Resources For Diesel Cars and Hypermilers

Azure Dynamics show hybrid bus.

Autobloggreen.com has an article about long it takes before your hybrid car is worth it.

A fabulous oldsmobile aurora  has been modded to have suicide doors.

I'm working on a post disproving of myths about hypermiling. So far I've myths of safety and legality covered but I need more. Post your hypermiling myths below.

Now you can build your own hybrid car.

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On less busy roads I find it easy to vary my speed depending on the terrain. That is I coast up and down hills but the variation in my speed and the lack of break lights could become dangerous. Is there a good way to hypermile and be stingy with gas and be safe too?

When I'm hypermiling in my prizm, should I use the break or the engine to slow down? I've heard that when hypermiling you don't want to use the break because it ruins your fuel economy.

Word on the street is that General Motors wants to put a stake in the heart of its cash vampire Saab. I'm from New England and therefore have a love-hate relationship with the brand. All that really means is that I can remember when Saabs didn't suck.

Here are some easily dispelled myths about fuel maximizing techniques known as hypermiling.

Hypermiling Will Kill You

Hypermiling is not some sort of scary daredevil driving techniques but simple modifications to your driving technique. Hypermiling will not lead to your death unless you are scheduled to win a Darwin award. The majority of fuel maximizing techniques are safe and street legal. However, check with your local authorities before you engaged in any risky activity.

On a roll after making the gay car that straight vampires love to drive, Volvo has now made their safer for the living. You won't die of allergies in a S60 but that still leaves boredom.....

My fellow hypermilers how do you get the most mpg? Share your favorite fuel efficiency maximizers here.

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Treehugger.com has an interesting article about ways to make the internal combustion engine better. Some of the items listed are not new but others are sort of interesting.
Read it yourself here.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/08/5-fuel-saving-technologies-for-c...

According to greendaily, Shell will open a biodiesel plant in Hawai'i that will use algae to make fuel.

A cool photo shows you the space required by the same people traveling by bus, car and bikes.

The Smart is the little car that can't and you shouldn't. Unless you want to look lame don't buy it. It is small, drives horribly and doesn't really get great mileage. Sounds like a recipe for douchbagery.

The Truth About Cars tells you the truth about the Opel/ Saturn Astra a cute little car from GM.

The only reason that Chrysler should be allowed to keep going, GEM a maker of electronic neighborhood cars now has customized versions of their ugly mobiles. Run with it.

The Canadian car industry is being held up because of Ottawa's red tape.

If you have read any press about him lately, you'd probably say yes. Kamen is the man who gave the world the IBOT, Segway and Slingshot water purifier.

Audi, the German brand people outside of New England don't know about, might bring their little A3 TDI to the use market. Audi is known its driving dynamic and what I call "episcopalian charm." That is, a high quality stark interior.

I remember test driving a Mazda Protoge with my parents. Our car dealer wore a hat like Indiana Jones. It was deep in the 90s recession. Things are worse now, will the Mazda 3 sell? Lets hope the four people on the planet left who qualify for a car loan like the 3.