Ford Motor Company, responding to customer demand for smaller and more fuel-efficient vehicles, is accelerating its efforts to bring six small vehicles from Ford’s respected European lineup to the…
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Trends: Customizing Hybrid Cars
Ever since returning WWII vets pulled the fenders off souped-up flathead Fords over 60 years ago – thus launching the hot rod movement that continues to this day – Southern California has been known…
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Building High MPG Cars a Priority
General Motors and the Model T Ford both mark their centennial anniversaries this year. While we celebrate the anniversaries of these automotive icons, we also need to remember 2008 as the year that…
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E85 Expands, and Why it is Good
Recent public perception holds that gas stations have a license to steal. Station owners say that selling gasoline is an expensive and highly competitive business. If you don’t believe it, just take…
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5 Facts About Ford’s HySeries
Ford Motor Company’s plug-in hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology uses a drivetrain called the HySeries Drive. Development of the HySeries technology was partially funded by the U.S….
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5 Facts About Electric Vehicle Charging
Today, zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) are seen as an ideal way to satisfy society’s conscious efforts to go green. In the eyes of a growing number of people, electric vehicles (EVs) running on…
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5 Facts About Creating Hydrogen
As the world continues to turn away from burning fossil fuels for energy, scientists are constantly reevaluating the options for automotive fuels. It is well-known that burning fossil fuels creates…
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Corvettes Race Renewable Fuel
For many car enthusiasts, the Chevrolet Corvette is the ultimate performance car. So why not make that performance green? It’s a good question and one that General Motors and Corvette Racing have…
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Hyundai’s Hot Little 47 MPG i10
Like most automakers, Hyundai produces much smaller and more fuel efficient cars that are regularly sold in markets outside the U.S. One example is this automaker’s i10 model that was introduced in…
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5 Facts: Building an Electric Car
1. How Can You Get an Electric Car? Today, no major automaker is making full-function battery electric cars that are sold in the U.S. There are electric powered neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs)…
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