Nissan  has launched the first hybrid car-carrier. The carrier is 557 feet long and it has rows of solar power panels on deck and an electronically controlled diesel engine. All of the combined energy efficient updates to the carrier will allow it to save up to. 1,400 tons of fuel each year. If you’re interested [...]

The Department of Transportation has officially issued new information-label formats for passenger vehicles, that will take the place of the old window labels. The new labels are designed to be easy on the eyes and to provide essential fuel economy data in a clear and helpful fashion. The labels will prominently feature gas mileage numbers, [...]

Idling cars waste untold amounts of gasoline every year. Much of this is a combination of time spent in traffic jams and mistaken automotive myths (many people believe, for example, that idling wastes less gasoline than shutting down and restarting a car, though in reality, that’s only true for idling less than 10 seconds – [...]

As of August 31, 2010, Nissan has finally started taking orders for its electric LEAF sedan. The first-ever all-electric consumer sedan from a major auto-maker, the LEAF (an acronym for Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car) has been so hotly anticipated that Nissan’s reservation list for people who wanted to be first in line when [...]

I have loved the concept of smart cars ever since traveling in Europe some (ooof, ten) years ago. Parking head on into the curb makes tons of sense, you just need a different vehicle paradigm to support it… not to mention the cultural shift necessary for people to desire and value such things. Perhaps the [...]