#50 Future Hybrids

 
Go Hypermiling Podcast

Type: Audio
Hosts: Wayne Gerdes, Kacey Green, and Manuel Santos
Recorded: July 23, 2010
Music: Grow by April Start and Blue Eyes by Audra Connolly
Runtime: 1 hr 2 min : 52 sec
Moderating: Kacey Green
Main Topics: Honda announces new advanced environmental technologies | 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid first drive | Honda CR-Z goes for a ride 
Sponsors: CleanMPG, Hybrid Canada, & Midlands Hybrid | Enginer PHEV kits, Midlands Honda, & CleanMPG Scangauges

Our Technique: Handling the heat

Wane lets us know how he beat the heat while he was in the CR-Z for a week, we discuss how to minimize the impact of the air conditioner on your fuel economy. We go into specifics for mechanical AC compressors, electric AC compressors, and electro-mechanical hybrid AC compressors. How can you lessen the load on your HVAC system? …

Honda announces new advanced environmental technologies

Manuel lets us in on a few nuggets of Honda’s plans for the future in the area of Hybrid technologies…

2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid first drive

We talk about the new Hyundai Sonata’s hybrid variant …

2011 Honda CR-Z goes for a ride

Wayne lets us know everything he found out on his week-long test drive of the new Honda, tune in to hear what he has to say …

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Kacey Green
Go Hypermiling! 
“Hypermiling in today’s world”

#50 Future Hybrids

#47 Sonata Kilo-Tank

 
Go Hypermiling Podcast

Type: Audio
Hosts: Wayne Gerdes, Kacey Green, and Manuel Santos
Recorded: June 13, 2010
Music: .22 this song is “Peter and Jane” and we will close today with Fall Out Boy’s “Nobody puts baby in the corner” 
Runtime: 41 min : 51 sec
Moderating: Kacey Green
Main Topics: 2011 Hyundai Sonata “Challenge” - One day, 1,000 miles and just one tank of gas…, Fueleconomy.gov’s Most Fuel-Efficient Cars in America: 1984 to 2010, Honda CR-Z Sporty Hybrid
Sponsors: CleanMPG, Hybrid Canada, & Midlands Hybrid | Enginer PHEV kits, Midlands Honda, & CleanMPG Scangauges

Our Technique: “Setting your mirrors for safety, and what that has to do with FE”

How to set your mirrors and what in the world does that have to do with Fuel Economy?

2011 Hyundai Sonata “Challenge” - One day, 1,000 miles and just one tank of gas…

I am sure some have seen the banner Sean uploaded earlier this afternoon and may have been wondering what the heck it’s all about?
Chronicled here is a captivating story just getting started… with the final chapters yet to be written.
The 2011 Sonata – A new day dawns for the everyday family sedan.
Early last December, the newly redesigned 2011 Hyundai Sonata made its press debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. While a mid-sized sedan launch would not normally grab our attention unless it were hybrid or diesel powered, this conventionally powered 2.4L sedan stood out as something out of the ordinary. …

Fueleconomy.gov’s Most Fuel-Efficient Cars in America: 1984 to 2010

Fueleconomy.gov has released two new top ten lists to help consumers purchase a fuel-efficient vehicle. Unlike other top ten lists that are limited to current model year vehicles, these new lists draw from twenty-six years of EPA and real-world fuel economy data, making them useful for consumers considering a new or used gas miser:

1. Fueleconomy.gov’s Top Ten EPA-Rated Fuel Sippers (1984 to present)
2. Fueleconomy.gov’s Top Ten Real-World Fuel Sippers (1984 to present)

The first list shows the most fuel efficient vehicles based on EPA fuel economy ratings, while the second list shows the most fuel efficient vehicles based on fuel economy estimates reported by fueleconomy.gov’s “Your MPG” members-ten members must provide estimates for a vehicle’s real-world MPG to be included in the list, and the list is updated weekly as new data are submitted from members. …

Honda CR-Z Sporty Hybrid

The three major Japanese car makers are taking a distinctly different approach to the imminent arrival of the electric car. Nissan has jumped in with both feet and will launch Leaf, its battery-powered e-car, at the end of the year. Toyota is putting its eggs in the true hybrid basket - its Prius is capable of both battery- and petrol-powered drive. …

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Kacey Green
Go Hypermiling! 
“Hypermiling in today’s world”

#47 Sonata Kilo-Tank - Go Hypermiling!