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Notice anything different around here? Welcome to the new AutoblogGreen {Autoblog Green}
Jul 2nd 2008 12:35AM It's broken: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autobloggreen.com%2F&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&group=0
Forget MPG - let's move to GPM {Autoblog Green}
Jun 20th 2008 9:18PM Better yet, MJ (or BTU or kWh) per mile, so people can compare between different fuel types. (And change gas pumps to charge by the same unit of energy.)
High speed trains are killing airplanes {Autoblog Green}
Jun 17th 2008 8:18PM The operating costs of high speed rail are apparently competitive enough with air travel that the Acela Express has taken half of the New York to Washington D.C. corridor's market share from the airlines, all while making a profit.
High speed trains are killing airplanes {Autoblog Green}
Jun 17th 2008 1:49PM Phil, these aren't your grandfather's trains. High speed rail gets 300-500 passenger miles per gallon. Not even a fully loaded Prius can match that. And airliners get only around 45-60.
Yggdrasilly, which high speed rail lines in the world are subsidized? My understanding is that they all make a profit or very close to it. America's only nearly-high-speed rail line, the Acela Express, is Amtrak's only profit-making route.
Is it time to return to the double nickel? {Autoblog Green}
Jun 6th 2008 10:57AM A car that doesn't have to go much faster than 55 doesn't need an engine as big as one that does. So a return to the double nickel might result in the return of 1.0L engines and their incredible fuel efficiencies.
Mazda2 three-door and diesel now waiting for European buyers {Autoblog Green}
Jun 3rd 2008 3:47PM http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/04/29/mazda2-coming-to-america-as-ford-fiesta-in-2009/
Stanford students think PANDA is the answer to silent EVs/hybrids {Autoblog Green}
Jun 2nd 2008 8:44PM Pinging? Like sonar? That would be cool. The blind person could press a button on a keychain transmitter, and all equipped cars within range would make some kind of audible sound. That way the rest of us wouldn't have to hear the noise all the time.
Does diesel have a future? {Autoblog Green}
May 14th 2008 12:09PM "Diesel fuel is actually more expensive than gasoline in the UK: £1.25 per liter compared to £1.10, which he translates into £350 more per year when driving 20,000 miles per year."
But don't diesel cars get better fuel economy than gasoline cars?
Dragon Power Station makes electricity from traffic {Autoblog Green}
Apr 30th 2008 12:55AM They could equip hybrids with RFIDs that temporarily disable the device as they pass over.
Pelosi's replies to GOP's call for a "commonsense" plan to lower gas prices {Autoblog Green}
Apr 24th 2008 7:08PM Apparently, Pelosi doesn't understand that "how can we make it possible for Americans to maintain their gluttonous, environmentally destructive lifestyles" is the wrong question.
