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Fuel efficient car choices for 2012

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April 8   1 Comment  

Increased environmental awareness, high gas prices and a continually slumping economy have combined to make fuel efficient cars are all the rage today. Pictured from top to bottom: the Electric Mitsubishi Miev, Toyota's Plug-in Hybrid Prius; General Motors' gas sipping Chevy Sonic.

Save money and the environment with your next car purchase

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Gas prices rise for 10th straight day

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March 19   Leave a Comment  

Gas are at a national high in Chicago.

Gas prices are growing, and there is on sign of stopping.

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5 things I’ll do to my 2012 Dodge Charger (and 3 I won’t…)

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March 8   Leave a Comment  

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Let’s not get carried away here

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New automobile fuel economy standards

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Feb. 19   Leave a Comment  

In a plan formulated by the Obama administration, auto makers will double the average, unadjusted fuel-economy rating of their cars and light trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 from today’s standard of 27 miles per gallon. Congress is likely to sign the new rules, which will start taking effect for the 2017 model year, into law this summer. (ThinkStock)

How’s 54.5 MPG sound?

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Avoid winter woes with quick fall auto fix-up tips

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Oct. 25, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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A few things you can do

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Stuff for Your Car: Clean it yourself

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Aug. 11, 2011   3 Comments  

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Win a free Armorall pack for your car!

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Review: 2011 Mazda 2

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Aug. 2, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Concentrated “Zoom Zoom”

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Review: 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander GT S-AWD

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July 11, 2011   Leave a Comment  

2011 Mitsubishi Outlander GT

One CUV that shouldn’t be looked over

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Is there still a future for hydrogen-fueled fuel cell cars?

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May 2, 2011   Leave a Comment  

High development costs, implementation hurdles -- and competition from electric and hybrid-electric vehicles -- have kept hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) out of the mainstream for now, but FCVs aren't dead in the water yet and research and development continues in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. Pictured: The Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell car. (Media credit/Raymond Chen via Flickr)

Maybe, maybe not

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Go a different shade of Green

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April 12, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Rethink diesel

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22 reasons to get an electric bike

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March 19, 2011   8 Comments  

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They are popular everywhere except the US so far

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Will there really be 1 million electric vehicles on American roads by 2015?

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Feb. 12, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Will Barack Obama's call for one million electric vehicles on American roads by 2015 be realized? Some predict there could be as many as 14 million on the road by 2020. Either way we should soon be seeing many more signs like this one. (Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr)

Obama’s prediction analyzed

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NHTSA releases Toyota study results

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Feb. 8, 2011   1 Comment  

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Your lead foot no longer has an excuse

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Have E-ZPass and similar programs reduced traffic and pollution?

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Feb. 6, 2011   Leave a Comment  

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority ‘s E-ZPass electronic toll collection system has reduced toll plaza delay by about 85 percent overall and decreased overall fuel consumption on the state's turnpike system by some 1.2 million gallons per year, cutting emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by 0.35 tons per day. (Tennessee Wanderer via Flickr)

Yup.

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Volkswagen’s new Passat

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Jan. 12, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Passat offers only clean diesel option in the segment

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Review: 2011 Kia Sportage

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Nov. 19, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Kia does it again

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Blast’s 2010 Holiday Automotive Gift Guide

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Nov. 1, 2010   1 Comment  

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The perfect gifts for the car or truck

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Kensington PowerBolt Micro Car Charger review

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Oct. 17, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Here’s a no-brainer

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Lemur Monitors: SafeDriver review

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Oct. 12, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Joyrides may be a thing of the past

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Cadillac to recall CTS/CTS-V models

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Sept. 21, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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2009 and 2010 models

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