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Seven - well, six, no, five - ways to boost your Prius' MPG for just $4,047

Got $4,047? That's what it'll take you to make your Prius even more efficient and snazzy if you were to buy one of everything on the list of seven MPG-saving items put together by HybridCars (and which just happen to be available for sale from the site). The items include a $69 aftermarket EV button for the second-gen models that don't have this feature (installation takes just minutes, they say), a $3,095-Aero Tourer kit, and a Chassis Stiffener Kit, among other things. The EV mode button and the stiffener won't do wonders for your mpg, but ... Read more →

Greenlings: How does weight affect a vehicle's efficiency? Sebastian Blanco

Over the last few decades, the average weight of a vehicle sold in the U.S. climbed steadily after we got over the oil embargoes of the 1970s. Today, though, auto companies are putting a lot of ...

REPORT: Detroit ignored voices calling for fuel efficient vehicles, says GM insider Sebastian Blanco

We noted the other day that a recent survey from PriceWaterhouseCoopers that found out fuel economy has finally overtaken cup holders as the most important feature in new cars and trucks for ...

Ford Focus RS tops 32 mpg (US) in UK MPG marathon Sam Abuelsamid

It's no secret that the biggest variable that affects fuel consumption of a car is not the powertrain, or the drag or rolling resistance. It's that bit between the seat and the steering wheel and ...

ETV Motors challenges EPA on emerging plug-in MPG rules Sebastian Blanco

ETV Motors, the company behind the modified Prius with an extended-range microtubrine, believes that the EPA's emerging MPG methodology for plug-in vehicles – the one that allowed GM to proclaim ...

EPA and DOT announce new fuel economy, greenhouse gas plan: CO2 emissions take center stage over MPG 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Back in May, the Obama Administration raised the national CAFE standard to 35.5 mpg (for cars and trucks) by 2016. The higher standard would build from the 27.3 mpg 2011 standard and go up five percent each year until 2016. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of ...

Cash For Clunkers final numbers: 690,000 vehicles sold; $2.8 billion used; 24.9 mpg average for the new cars 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

C.A.R.S. ended Monday night and the numbers are in. At first blush, things look positive. First, 690,114 vouchers were submitted asking for $2.877 billion (just under the program's $3 billion limit). There was also $100 million used for administration costs (as Autoblog calculates, about ...

2010 VW Golf TDI starts at $21,990, rated at 29/40 mpg city/hwy - or maybe 30/42? 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

For 2010, Volkswagen is again discarding the Rabbit badge in favor of the Golf name used in the rest of the world's markets, and they will begin arriving in the U.S. in the coming weeks, beginning with the GTI. The standard Golf will again be available with diesel power, the same 2.0-liter ...

Auto X Prize throws water on GM's 230 mpg claim, offers mpge calculator 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

With all of the attention being paid to the 230 mpg number that the Chevy Volt will apparently be granted by the EPA, the Automotive X Prize thought it was time to weigh in on the subject of calculating fuel efficiency for vehicles that use energy sources other than gasoline. They don't like it. ...

Chevy Volt's 230 mpg rating, ad campaign comes under fire from Bill Ford, AdAge 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Chevrolet Volt's 230 mpg number continues to be questioned. The latest to criticize is Bill Ford, who takes issue not only with the General Motors-approved 230 figure, but also Nissan's claim that its Leaf EV will get 367 mpg. The real culprit here, Ford said, is the EPA's methodology, which ...

Hyundai: CARS (cash for clunkers) will improve fuel economy by 60 percent 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Automakers in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out how best to sell their vehicles under the new cash-for-clunkers Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS). BMW is offering "Eco Credits" for some of its diesels and Chrysler is offering "Double CA$H For Your Old Car". Hyundai has been offering clunker ...

Where are the most important MPG increases, at the upper or lower end? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Imagine, if you will, taking a sheet of paper and cutting it in half. Now take one of those halves and cut it in half again. Now keep repeating the process. As you keep cutting, the difference in the size of the subsequent pieces gets progressively smaller. This simple example is a demonstration ...

Analysts: There's no guarantee that cash-for-clunkers will really drive car sales 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Now that the cash-for-clunkers bill is ready for the President's signature, attention is turning to how much of an impact the negotiated bill will actually have on car sales. There are a lot of positive stories about the bill floating around - headlines say the bill might "jumpstart US auto sales" ...

Heard about China's new 42 mpg standards? Get educated first 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Which is better? A national fleet fuel economy standard (think CAFE) of 42.2 mpg or 35.5. mpg? The former, right? Well, 42.2 is exactly what China has put in place and, from that one number, they seem to be beating the U.S. The trusty John O'Dell over at Green Car Advisor breaks down why we need to ...

A look into the future of California's post-2016 mileage standards 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

California's lead in setting stricter mileage standards for automobiles helped President Obama's administration formulate the new 35.5 mpg requirement for 2016. Since California's voice is so strong in the debate, we can see what might possibly be coming to the whole country in the later half of ...

Responses to higher CAFE standard from Plug In America, Auto Alliance, more 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

In President Obama's speech this afternoon about the new 35.5 mpg CAFE standard for 2016, he made sure to emphasize the broad support for the new national rule. From the responses we're seeing around the web following the announcement, it's clear that he wasn't just expressing a hope that a broad ...

Obama: CAFE increase is "an historic agreement to help American break its addiction to oil" 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Aside from the Daimler-Tesla announcement earlier today, the big green car news for May 19 is the increase in CAFE standards that President Obama made just a short while ago, joined by Governors Jennifer Granholm (MI), Deval Patrick (MA) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (CA), members of Congress and Ron ...

