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New Hyundai Assurance provision locks gas at $1.49/gal for one year [w/VIDEO]

Hyundai is piling on additional incentives to boost its Assurance program as the industry heads into the dog days of summer. The newest promotion, Gas Lock, fixes the price of regular unleaded at $1.49 per gallon for the next year. The program runs July 1 through August 31, and eligible vehicles include the Accent, Sonata, Tiburon, Elantra, Elantra Touring, Entourage, Azera, Santa Fe, Tucson and Veracruz. Customers choosing to utilize Gas Lock will forgo $1,000 in available rebates, making the incentive a gamble that gas prices will remain ... Read more →

No fluke: new survey finds $4 gas is the tipping point Sebastian Blanco

Last year, the reality of $4 gallons of gasoline (and, of course, economic uncertainly), caused a lot of changes in the auto industy in the U.S., from a drop in vehicle miles traveled to a decrease ...

Elon Musk: "Gasoline should probably be $10 a gallon" Jeremy Korzeniewski

Speaking at the Wired Business Conference that's currently taking place in New York, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk had some rather interesting things to say. For instance, Musk believes that ...

KBB: Shoppers likely to change vehicle choices as gas prices rise Jeremy Korzeniewski

In case you fill up your gas tank so infrequently that you hadn't noticed (lucky you!), fuel prices here in the United States are on their way back up. According to a recent Kelley Blue Book study, ...

REPORT: Kuwaiti Oil Minister says OPEC won't increase production until prices hit $100/barrel Sebastian Blanco

America might get most of its oil from Canada, but the moves that OPEC makes still reverberate here. Thus, a statement by the Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmed al-Abdullah al-Sabah to reporters ...

Energy Department predicting summer gas prices to hit high of just $2.30/gallon 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've heard it a million times: What's good for GM is good for America. Well, if low gas prices are good for America (and that is a debatable point), then Charles Wilson's saying does not work the other way around. The U.S. Energy Information Administration is predicting that gasoline prices will ...

Price of oil down, but gas could hit $2.50 before spring 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

You may have noticed that the price of gas has been going on an upward creep following its dramatic collapse last autumn. The climb is happening despite a continuing drop in the price of oil. There are estimates that the price of a gallon at the pump may even reach $2.50 before spring, which may ...

Low gas prices are kind of like a $1 billion daily bailout 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Remember those $4 a gallon gas prices? They were costing America a lot, more than I realized. According to the chief oil analyst for Oil Price Information Service, Tom Kloza, today's lower gas prices are the equivalent of Americans saving a billion dollars a day on gas. While that certainly ...

Gas prices go down, truck sales go up 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

While overall new vehicle sales are still in the tank, there is some good news for you if you're trying to sell big trucks. With the ever-declining price of gasoline, truck and SUV sales are seeing a rebound and will make up 51 percent of the total this month. This isn't great news for those of us ...

The days of $1/gallon of gas may be coming back in the US. Or not 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's hard to predict the future. Well, it's actually quite easy to make a prediction - it's just hard to predict what will actually happen. Take gas prices. With the recent announcement that OPEC would make a substantial production cut - 2.2 million barrels a day - to bring oil prices back up, an AP ...

China raises fuel tax, changes gas price scheme to boost alternative fuels 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

China has decided to stimulate demand for alternative fuels with a standard financial measure: raising the fuel tax. The fuel tax on gasoline will climb from the equivalent of 13 cents a gallon to 64 cents, while the tax on diesel will rise from 6.5 cents a gallon to 51 cents. Ouch. While this ...

Party like it's August 2007: oil falls to 14-month low 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Michael (mx5tx). Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. The bad news continues for fuel efficient vehicle technologies. The AP is reporting that yesterday's oil barrel price of $74.54 was a 14-month low, and that price is half (half!) of the high price earlier this summer. The main ...

Lutz: Cheap gas would be bad 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Remember all the bravado that Bob Lutz unleashed when we got our first glimpse of the Volt back in early 2007? Lutz has been the car's biggest champion since then, but he's thinking that there could be some tough news coming soon for this kind of technology. While the Volt is not named in an ...

USA National Gas Temperature Map 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Nope, this isn't a map showing the temperature that gas flows out of the nozzle into our car's tank to boost the myth that it's better to fuel early in the morning. No, this is a U.S. map (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) that shows color-coded gasoline prices (by county): the redder the color, the ...

Gas isn't expensive enough for British motorists to leave their cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It seems that oil prices are going down these days but gas prices are still high at the pump. But what's the maximum price we want to pay at the pump before we look for alternatives (i. e. public transport)? In the case of Britain, insurance company Esure found that this price was £1.75 per ...

Traffic fatalities drop as gas prices increase 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo: splorp - Licensed under CC 2.0 Higher gas prices equal fewer miles driven. Fewer miles driven equals fewer traffic fatalities. At least, that's the assumption, 'cause it's really impossible to know for sure what is driving the current death rate decline on American roadways. Still, that ...

Even at $4/gallon, American drivers still getting off easy 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

American drivers getting angry when the gas pump automatically shuts off $50-75 into filling their cars might want to stop whining. In Norway, it can cost upwards of $130 to fill the !3.2 gallon tank of a MINI at $9.85/gallon. A new survey indicates that even at above $4/gallon, American prices are ...

High gas prices a bonanza for Zipcar 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

High gas prices have us all feeling the pinch ($65 bucks last night for me), and as you're all well aware, many folks are changing their driving style, the amount of driving they do, or, in some cases, saying good-bye to their cars or trucks entirely. One beneficiary of people's changes of heart is ...

