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more about #ifeelgassy more comments → Turboner: Yes! Now I can store energy during the day to power my neon underbody kit at night! more » Novaload: Plus, he should think big. Here you have closet space and a rumble seat, until in snaps off like a twig and/or the engine/trans/suspension collapses. more » Novaload: Well why stop there? I mean, why not include 1. A mast and sail so you can get even more fuel efficiency 2. A giant antenna so that you are never out ... more » skierpage: Is there any rear wing with "vast empty space inside it"? Also, a Brunton foldout 52W solar panel that's 1/4 the size of this costs $600. It'll be a... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: "No, Dad, I didn't just rice my car and put a bunch of holes in a perfectly good trunk. C'mon, you know I was always going to pay you back for that ... more » VeeArrrSix: With some tweaks this could be a killer skate ramp for the Tooners. It just needs a Monster Energy Drink logo somewhere... more » HurtsSoGood: Why a spoiler? Why not build it into the trunk lid, and mount the lardware on the underside? If you do it right, you can minimize the amount of trun... more » JC Whitless: Drag it behind the car and surf on it. That is the only way to make this cool more » Elhigh: Hayden Panel-tierre. Do I think the panel's output can offset the added drag and associated extra fuel usage to overcome that drag? No, not unless t... more » Alfisted: This would be more successful if it were sold as a drywall & plywood rack for those weekend trips to The Home Depot. more » Mobius: "via Hooniverse" Count on those guys to dig up the most random stuff about cars. more » FTGDWolverineEdition'09: Coming this year for the black friday sale at your local pep boys. more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: Just attach the output to a flux capacitor, and we're good. more » lilwillie: Remember, you have to look cool to save the planet. That is the important part. Next we will be calling fart cans, unicorn cans. more » pauljones: So, FWD cars can increase drag, decrease fuel economy, and take even more weight (and, by extension, traction) off of the drive wheels? Clever, this ... more » -
#ifeelgassy
Save The Giant Rear Wings, Save The World
Conventional wisdom states all rear wings do on FWD cars is increase drag and reduce fuel economy. Chinese designer Leon Zhu wants to challenge that notion, using the vast empty space inside them to store a solar shade. More » -
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Plug-In Hybrids Will Not Kill The Power Grid, Yet
There's some concern the pending crop of plug-in hybrid vehicles will put a strain on the US power grid. Relax, they're not going to sell enough of them for it to matter. More » -
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Chevy Volt "Chirps," Warns Pedestrians Of Impending Silent Vehicular Manslaughter
The Chevy Volt runs virtually silent in all-electric mode. To combat the potential electric car "silent killer" threat, GM's built in a "chirp" feature for drivers to announce and warn pedestrians when they drive by. More » -
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Aptera Co-Founders Step Aside, All-Electric 2e Delayed Until 2010
Earlier this week former Tesla spokesman Daryl Siry, writing for Wired, reported small electric automaker Aptera's co-founders had been shoved out amid financial turmoil. Popular Mechanics quickly retorted back they were just "on vacation." Looks like Wired was right. More » -
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Chevy Family Photo Op: Mass-Marketing MPG And MPG For The Masses, Together At Last
GM just dumped an unnecessary presser letting everyone know the officially-official US-spec Chevy Cruze debuts at the LA Auto Show along with its 40MPG 1.4-liter turbocharged, direct-injection inline-four. They also mentioned the still-over-a-year-away Chevy Volt for the 25,761st time. More » -
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Vehicle Weight Vs. Fuel Economy Study Ignores Gov Mandates
A new non-profit study, "Automobiles on Steroids: Product Attribute Trade-Offs and Technological Progress in the Automobile Sector," criticizes all automakers over lower fuel economy due to higher power and vehicular weight gains since 1980. It's a complete load of crap. More » -
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Chrysler Kills ENVI Electric Car Program, Shocks No One
Remember the fake electric car program Chrysler showed off earlier this year in a transparent attempt to get bailout money? Fiat just canceled the entire ENVI program. So predictable. Frankly, we're more shocked Chrysler still exists. More » -
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Truck Tail Improves Fuel Economy 7.5%
Dutch scientists have demonstrated how this aero tail, attached to the backside of tractor trailers, reduces fuel consumption by 7.5%. The device folds back to allow for loading and unloading, but it'd probably get bashed anyways. [ScienceDaily] -
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Jalopnik Reader Helps Environment With S2000
Here’s a real world example from someone who has already ditched daily driving for subways and sports cars. More » -
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Envion Oil Generator Recycles Old Plastics Into Fuels
The first commercially viable, industrial-scale plastic to fuel oil generator has been successfully demonstrated in Derwood, Maryland. It turns recyclable plastic feedstock into light oil, medium oil, and emulsified oil, and at a price of about $10 a barrel. More » -
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Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
Enjoyable cars are neither expensive nor bad for the environment when you use them as replacements for boring cars that spend all their life stuck in traffic. More » -
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Fisker Buys GM Plant To Develop Chevy Volt-Killing Mid-Size
Alongside Vice President Joe Biden, Fisker Automotive executives announced today they'll buy GM's now shuttered Wilmington, Delaware assembly plant to develop "Project NINA," an "affordable, family-oriented plug-in hybrid sedan." So, basically, GM's selling Fisker a factory to develop a Volt-killer.
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Nissan Planning To Resell Used Leaf Batteries
One of the big questions surrounding full-electric vehicles is what to do with the batteries after they've exceeded their in-vehicle life. Well, Nissan's partnered with Sumitomo in a plan to resell the Nissan Leaf's batteries for residential and commercial uses. More » -
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The Five Best Custom Green Cars
The greenies over at design blog Inhabitat have picked out their their favorite "pimped-out" eco rides. Among them a VW Bug, Chevy S-10, a '65 Impala supersport and a stretched Hummer H1 limo. How unexpected.
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US Military Pays $400 A Gallon For Fuel In Afghanistan
Think last summer's $4 a gallon prices at the pump were painful? Imagine being the US Military, which pays around $400 a gallon in Afghanistan according to the Pentagon comptroller's office in a report to the House Appropriations Defense panel.
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Peak Oil Argument Pretty Much Irrelevant
"Peak Oil" is breathlessly bandied about as reason to kill or vilify fun, high-powered cars or adopt mass transit. Argue the environmental benefits all day, but there's possibly 60 years of natural gas reserves if the oil runs dry. [Telegraph] -
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Senior Citizen Knocks Flaming Gas Pump Onto Man
An elderly women in Ohio lost control of her van, knocking a gas pump onto an unsuspecting customer. The man was saved by quick-acting bystanders, but we're reconsidering our don't taser old women rule. [Today] -
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VW Golf TwinDrive Is German For "Chevy Volt"
Motor Trend's Frank Markus got time with the VW Golf TwinDrive, a plug-in diesel-electric hybrid prototype operating much like the Chevy Volt. The difference? The engine can run the wheels as well as the generator. Don't expect production soon. [MotorTrend] -
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AFVTech Developing Natural Gas-Huffing, 600HP, LS7-Powered Hot Rod
AFVTech is a company which sells conversion kits for compressed natural gas, mother nature's most ignored fuel source. We suspect their '33 Ford hot rod boasting a CNG-burning 600 HP 7.0-liter LS7 won't be ignored. More » -
#cashforclunkers
August average new vehicle fuel economy hit record 23MPG thanks to Cash For Clunkers. [TheCarConnection]
