EPA to reject Obama fuel efficiency standards early next week

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to use a Chevrolet dealership in suburban Washington on Tuesday as the setting to tout its rejection of the Obama administration’s landmark vehicle fuel efficiency rules, a move that could put automakers in the middle of a battle between the Trump administration and California. […]

Microsoft releases two new Windows 10 previews with High Efficiency Image File format

Microsoft today released two new Windows 10 previews for PCs. Both builds include support for the High Efficiency Image File (HEIF) format, but they diverge from there. It’s a rare occurrence for the Windows Insider program to get two new builds on the same day, though the last time this happened was only a month […]

Robots that pick up and sort objects may improve warehouse efficiency

Sorting and organizing may not always be the most difficult tasks, but they can certainly get tedious. And while they may seem like prime examples of something we might like robots to do for us, picking up, recognizing and sorting objects is actually a pretty difficult thing to teach a machine. But researchers at MIT […]

China halts production of 553 car models over fuel efficiency

The new year is proving to be a headache for some car makers in China. As of January 1st, the country has suspended production of 553 car models that didn’t meet its fuel efficiency standards. Some of these come from partnerships with foreign heavyweights, including Beijing Benz Automotive, Chery and FAW-Volkswagen. It’s not certain how […]

Ford’s latest police hybrid is built for efficiency, not speed

Ford has already got the “speed” part down for hybrid police cars with its Police Responder Hybrid pursuit car, but now it’s focusing on the economy side. It just launched its first-ever plug-in hybrid aimed at police and government officials for “non-pursuit” duties, called the Special Service Plug-In Hybrid Sedan. “This is the first Ford […]

Bisimoto tunes Hyundai Ioniq SEMA show car for efficiency, not power

Automotive tuner Bisimoto is probably best known for its wildly powerful SEMA show cars, such as its 1,029 horsepower Honda Odyssey, and last year’s 1,040-horsepower, rear-drive Hyundai Santa Fe. But this year, the company tried something different, building a Hyundai Ioniq hybrid not for power, but for fuel economy. According to Hyundai and Bisimoto, the […]

Mazda made a game-changing fuel efficiency breakthrough other carmakers have spent decades working on

REUTERS/Michael Caronna As soon as 2019, Mazda will have a petrol-driven car in production that is cheaper to run than a Tesla Model S. The Japanese carmaker has announced it is ready to reveal a combustion engine using compression technology Ford, General Motors and Hyundai have been trying to get into production for the best […]

Airbus Considers A380plus With 80 More Seats, Better Fuel Efficiency

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