Cars, trucks and more

Thought I’d post you some of my first observations on the Suburban fuel economy. It hasn’t been the best, especially when I drove it without thinking at all about economical driving style. However, I’ve been trying to push the number towards better and I’d say that driving style is what matters the most.
So, here are [...]

America doesn’t need $20,000 hybrids?
I’ve been reading a lot lately about the various tax incentive programs being created by Congress and states, particularly Michigan, to promote battery research and development.
Are these people on crack?
I’m 100 percent for incentives to push consumers into fuel efficient vehicles, but I think the facts are pretty clear. If gas [...]

Even Barack doesn’t have much high ground
I remember, just as gas prices were rising, a press conference that members of Congress had at a Washington DC gas station to address the rising cost of gasoline prices. Even though the gas station was just ONE block from Congressional offices, most members drove. Even worse, their drivers [...]

The gas guzzler is done?
Well, that’s probably not going to be true anytime soon, but the wild popularity of gas-guzzlers is dead. That’s a step, and as I watch the automakers testify before Congress, I need some hope.
If the recession hitting the US lasts as long, including the recovery, as some economists are predicting, any [...]