to double Sebastian Blanco

If the Automotive X Prize has caught your attention and you'd like to do more than read about it, good news: the X Prize Foundation is hiring. As Cristin Lindsay, the senior director of the ...

Ask GM's Bob Kruse why they don't make 100mpg cars this Friday 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This Friday you'll finally get your chance a General Motors executive where they hid the mythical 200mpg carburetor and the water engine. The latest edition of the series of online chats being held on GMnext occurs this Friday at 9am EST. The guest chatter will be Bob Kruse, Executive Director of ...

Neil Young, John Goodwin talk about 100 MPG, biodiesel, plug-in 1960 Lincoln Continental on CNN Monday 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Update: The follow up article about John's appearance on CNN. Singer Neil Young and mechanic John Goodwin, who is converting Neil's 1959 (so it's not a 1960) Lincoln Continental Mark IV convertible to a plug-in hybrid that runs on biodiesel that will get 100 MPG, will be on CNN's "American Morning" ...

Can you do 100 MPG? A company claims they can 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Can you beat all the alternative fuels and hybrids with a whopping 100 miles per gallon? Well, that's what a company called Transonic claims. Transonic, based in Camarillo, CA, declares that 100 mpg is possible with a revolutionary injection system. It's a system, though, that you can't see yet. ...

First Loremo working prototype to be officially unveiled in Frankfurt 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Do you remember the Loremo? It was a project for a car that with sporty looks could deliver a diesel consumption of 2 liters every 100 km - that is 117 mpg. Not bad! Well, the first road-ready prototype will be introduced at the Frankfurt Motorshow in September and although some of the ...

Alt Car Expo: video of the homemade, 100+mpg Moonbeam 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

"A gallon of gas is a miracle," says Jory Squibb. Unlike most of the other participants at the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica this weekend, Squibb embraced standard petroleum fuel for his latest project. But, with his long history of making environmentally safe cars, he radically rethought what a car ...

Hypermiling your fuel economy ? The greenest extreme sport for cars 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I've observed with mild amusement the recent spate of stories in the mainstream media about fuel saving. Maybe you have too. You know the kind of articles. "Ten Ways to Survive High Gas Prices". "8 Things You Must Do to Save at the Pump". Even the venerable old Federal Trade Commission has a ...


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