c|net - Candace Lombardi In a software-driven world, it’s easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it’s cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our world rotating. A journalist who divides...
The New York Times - Anne Eisenberg How’s your driving? If you’re ready for a blunt, detailed answer to that question, computer-based gadgets selling for $200 or less will provide it.
Forbes.com - Andrew Egan Techies might want to invest in the ScanGauge. It plugs into the On-Board Diagnostic port located under a car’s dash, reads your car’s computer and allows you to monitor fuel consumption, coolant temperature and engine speed, among other...
CNN - Jen Haley …Changing from an aggresive hard accelerating, hard braking, driving style to a more relaxed style incorporating gentle acceleration and cruise control on the highway, can improve fuel efficiency by as much as 35 percent, according to an Edmunds.com...
TIME Magazine - Anita Hamilton Don’t let record-high fuel prices break your vacation budget. You probably already know that being a miser with the air-conditioning, keeping your tires properly inflated and getting a tune-up will all improve your mileage. Here are...
Popular Mechanics - Benjamin Jones The summer season of highway hell has officially arrived—and $4/gallon prices at the pump certainly aren’t making life on the road any easier. As the next generation of hypermilers develops new ways to hack your car’s fuel economy,...
The Washington Post - Nancy Trejos Hypermiling is changing your driving behavior to coax better gas mileage out of your car. Hypermilers do such things as drive slowly, brake as little as possible and limit their use of the air conditioner to save...
The Vancouver Sun Enhance fuel efficiency: How is it that Linear Logic’s Scan Gauge 2, a car diagnostics computer — a patently unsexy gadget and not even new to boot — resides at the top of the sales charts of online retailer Amazon.com? Well, in light of rising gas...
PC Magazine - Erik Rhey Sure, you could just go out and buy a hybrid. Or trade in your sedan for a Schwinn. But beyond the expensive or impractical solutions, there are ways you can use your tech-savviness to stretch your gas dollar. Since you’re a PC Mag reader, you...
WBAL TV - Chafe and Mendis Steve Chafe is a hypermiler — someone who tries to exceed his car’s EPA fuel economy rating.