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Top five MPG champs from before MPG was cool

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 vehicles, though, and Popular Mechanics thought a little trip down memory lane was in order for our $4/gallon $3/gallon sub-$3/gallon time. The cars that Popular Mechaniccs picked to be on the list of the Top 5 Eco Supercars of All Time include the Honda ... Read more →

Popular Mechanics tests the efficiency of the Cobalt XFE Jeremy Korzeniewski

It seems that Popular Mechanics is nearly as interested in fuel efficiency as we are these days. To wit, the online mag has grabbed the keys to three of the latest fuel-sippers on the market in order ...

There's more than algae for non-food biofuels Xavier Navarro

As our readers know, the biofuels field of investigation is huge and there are quite a number of upcoming technologies that can make the renewable fuel without competing with feedstocks. The most ...

Popular Mechanics drives the Ford HySeries plug-in Edge - with Video Jeremy Korzeniewski

Popular Mechanics finds a new use for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles: Facials. Yes, the steamy exhaust makes for a pore-opening experience like none other. Besides that, they also find that the ...

Popular Mechanics introduces a new long-term project: Jay Leno's Green Garage Jeremy Korzeniewski

Jay Leno must have caught on to something when he decided to make his Eco-Jet biodiesel jet-turbine powered supercar with help from GM, the company that has been increasingly going green itself. ...

Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough Award green auto winners: Tesla, BlueTec, cheap hydrogen 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Three green car-related technologies have won Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough Awards this year. They are the Tesla Roadster, Mercedes' BlueTec engine and an electrolyzer from GE that can extract hydrogen from water on the cheap. The Tesla Roadster won because it blows away (in under four seconds) ...

First Road Test of the Tesla Roadster 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like Ben Stewart of Popular Mechanics got the privilege of being the first journalist to actually drive the upcoming Tesla Roadster, or at least the first to publish about his drive. As most AutoblogGreen readers probably know, the Tesla Roadster is a new Lotus Elise-based electric sports ...

Biofuels podcast with Popular Mechanics' Jim Meigs 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The current issue of Popular Mechanics is dedicated to “The Truth about Bio Fuels” (mentioned here last week) and Instapundit put up a podcast yesterday that contains an interview with the magazine’s Jim Meigs. Meigs gets into all types of biofuels with the Instapundit gang ...

Popular Mechanics takes a hard look at alternative fuels 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you’re looking for a readable yet detailed look at the scientific data of green automobile technology, Popular Mechanics is the place to go today. Their cover story called “The Truth About Biofuels” in engaging and straightforward and highly recommended. The set-up for the ...


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