Gas-siphoning HUMMER leads police on high-speed chase 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After Pittsburgh police noticed a Hummer (yep, a Hummer... what else?) sitting conspicuously close to a five-hundred gallon tank of gas at a golf course, the vehicle suddenly took off. Considering that the top speed of a Hummer is right around one-hundred miles per hour, we can safely say that the ...

Dealership can't sell trucks, sells scooters instead 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The sky-high price of gas has hit some dealerships pretty hard. A perfect example of this is Moody Chevrolet in River Falls, Wisconsin which last sold a pick up truck sometime in February. While their truck inventory sits outside and waits patiently for new homes, the Moody brothers still need to ...

John McCain doesn't know how much gas costs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Considering all of the press that has been inked (or typed) regarding both John McCain's and Barrack Obama's various plans for the ailing automotive industry in America, you may think that the two hopeful presidential candidates would be in tune with the plight of the average driver who fills his or ...

BMW torched in Germany in protest of high gas prices 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Seriously folks, none of us are all that happy with the amount of money it takes to fill our tanks these days, but perhaps dousing your car with fuel and lighting it on fire isn't the best way to get your point across. Or, maybe it is, as this type of stunt is certainly getting lots of press. ...

High gas prices to keep 10 million cars off the roads 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Cyfer13. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Before gas prices began soaring skyward, it had often been suggested that an artificial increase to the price of gas could have the effect of forcing consumers to purchase more fuel efficient vehicles and could keep people from making ...

Gas prices in China may leap after the Olympics 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Chinese government has managed to keep the country's economic growth engine humming along - despite slowdowns in most other countries - by keeping fuel prices low. The government has been subsidizing gasoline to keep the price at $2.60/gallon, an increase of only nine percent since the start of ...

Automakers not keen on fuel incentives in Europe 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Here in the United States, consumers who fill up their fuel tanks are just now beginning to see the type of pain that Europeans have seen at the pump for years. Reactions to the recent rises in gasoline and diesel fuel are pretty much what you would expect, with new car purchasers eschewing gas ...

As gas prices keep climbing, people choosing to get their bikes fixed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With Gasoline prices at record high levels, more drivers than ever are trying to unload their SUVs and get into vehicles that don't consume as much fuel. Some are moving to smaller more efficient cars, while others are hopping on public transit. Still others are opting for pedal power. Barry Dahl ...

KBB survey shows new-car buyers spend less money on other items 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Kelley Blue Book seems to track nearly everything related to cars and transportation. We recently became aware that a new KBB survey indicated that consumers are changing their car-buying habits because of high fuel prices. Not every purchaser is choosing as efficient a vehicle as they could, to ...

66% of U.K. car buyers will go green in order to save money 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A win is a win, right? We're content to consider the fact that two-thirds of new car buyers in the U.K. are considering going green for their next car purchase a good thing, despite the fact that most of them are doing so to save money, not the environment. What Car? group editor Steve Fowler says ...

AAA: Driving costs increased 1.9 cents per mile in the last year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Every year, AAA runs a study which they refer to as "Your Driving Costs" which calculates the average costs of owning and operating the five top-selling models in three popular size classes: small, medium and large sedans. This year, the study indicates that the average cost of driving a passenger ...

Inquiring minds at Toyota want to know: how are gas prices affecting you? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

How are gas prices affecting you personally? If you drive an SUV every day, your fuel bill is surely putting a crimp in your pocketbook. Even if you drive a vehicle which gets high fuel mileage, we imagine that you're still quite cognizant of your driving habits. Do you carpool to work or when ...

Willing to pay a higher gas tax? 48% of Americans say no 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Nobody likes taxes. Nobody likes high fuel prices. Combine the two and what do you get? Even higher fuel prices, which nobody likes. This might all seem rather obvious, but it is still relevant considering that there are movements to place higher taxes on gas for a variety of reasons. While many ...

Diesel becoming more expensive than gasoline in Europe 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Currently, diesel prices in the U.S. are slightly higher than gasoline. Across the pond, the story has been somewhat different. With the exception of the UK, diesel in Europe has usually been cheaper than gasoline. This was a consequence of European governments' policies on taxing fuels. Trucks and ...

Friday humor: Record high gas prices shock small town 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Once again showing just how important the placement of a decimal point can be is the sign that you see above. Seen on the billboard for a Citgo gas station in Florida, the sign should have read $3.15 as opposed to $31.59. According to the accompanying news story, motorists were so interested that ...

Exxon is back at the top with record profits again 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ask yourself: what could possibly be better for Exxon Mobil than posting a record profit of $39.5 billion in 2006? Tough one, huh? How about beating that record-setting profit number with a new record of $40.6 billion the following year. Yeah, that'd do it! We've been covering the on-going record ...

The Other Green 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Greenbacks! That is the other green. How much have Americans paid to move themselves around in 2007 vs. prior years? Well the Energy Information Administration monitors fuel prices all over the country to tell us. Money, as you know, is convertible into all kinds of things. We can turn it into ...

More pain on the way for motorists as price of oil surges once again 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

British drivers are likely to feel some serious pain at the pumps this summer as crude oil prices are approaching the peak of $78.65 per barrel that they hit last year. Gasoline prices in Britain are likely to top £1 a liter ($7.60 per US gallon) after production problems in Nigeria caused a ...

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