Ford worker builds DIY 125 mpg aero-trike 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The green-conscious tinkerers over at Ecomodder have a new hero today: user HyperRocket, who is apparently a Ford Motor Company fuel economy technical expert who wanted to really maximize fuel economy with a small vehicle. He started with a 250cc Kawasaki Ninja drivetrain and added a bullet-shaped ...

MPG Illusion: cash-for-clunkers bill should use the 1 Gallon Per Mile principle 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The cash for clunkers compromise that was reached in Congress this week puts a lot of focus, understandably, on the miles per gallon rating of the cars in question. It's understandable because MPG is how most Americans think about fuel consumption. But, as we've discussed in the past, gallons per ...

Bright Automotive's IDEA plug-in hybrid comes to DC April 21 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 same, though, is the, ahem, idea. IDEA will be the name of the plug-in hybrid concept vehicle when it ...

Group sues Obama administration over weak MPG standards 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

When the next step in the road to 35 mpg by 2020 CAFE standards was announced recently, those in the know made clear that the Obama administration upcoming goal of 27.3 mpg by 2011 would not be hard for automakers to meet. In fact, the 2007 average was already 31.3, so the 2011 goal would not ...

CAFE standard for 2011 model year will be 27.3 mpg 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

While Congress passed the first increase in corporate average fleet fuel economy (CAFE) in 32 years way back in 2007, there was a lot left undeclared in that bill. Two years ago, the agreement was made that CAFE would rise to 35 mpg by 2020, but just how and when that would happen was not set in ...

Toyota corrects Prius mpg rating to 51 city/48 highway/50 combined 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

In our Prius info overload post from last week, we highlighted the official (though preliminary) mileage rating for the 2010 model, which Toyota had told us would be 50 mpg city, 49 mpg highway (they'd already revealed the 50 mpg combined number in Detroit). We just got an email from Toyota ...

Officially, Official: Obama directs EPA to look at CA waiver, DOT to enforce CAFE increase 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Whether you think it's a disaster or delight, President Obama has made it official. Reports that he would ask the EPA to move quickly on reconsidering the Bush Administration's December 2007 decision to deny California a rules waiver (for background, read this) were true. Obama issued just such ...

You may know about MPG. But do you know your gallons per mile? 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Back in June, we took a look at the distinction between miles per gallon (MPG) and gallons per mile (GPM). At first blush, it may seem this is a six of one, half-dozen of another situation. It's not. MPG is the most common number cited when people want to understand how efficient a car is, ...

Top five MPG champs from before MPG was cool 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Sure, these days everyone wants to win the MPG race. But it wasn't that long ago (yesterday? the day before?) that all that mattered to most automakers was having the most powerful engines under the hood. The prevailing mentality didn't stop some companies from emphasizing their high-miles ...

Will putting electricity in your gas tank get you more mpg? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Well, there's no shortage of, um, unusual ideas on ways to increase the miles-per-gallon of the car you already drive. Everything from pills for the tank to Brown's Gas appear on our radar with some regularity, but this idea is a new one. It's called "electrorheology" and it means introducing a bit ...

Toyota Yaris, Aygo win World MPG Marathon with 80+ mpg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

OK, tell me who isn't on a mileage marathon these days? We're still rocking the Audi trip, and the Peugots and the Corvette were busy in the UK with the ALD event. Meanwhile, we get a note from Toyota that their fleet has "dominated" the ALD World MPG Marathon. ToMoCo's definition of dominating is ...

Prius wins the "How Far For $100" race 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Sure, you could do the math yourself, but why not let a website figure out how far you can drive on $100? AutoblogGreen reader Brad B. has started up just such a site, called, unsurprisingly, How Far For $100. The site allows you to compare vehicle makes, models or fuel types and see just how far a ...

X Prize on 100mpge Volt: good, now let's think of the big picture 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Following Friday's report of the agreement between GM and CARB on the status of the Volt, the Automotive X Prize took stock of the deal and issued its statement on the possibility of a 100-MPG rating for the highly-anticipated car. While praising what GM is doing with the Volt, the X Prize also ...

EPA: Average fuel economy goes up in U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In some ways, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) doesn't have it easy. But there is one thing that the agency can point to and say, once again, we're moving forward: mpg averages. The EPA issued a statement today (available after the jump) that said that the average mpg rating for all new ...

GM makes 9 of the 10 most efficient American cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Hey, always thinking that only Japanese and Europeans have a lot of fuel-efficient vehicle choices? American automakers also have fuel-efficient models in their lineup, usually based on "global" models designed for other markets, like GM does with its Opel/Vauxhall European subsidiary or its Daewoo ...

Top list: The leanest V8s on sale in Europe 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For many motorists, V8 means the quintessential type of engine. Power and a beautiful roar from under the hood are its typical signatures, but it's also a synonym for high fuel consumption and a general sense of being dirty. Nevertheless, there are a certain number of V8 engines, and not only ...

Forget MPG - let's move to GPM 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Laffy4k. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. There's already a lot of calculation needed to figure out how efficient a vehicle is. Here in the U.S., the government tries to help by publishing official MPG numbers of the various models offered for sale. But these numbers just muddy ...

Mercedes CEO worries about impact of global CO2 and MPG rules 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes F700 concept Mercedes is not slacking when it comes to building concepts and releasing cleaner vehicles. But, in a fairly standard automotive move these days, while the engineers are working, the executives are complaining about patchworks. Speaking in Switzerland, Daimler CEO Dieter ...

Pelosi's replies to GOP's call for a "commonsense" plan to lower gas prices 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Fresh off her approval of the White House's push for high CAFE standards by 2015, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has written a letter (available after the jump) to Republican leader John Boehner over gas prices. The letter is a response to the GOP's challenge on Tuesday that Pelosi should ...

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