With a fourfold win at the 1,000 mile Petit Le Mans race, Porsche not only celebrated securing the LMP2 and GT2 championship titles for drivers and teams in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). The Porsche RS Spyder running the new 3.4-litre V8 engine with direct fuel injection (DFI) piloted by Sascha Maassen (Germany), Patrick Long (USA) and Emmanuel Collard (France) also won the Green Challenge, held for the first time and awarded to the most efficient sports prototype. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Porsche wins prize for best efficiency’
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- First leg of Audi Mileage Marathon started in New York
- Audi Q7 with ultra low emission system taking part in major real-life test
- Best actual fuel efficiency from 7.4 liters per 100 kilometers (31.79 US mpg)
The new Audi Q7 3.0 TDI with ultra low emission system is the cleanest diesel in the world, and an extremely economical form of propulsion into the bargain. This was demonstrated on the very first leg of the Audi Mileage Marathon on Monday, from New York to Washington. The best participants in this major real-life test criss-crossing the American continent achieved an average fuel consumption of an impressive 7.4 liters per 100 kilometers (31.79 US mpg). Continue reading ‘Audi: The cleanest diesel is also ultra-efficient’
Autocar is reporting that Audi has confirmed plans to launch a small electric city car, likely to be based on the VW Up! concept.
Peter Schwarzenbauer, who sits on the management board at Ingolstadt, told Autocar ‘We will offer a pure electric car’ at last week’s Paris motor show. Continue reading ‘Audi to launch electric car’
We just posted a few pieces on our gas shortage and why you need to use premium if your car calls for it. Here is a follow up we just read over on The Car Connection. As Colin Mathews put it “Could this Southeast phenomenon be a chilling harbinger of energy crises yet to come?”
Georgia and North Carolina commuters are being forced to telecommute, take public transit, carpool, or wait in 15+ minute lines due to the most significant fuel shortages since Presidents Carter and Nixon. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and the American Petroleum Institute, by way of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, hurricanes Gustav and Ike bear the main responsibility.
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The Southeast is seeing a huge hit in gas shortages these days. We are out of Atlanta and it seems as if there is completely no gas of any grade. If you do find regular, 87 RON, huge lines are forming and some are waiting in them for an 1hr or more.
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Atlantans rely on two major pipelines, Colonial and Plantation, to pump fuel from the Gulf of Mexico. Moving at about 3 mph to 5 mph, it can take up to 10 days for gas to travel from Houston to Atlanta. The metro area began to feel the pinch of short supplies about two weeks after Gustav struck, which is about the time Ike came ashore. Continue reading ‘Atlanta’s gas shortage’
Overall winner with average fuel consumption of 3.8 litres per 100km
The Seat Ibiza ECOMOTIVE achieved a major triumph in the 10th Eco Tour, a tough, fuel-efficient challenge driving cross-Europe that took place between 13th and 19th September. The Spanish brand’s vehicle not only finished first place in the “small diesel” class but was also the overall winner with average fuel consumption of 3.8l / 100km. Continue reading ‘The Ibiza ECOMOTIVE, the most fuel-efficient vehicle in the Eco Tour 2008′
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According to TDI, TSI and DSG, Volkswagen presented in Paris a new milestone in the Environmental
Passat BlueTDI already achieved Euro-6-norm of the 2014 elections
Wolfsburg, 24 September 2008 - Volkswagen shows at the Paris Motor Show (October 2-19) the cleanest Passat of all times and with it a new engine Label: BlueTDI. This is the Passat to herald a whole series of groundbreaking BlueTDI cleaner models. You can reach today from 2014 until the current euro-6-emissions standard. Continue reading ‘World premiere: Passat BlueTDI - its time for years ahead’
The Taylor’s are almost a third of the way toward breaking Guinness World Record
As of end of day, Wednesday, Sept. 10, the Taylor’s have driven more than 2,753 miles through more than 24 states averaging about 58.78 US miles per gallon.
Two of the world’s most fuel efficient drivers, John and Helen Taylor, are a third of the way through their attempt to break the current world record for lowest fuel consumption across the 48 contiguous United States. Today they will be driving into their ninth day, passing through the northern states of the Great Plains, including South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana. To help them along the way, they are driving the all-new, 50-state-compliant clean diesel Volkswagen Jetta TDI, fueled by Shell’s best diesel fuel. Continue reading ‘Fuel efficient couple en route to break Guinness World Record’
Two of the world’s most fuel-efficient drivers, John and Helen Taylor, will embark today on the “Taylors’ Diesel Inspiration” tour—an attempt to break the current world record for lowest fuel consumption on a drive across the 48 contiguous United States. To help meet this goal, the Taylors will be behind the wheel of an all-new, 50-state-compliant clean diesel Volkswagen Jetta TDI employing simple “FuelStretch” fuel-saving driving tips they developed with Shell. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen: Couple sets out to break Guinness World Record for lowest fuel consumption in a’
