fuel consumption

Explores the debate over alternative energy automobiles.

Explores the debate over alternative energy automobiles.

Describes strategies to help teens make educated choices when purchasing an automobile, including different car options and cost considerations.

Reviews the history of America's relationship with the automobile, provides an overview of the global oil and auto industries, discusses the negative effects of a car-centric culture, and offers advice on how to address the problem.

A comprehensive guide to hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, with information on the pros and cons of using hybrid vehicles and the technology involved.

Examines the stories of four teams working to win the X Prize Foundation's 2007 challenge of building a car that could go one hundred miles on only a gallon of gas, or of a gallon's energy equivalent in electric or alternative fuels. Explores the trials and failures of each of the four teams as well as the relative success of their finished products, which often looked nothing like cars at all, and yet worked.