Think driving ‘greener’ requires sacrifice? Go motoring in a MINI for an attitude adjustment. The new MINI Cooper is just about the most fun you can have in a car that rates high environmental…

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Like all automakers, Toyota is acutely aware of evolving consumer demands and is responding with some pivotal changes in its manufacturing structure and product mix. It’s beginning this in a big way…

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No vehicle in recent history, with the possible exception of GM’s now-defunct EV1 electric car, has created as much excitement, expectations, and speculation as the Chevrolet Volt. The electric drive…

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Are you considering converting your car or light truck to run on compressed natural gas (CNG)? Besides being less expensive on a gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE) basis, CNG is cleaner burning and,…

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Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. has developed and will soon market a hybrid electric vehicle that combines hybrid power with an alternative fuel, in this case LPG (liquid propane gas, or propane). This is…

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1. Even Rudolf Diesel Liked BiodieselIn a now century-old patent application, visionary and inventor Rudolf Diesel stated, “The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today, but…

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Fisker Automotive plans to start delivering its Karma plug-in hybrid sedan in late 2009. The Karma made its public debut at the 2008 North American International Auto Show and the company has already…

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Can you really operate your car on water? If you have to think about this, then you’re really not thinking it through at all. If this was the case then we wouldn’t be dependent on far off countries…

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Crossover utility vehicles by definition try to be all things to all people. One vehicle that can do it all – from commuter car to little league team bus, odd-job cargo hauler to cross country family…

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T. Boone Pickens is an oil and gas man, an extremely successful entrepreneur who founded Mesa Petroleum – one of the world’s largest independent oil and gas companies – over 50 years ago. Until 1996,…

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