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Car engines squeeze power out of every drop of gas

DETROIT — Looking to cut gasoline consumption by up to 20%, automakers aren't just rolling out pricey diesel-powered models or gas-electric hybrids, according to USA Today.

General Motors, Ford and others are launching big initiatives to get more mileage out of what they sell now: tweaking internal-combustion engines with turbochargers and a technology called gasoline direct injection. The goal is to make fuel-stingy small engines perform like big ones.

Posted by Peter C. T. Elsworth  at 11:50 AM to Fuel economy | Permalink

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