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Efficiency
 Send
gasoline or diesel fuel through a strong electric field just before
it goes into a fuel injector and you can boost a vehicle's fuel efficiency
by about 20 percent. [more]
The main hurdle to replacing incandescent lights with much more efficient
light-emitting diodes is lowering the cost. Researchers have been
looking to silicon for a solution. [more]
Argonne device tracks plug-in hybrid performance
Argonne National Laboratory has developed a diagnostic
device that monitors plug-in hybrid electric vehicle performance.
The device uses GPS and a network of sensors to collect real-time
data on where and how far a vehicle travels, how the engine and battery
perform, how efficiently the fuel is used and to calculate watt-hours
per mile.
Demo car hits 100 mpg
Carmakers ought to be able to sell 100-miles-per-gallon cars. The
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has demonstrated the point
with a modified
Toyota Prius. The researchers converted a stock 2006 Prius into
a plug-in hybrid and added a larger lithium-ion battery and a rooftop
solar panel to more than double the car's gas mileage.
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