- May 18, 2006 • 10:39 am PDT
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Where does your money go when you pay for a gallon of gas? How much money are oil companies making? What affects the price of gas in the United...
Guests at this year's International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland got a sneak peek at the future of electric cars. According to Treehugger,...
Our friends at Streetsblog found a new report by the EPA that contained the chart below. It shows the dirtiness of the vehicles produced each year...
The Union of Concerned Scientists (fun name!) knows that all hybrids were not created equal. So it has created this hybrid...
The House of Representatives half of Congress was fighting over transportation funding this week and the big sticking point for House...
China is pushing to drastically overhaul their automobile fleet, replacing it with electric cars. Or at least that's what they're saying. If the...
Which states get hit hardest by high gas prices? The rural ones. From Reuters: The five states that are most vulnerable to the higher fuel prices...
On the heels of my post about gas prices and rural America, here's a map showing how much people would be spending on gas if prices spiked to 2008...
What's the most efficient way to get around? Planes might burn a lot of fuel, but they also are filled with people, making each gallon go a lot...
We're generally of the mindset that our transportation future will include many varieties of vehicles working en masse-from bikes to buses to...
Have rising gas prices actually made a difference in driving habits? Apparently, they have. Sort of. People are driving less, but more gas is...
In Oregon, declining gas tax revenues are prompting the state to look into some wacky new ways of getting money from drivers. The LA Times...
The Tata Nano, the diminutive automobile that retails for an even tinier $2,000, made a big splash when it was released in India last year (might...
On the heels of last week's Nano speculation, here's some more: According to Yahoo news, a version of the Tata Nano that meets U.S. emission and...
Volkswagen wants everyone to know how serious it is about making a mark on the burgeoning electric vehicle market. Three Volkswagen vehicles...
It sounds impossible: A plug-in hybrid sports car with more than 700 horsepower that also gets 78 mpg? It's real enough, though there is some...
The Cash for Clunkers program, which gives up to a $4,500 rebate if they trade in a car with low fuel economy for one with high fuel economy,...
Hybrids used to be the domain of starry-eyed idealists and kooky environmentalists. But, as gas prices rise and as car manufacturers throw...
The U.S. Department of Transportation released their report on America's driving habits in 2008 last week. Overall it's pretty dry, but the chart...
Unchecked, these three emerging economies could send the planet into flames. Here's what they're trying to do about it. THE PROBLEM China...

