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NEWS ABOUT: miles per gallon

miles per gallon stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - GM held a triumphant press conference this morning, announcing that, using newly devised EPA methodology, its 2011 Chevy Volt will get a whopping 230 miles per gallon in city driving, by far the highest fuel efficiency rating ever. No car has ever so much as sniffed 100mpg before; the Prius... More »

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General Motors • fuel efficiency • Environmental Protection Agency • miles per gallon • mpg • hybrid car • Chevrolet Volt • Chevy Volt

'Cash for Clunkers' Plan
Hits Skids With Auto Experts

Critics call green scheme misguided, too narrow

May 2, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Cash for Clunkers,” a congressional effort to remove older, gas-guzzling cars from the road, is gaining traction on Capitol Hill, but remains controversial elsewhere, MSNBC reports. The plan would offer drivers a $4,500 voucher toward new, fuel-efficient cars in exchange for trading in their environmentally unfriendly vehicles.... More »

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environment • fuel efficiency • miles per gallon • vouchers • drivers • cars • US Senate • Cash for Clunkers

Gas Prices Hit Record High

$4 gallon of gas around the corner, experts warn

Mar 10, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gas prices rocketed 64 cents in the last year to a national average of $3.20 per gallon of regular, CNN reports.  A survey of prices at 5,000 gas stations found the highest price, $3.58, in San Francisco and the lowest, $2.99, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The... More »

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ethanol • OPEC • petroleum • miles per gallon • gas prices • Daylight Saving Time • Lundberg Survey • Trilby Lundberg • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries • mileage penalty • diesel products

India's Tata Debuts $2,500 Car

Tata Motors' Nano could add millions of cars to India's already congested roads

Jan 10, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - It has no radio, air conditioning, or passenger-side mirror and only one windshield wiper; but what Tata Motors' newest offering, the Nano, does have is a price tag that could help millions of people become car owners: $2,500. The tiny 4-door sub-compact, the world's cheapest car, was unveiled at... More »

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pollution • India • miles per gallon • auto industry • Tata Motors • Nano • Ratan Tata • sub compact

Eco-Vandals Trash Hummer

Attack on $38K gas-guzzler called
a 'hate crime'

Jul 18, 07 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 32-year-old man in Northwest DC woke to find his dream car—a $38,000 Hummer—with slashed tires, smashed windows, and a message carved into its body: "FOR THE ENVIRON." In a green-friendly neighborhood dominated by hybrids, two masked eco-extremists decided to punish Gareth Groves by mutilating... More »

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environment • environmentalism • gas • Washington DC • prius • extremists • vandalism • hummer • miles per gallon • mpg • vandals • eco vandals • hybrid car • cars

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