GPM. Think you can learn to adapt your mental fuel efficiency calculators from the standard miles per gallon to the European-style gallons per mile? Some say such a shift in the U.S. will help people better understand just how equivalent two vehicles are in terms of burning fuel to get somewhere. Perhaps, but a shift might be happening anyway, and that gasoline consumption in America peaked in 2007.
- Did U.S. gasoline consumption peak in 2007?
- Forget MPG - let's move to GPM
- ASTM approves new biodiesel blends, bring on the B20!
- City services hit hard by gas prices
- Nissan reportedly considering entry into the sporty hybrid market
- Mercedes wants to eliminate petroleum from its lineup by 2015
- ErockIT serial electric bike impresses
- eBay Find of the Day: 1981 Ford Fairmont electric car made by NASA?
- Jason Calacanis moves up the Tesla delivery waiting line to #16, may give away car
- Mercedes luxury electric vehicle now more than a rumor
- Production Volkswagen up! may go front wheel drive instead, optional ER-EV
- European Ford Focus coming to U.S. in 2010! Third shift added now
- smart cdi coming to the UK in 2009
- Renault unveils hydrogen Scénic ZEV H2
- Mobile meadow captures truck's carbon emissions on the run
More headlines after the jump.
- Envision a go-green car show
- South Carolina now requires a separate license for 3-wheelers
- LTC juices the Gumpert at the Nurburgring 24
- China raises fuel prices by 16.7 percent
- Meet the Ecocustom, a project for Shell's EcoMarathon
- GM and Carnegie Mellon University to collaborate on vehicle research
- Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE ready for road testing in Japan
- Honda attacks another part of life-cycle emissions with new rail car
- Paris Mayor announces more details about EV public rental service
- Jaguar and Land Rover hiring 600 to cut CO2 emissions
- Altair names Terry Copeland as new president and CEO
- Mercedes announces new plant in Hungary for "subcompact premium" cars
- Chrysler 300C, Dodge Charger next to get hybrid drive?
- Nissan partner with Project Better Place in Israel, competitor in Japan
- USCAR gets two new members, DTE Energy and SCE
- High School students build enclosed electric motorcycle
- French magazine calculates the real savings using low-rolling resistance tires
