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US Vehicle Miles Traveled Drop 3.7% In May; Experts Think Could Possibly Be Related To Higher Gas Prices Or Something
According to a report from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Americans drove 3.7% less in May 2008 than in May 2007. It may not sound like much, but that equates to 9.6 billion fewer miles driven during a month particularly significant as a big vacation travel time. The report notes the decline is primarily due to high gas prices, but it's being used as a rallying cry for alternative infrastructure funding: With less fuel usage, gas taxes alone won't pay for desperately needed roadwork and bridge repair. We bet you Prius owners out there didn't think about how you were screwing over the rest of us, did you? More » -
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Five Reasons High Gas Prices Are Good For Real Drivers
While people who drive out of necessity are understandably upset about high gas prices, the real enthusiast driver recognizes the positives. Artificially low fuel prices have subsidized an American automotive lifestyle out-of-sync with the needs and desires of serious drivers. And although we're not happy to be forking over the dimes for premium fuel, we've got five reasons the enthusiast is happy the era of cheap gas is over.
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12:30 PM on Thu Jul 17 2008
By Matt Hardigree
24,053 views, 130 commentsLatest by thunder: What the... Artificially low? You can't be serious. I thought this was Jalopnik, not Treehugger. While I might agree that #1 more »
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industry news
Americans Want Hybrids As Long As They Don't Cost Nuthin'
It turns out that a majority of Americans surveyed in a recent J.D. Power & Associates study are very enthusiastic about hybrid technology...until they find out that they have to pay for it. Continuing a long history of having cake and eating it too, 72% of consumers said they were interested in hybrid technology independent of cost. When a $5,000 cost was included in the equation, the number of respondents who were interested dropped to 46%. When consumers discovered that hybrids weren't available at Wal-Mart, interest plummeted into the single digits. More » -
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SwiftFuel Is Just Like Fuel, Except Probably Full Of Crap
Today brought us news of a purported new solution to high gas prices: SwiftFuel. Currently intended as a replacement for leaded 100-octane aviation fuel, SwiftFuel claims to be ethanol-based, but somehow free from ethanol's negatives such as its lower energy density, incompatibility with gasoline, and propensity to destroy rubber components. How do we know all this? The company's MySpace page told us so. But since we realize social networking sites sometimes contain minor misrepresentations, we decided to dig deeper. What we've discovered, and more importantly, what we still don't know, after the jump. More » -
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AutoNation CEO Says High Gas Prices Are Good For You, Automakers
Mike Jackson, Chairman and CEO of AutoNation (and thus America's number one car salesman), finally breaks taboo and utters the unthinkable: High gas prices are a good thing. "You have to tell the American people the truth," he says. "Energy costs are going to be higher." Oh Mike, Mike, Mike. Don't you know that the first rule of Car Club is that gas will always be cheap? And if it isn't, then you make it cheap, a-la Chrysler's "Let's Refuel America?" Mr. Jackson'spoignant, thoughtfulwacky rationale after the jump. More » -
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question of the day
How Much Did You Pay For Gas Today?
The answer is probably a lot more than you wanted to. According to the Lundberg national survey, the average price of regular self-service gas reached $3.62 a gallon, an increase of approximately $0.15 over the last two weeks and nearly $0.30 over the last month. This, of course, is occurring right before the summer driving season when demand is the greatest. The highest price was in San Francisco at $3.95 a gallon, with the lowest price at $3.39 per gallon in Cheyenne, Wyoming. City leaders in Cheyenne are planning a new tourism campaign based around this entitled "Cheyenne, Cheap Gas And Two Olive Gardens." More » -
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news
Toyota's Bill Reinert Spits at 50 MPG Goal, We Take Quote Out of Context
Newsweek just published an interesting, though recycled article about the state of fuel mileage. We've all heard it before right — automakers could give you 50 MPG cars, but then there would be sacrifices in safety, performance, and passenger space. Well according the article and a variety of sources, competition for the half century mark is about to heat up with the 2010 Chevy Volt, a line of Prius branded models, and a new hybrid competitor from Honda. Considering the price of dino-squeezins is probably going nowhere but up this summer, we sense a media frenzy on these types of stories. [Newsweek]
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