Injecting bubbles at a ship’s hull is an effective way of reducing drag, and fuel consumption of the ship. That is, if those bubbles have the right size. Researchers of the University of Twe... Read more
The aim of the Wind Challenger Project is to substantially reduce fuel consumption by large merchant vessels. Under development by a group including members from the University of Tokyo, the... Read more
No less than one third of a car’s fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction No less than one third of a car’s fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction, and... Read more
Volkswagen rocked the automotive world at a lunchtime press conference on the first day of the Frankfurt Motor Show Read more
Ignore the 230 miles-per-gallon claims being touted for GM's plug-in hybrid Read more
Image via Wikipedia What worked for cars can work for trains: railway engines will soon be hybrid TAKE a car, add an electric motor and some batteries. Build in a special gearbox which combi... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Rahul Ganguli of Teledyne Scientific in Thousand Oaks, California, says that the slime would form a gelatinous skin that continually sloughs off, taking with it the barna... Read more
A boat tail, a tapering protrusion mounted on the rear of a truck, leads to fuel savings of 7.5 percent. This is due to dramatically-improved aerodynamics, as shown by road tests conducted b... Read more
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Shipbuilder Austal first came to Gizmag’s attention in 2005 with the launch of the world’s largest aluminum vessel, the 127 meter Benchijigua Express. The... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Blasting air under a vessel’s hull can cut its fuel consumption Bubbles are wont to slip past the edges of even flat hulls, but efforts to hold them in place are paying o... Read more
The first “A” in NASA stands for aeronautics, and the agency is leading a host of federal programs and initiatives that aim to develop a fleet of environmentally friendly aircraf... Read more
Fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are huge priorities in the aviation industry – passenger airliners chew through amazing quantities of fuel. Take the Boeing 747, which guzzles s... Read more
Image via Wikipedia While there are fuel consumption standards for passenger cars, there is no such regulation of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in the U.S. With such vehicles accounting fo... Read more
