President Obama recently announced an agreement that will boost the fuel efficiency of cars and light duty trucks by almost double! The United Auto Workers (UAW), along with 13 major automakers and the State of California have joined forces and set the new standard of 54.5 miles per gallon, which will take…

While its exciting to finally see that mass-produced electric vehicles are hitting the mainstream market, its not yet practical for everyone to own one. We Americans are (unfortunately) becoming increasingly more familiar with the pain of the pump. I know some people dropping up to 100 bucks on one tank of gas… and that can be pretty awful when…

Steven Chu of the Department of Energy has announced a collaboration with automotive industry partners to speed up the development of technologically advanced green vehicles, dubbed U.S. DRIVE. Formerly called the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership, U.S. DRIVE – Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle efficiency and Energy sustainability – will bring leading tech experts from the DOE, the national laboratories, and industry partners together to…

U. of Illinois scientists have announced a new global positioning system (GPS) development that calculates the most fuel-efficient route for drivers. The “green” GPS can be operated using data-connected smart phones and interconnects to the vehicle’s onboard diagnostic system using a standard wireless adapter. The vehicle’s onboard computer will calculate engine performance and fuel efficiency and upload it onto the phone to gauge the best…

The Government Services Administration (GSA), a department that purchases cars for federal bureaus to lease, recently announced that all the new cars bought in 2011 consume 21 percent less fuel than the vehicles that were replaced. On average, the MPG for the new fleet has jumped from 19.1 in 2010 to 23.4 this year. This step toward more enhanced environmental conservation on part of the GSA is mainly thanks to an…