Nissan is coming out with a new option called eco pedal that will give you feedback about how you're using the accelerator. Wired's Autopia has a nice summary: Nissan Puts the Meddle to the Pedal.
posted by pb to Fuel Talk at 10:30 AM August 11 - 0 comments

Consumer reports put together their list of cars with the Best fuel economy for the buck. I'm guessing they were tired of seeing the Prius at the top of every one of their fuel economy lists, and wanted to find a new way to present efficiency (price per mpg) so they could take the Prius down a peg. I say this as a perfectly reasonable Prius owner, not some sort of rabid fan.
posted by pb to Fuel Talk at 9:49 AM August 1 - 10 comments

This is a little off topic, but I wanted to share this New York Times article about personal smart metering: Finding and Fixing a Home's Power Hogs. [more inside]
posted by pb to Fuelly Site Issues at 11:03 AM July 27 - 0 comments

We purchased a database of car makes/models, but it doesn't include motorcycles. I can't see any reason not to include motorcycles, but we'll have to find that data.
posted by pb to Fuelly Site Issues at 5:19 PM July 18 - 12 comments