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Until Ford finally gets its stuff together and builds that atomic car they designed in 1958, we’re all basically stuck with paying whatever price the gas stations decide on any particular day. If you can manage your mileage, you can at least pick and choose where to top off, but the advice available online ranges from the obvious (don’t hit the gas too hard) to the flaky (wave a magnet over the engine block and pray to Petroleus, god of fuel efficiency). Here are five confirmed facts and five confirmed fictions about boosting your fuel economy. Fact: Running the air conditioner can hurt your fuel economy. ...
10. THE GAS IN YOUR TANK Bought gasoline or a Chevrolet lately? You’ve almost certainly come across all sorts of decals talking about “flex fuel” or “E85” or maybe even a fanciful picture of a giant ear of corn with a gas pump nozzle on it. Welcome to the boring but economically significant world of biofuels, where the technology developed by generations of corn-likker moonshiners has been harnessed to make your gasoline slightly cheaper (and your mileage slightly worse). Economists, scientists, and botanists have been arguing the pros and cons of plant-based alcohol-related fuel additives ...
The development of the modern automobile hasn't been a smooth process. Many years are spent just refining existing ideas and models instead of innovating new ones. But every once in a while, a car comes along that changes the game. In this feature, we'll spotlight 10 automobiles that radically altered the way we drive. Ford Model T There’s no vehicle that can start this list off but the venerable Model T. The first automobile to be built on an assembly line using mass production methods, the T reigned at the top of the auto market for a staggering 45 years. And you could get one in any color... as long as it was ...