Toyota recalls 1.7 million vehicles for fuel leaks
Washington— Toyota Motor Corp. said it is recalling nearly 1.7 million cars worldwide today for fuel leaks – the latest in a series of damaging recalls for the world’s largest automaker.
Thread of the Day: How Much Speed Would You Sacrifice for Fuel Economy?
Volkswagen’s XL1 Concept is claimed to achieve 261.3 mpg but for many enthusiasts, that’s great…as long as someone else is buying it. If the XL1 were already a production vehicle, its 0-62 mph acceleration time of 11.9 seconds suggests it would be able to keep up with traffic with its 0.8-liter two-cylinder diesel engine mated … Read full blog
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EPA approves E15 fuel, raises concerns
On Friday, the EPA released a long-awaited decision allowing the use of 15-percent ethanol in regular gasoline to be burned in cars made from 2001 to 2006. The move is expected to lead to gas stations selling the fuel, known as E15, at specially labeled pumps around the country–but it does not require a blend greater than E10. (Read: “Move over E85, here comes E15. EPA proposes adding more ethanol to gasoline blends.”)Gas station owners, as well as makers of boats, snowmobiles, and yard equipment…
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New Split-Cycle Engine Design Shown To Improve Fuel Economy By 50 Percent
Scuderi’s Split-Cycle Engine Scuderi Group
Split cycle engines-engines that split the functions of a normal four-cycle piston into two separate but adjacent and complementary pistons-have never been able to match the efficiency and overall function of traditional internal combustion engines, but a new design could change all that. By tweaking the standard split-cycle design with new features like a compressed air tank that captures wasted energy from the system, the Scuderi Group claim not only to have …
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Four-Links – cross-country Caddy, Kaija Kalevala, Fuel Tank, The Green Book
* With snow covering half the country, it’s the perfect time for a road trip story, no? Iver Peterson took a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz most of the way along Route 50 this past summer and wrote about the trip for the New York Times last month. (via)
* From canada.com last week came this story of Kaija Kalevala, a Finnish emigre to Canada who did what few to zero other women did in the 1940s and 1950s: drive a truck for a living and raced stock cars in her spare time. Sounds like she was pret…
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Saab Recalling 2010-2011MY 9-3 Models Due to Faulty Fuel Pumps
Saab is recalling 4,400 passenger cars from the 2010-2011MY 9-3 series manufactured from June 2010 through October 2010 to fix fuel pumps that can seize and cause the engine to stall. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), some of these fuel pumps may have internal components with incorrect specifications.
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Volvo certain focus on China will fuel sales
Volvo Car Corp. faces an uncertain future as the new subsidiary of a Chinese company, but Volvo’s top executives say the new arrangement offers the Swedish carmaker big opportunities.
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EPA approves higher percentage ethanol fuel for some vehicles
As should come as no surprise, the EPA approved a higher percentage of Ethanol to be mixed into gasoline for vehicles made between 2001 and 2006. Automakers were none too pleased, and said they would probably contest the decision in court. E-15, which can contain an ethanol content of 15% mixed into gasoline was approved for use last October in cars made in 2007 or later. Now the EPA has extended that to include the aforementioned vehicles.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said that after ‘thorou…
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EPA approves higher ethanol fuel for some vehicles
The Environmental Protection Agency, as expected and over the objections of automakers, today approved the use of a higher blend of ethanol in older vehicles.