In response to my previous kvetching about the scarcity of cheap fuel efficient cars, JWK commented that his 2001 Golf TDI gets 48 MPG (it’s rated for 44). Meanwhile, TreeHugger pointed out that Volkswagen’s Polo BlueMotion gets 62 MPG (Volkswagen UK claims the current Polo hatchback gets up to 72 MPG in diesel (I assume [...]

Posted August 16, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Tags: diesel, emissions, fuel economy, LEV II, mileage, Smart Fortwo, TDi, Volkswagen. 4 Comments.

I’m looking for a new car, but I’m finding that the market for cheap and fuel efficient cars is no better now than it was in 2005.
I drive about 140 miles round trip to work (all highway), so I’m looking for the best available highway fuel economy. I can drive a standard, but Sandee can’t, [...]

Posted August 14, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Tags: car, cars, cheap, econo box, fuel economy, fuel efficient, Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris. 14 Comments.

Here’s an irony: I used to live in the country, a small town with fewer than 900 residents, and I used to speed. Now I live in the city, well, as much of a city as New Hampshire can manage, and I’m driving slower.
Driving slower not just because Manchester’s traffic lights are on timers they [...]

Posted May 17, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Tags: commuting, driving, fuel economy, gas mileage, habits, mileage. 4 Comments.

My new scooter. It’s not much of a picture, but we’ve had two weeks of rain and this is what I could get.

Posted May 19, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog, Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Tags: fuel economy, moped, scooter, silver, transportation, yamaha. 3 Comments.

How crazy is it that we can get neither flying cars nor (affordable) fuel efficient cars today?
Anyway, the Reva (shown above) is a tiny little electric that seats two adults, can go 50 miles on a charge, and fully charges in five hours (two hours gets an 80% charge). It’s an Indian company, but they [...]

Posted November 8, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Tags: automobile, batteries, car, commute, compact, compact car, eco-friendly, efficient, electric car, energy, energy efficiency, energy efficient, fuel economy, fuel efficient, fuel efficient cars, gas prices, green, hubbert peak, reva, reva electric car. 42 Comments.

Gizmodo reported it a while ago, but a Canadian company called Japanoid is importing these and other tiny Japanese cars. How tiny? At or under 1.5 meters (under 5 feet!) wide with engines 660CC or under. They’re called Kei Jidousha, or Keicars, or just K-cars (though not to be confused with Chrysler’s K-Cars). Japanoid has [...]

Posted July 30, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Tags: canadian law, economy car, economy cars, fuel economy, gizmodo, honda, honda acty, japanese cars, japanoid, k-car, k-cars, kei jidousha, keicars, mini, mitsubishi, mitsubishi minica toppo, nissan, nissan figaro, nissan pao, nissan s-cargo, smart, tiny. 5 Comments.