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Fuel Mileage Android App Get It Now!

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Simple addition of fillups. We kept it simple to add fillups on the go! Just a few clicks and you’re on your way.
Downloading our FREE Android app, and adding a home screen shortcut is the quickest and easiest way to access our site and add fillups on your Android!
Our app uses state of the art technology to enable location aware addition of fillups, without draining your battery!
Your fillup is automatically mapped on our homepage the second you add your fillup!
You now have the option after you add your fillup to share it with your friends via Facebook and Twitter!
Our new app completely replaces our existing app on the market. No more just opening our site in the browser!(You can remove our existing app from your phone)
To download our app you can: Scan the Barcode Below, search the android market for “fuel mileage” or go to FuelMileage.com on your android phone and click the “Get The New Android App”.



Hydrogen Highway Leads to 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

VANOC, the organizing committee for the 2010 Olympic Winter and Paralympic Games, has placed a high priority on sustainability to make these the ‘greenest Olympic Games ever.’ Efforts to reduce the 2010 Games’ carbon footprint ranges from heating the Athletes’ Village with waste heat from municipal wastewater to using the heat produced by an ice rink’s refrigeration plant to heat an aquatics pool.

Vancouver is home to fuel cell manufacturer Ballard Power Systems and also the northern terminus of the Hydrogen Highway running up North America’s West Coast. Thus, the games are also being used as a venue to demonstrate hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and technology.

A fleet of 20 fuel cell buses is being operated by BC Transit in Whistler, the site of many Olympic events. These fuel cell buses are built by New Flyer Industries of Winnipeg and operate on fuel cells provided by Ballard Power Systems, with hydrogen storage provided by Dynetek Industries in Calgary. The hybrid drive system came from ISE Corp. in San Diego, California. Each low floor bus can carry 60 people and has a top speed of about 55 mph. The buses are twice as efficient as diesel powered counterparts and have zero tailpipe emissions.

B.C. Transit’s new $89.5 million Whistler Transit Centre offers…. (more…)

Need Hybrid Power to Get 40 MPG? Not in Ford’s 2011 Fiesta

Friday, February 19th, 2010

The much anticipated 2011 Ford Fiesta is full of pleasant surprises, not the least of which is best-in-class fuel economy. At its official North American unveiling at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show, Ford announced a projected highway fuel economy of 40 mpg and 30 mpg in the city cycle. For comparison, that’s 4 mpg better than the Kia Rio and Hyundai Accent, 5 mpg better than the Honda Fit, and 6 mpg better than the Nissan Versa. All these are competitive “B” Class subcompacts.

Ford last sold the feisty first-generation Fiesta here in 1980 after introducing it in 1978 as an economical solution to the 1970s oil woes. Unfortunately, Ford stopped importing the Fiesta when it launched its new ‘world car’ – the 1981 Ford Escort. After a 30 year hiatus the Ford Fiesta is finally back…and the 2011 model was worth the wait. The new sixth-generation model destined for North American buyers will be built at Ford’s Cuautitlán, Mexico assembly plant.

The new Fiesta will be offered in two body styles…… (more…)