To add fuel to this efficient travel fire, Ruzwana Bashir, founder and CEO of Peek.com tells us during a fun Valley Girl chat at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto how we can do the same for the new, fun or adventurous activities we want to plan on our itineraries when we arrive in these locations.
The Obama administration scored a major win for fuel-efficient cars this week by finalizing new standards that will increase the fuel economy of cars to the equivalent of 54.5 mpg by 2025.
The Prius c is a concept in name only, because this smaller and even more fuel-efficient variant is going into production.
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Many other new vehicles being unveiled this week are small, fuel-efficient models, including a second Prius model from Toyota, a redesigned Honda Civic, the new Chevrolet Sonic and the Buick Verano.
Jeep is getting a replacement for the aging Liberty this year, and Chrysler is trying to build upon the success of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee introduced a couple of years ago with a new version this year that gets a more fuel-efficient, eight-speed transmission and an optional diesel engine.
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And this is a point I want to emphasize: If you buy a car, your investment in a more fuel-efficient vehicle as a result of this standard will pay off in just three years.
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It's doing this by hastening its move from trucks and SUVs to more fuel efficient vehicles, along with other cost cuts.
In green car news, Ford's new 2013 C-MAX plug-in hybrid was rated the most fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid available in the US this week.
To achieve this, the WEO estimates that renewable and carbon-efficient fossil-fuel energies will have to expand their share of the energy mix from 19 to 26 percent by 2030.
This makes the vehicle lighter and potentially easier to handle, and possibly more fuel-efficient as well.
This would be cost-effective because most equipment in rich countries is already fuel-efficient.
While demand for light, fuel efficient vehicles was on the rise, Ford actually sold fewer trucks this May, evidencing a clear shift in consumer preferences.
This year the concept cars of interest are environmentally friendly, light-weight, fuel-efficient, compact, and incredibly fast.
With refuelling during races banned this year, starting weights would have given an indication as to which cars were the most fuel efficient.
Unfortunately, I expect fuel prices to continue to rise (and become much more volatile), but WM is taking steps to address this, by making their fleet more efficient and by using some of their own biogas as fuel.
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The global trend of high fuel prices have led to an increase in demand for fuel efficient cars, and Ford will ensure its cars are fitted with fuel-efficient engines ranging from Ecoboost to hybrid and diesel to cash in on this demand.
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This follows a trend where automakers are replacing robust, truck-based SUVs with lighter, more fuel-efficient, car-based crossovers.
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For example, trucks that will be launched under the brand Bharatbenz in India later this year are expected to be 5-10% more expensive than the competition, but around 10% more fuel efficient.
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