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Energize you car with hydrogen fuel

With today’s constant rising gas prices, you either have to pay the increasing costs, take the bus, or find your own way to cut costs.  A new hot topic has been water fuel cell kits… They can supposedly increase your gas mileage by at least 30% and save you hundreds even thousands per year on gas. This isn’t anything relatively new; some countries already have things like this in place… The problem in the U.S is that devices like this aren’t readily available. But you can still make it work by making your own gas savers.

If you have the right pieces which are just house hold items and things you can find at any large department or hardware store, you can actually install a water fuel cell in your vehicle and start saving money right away. Since hybrid cars are so expensive, water fuel kits are the easiest and most cost effective way to save gas.

This system also works on trucks and SUV vehicles too… All it does is takes the hydrogen and oxygen out of the water and mixes it with the gas already in your car. This gives your engine more torque, horsepower and gives your car much more gas mileage improvement. It’s a relatively simple install process as well; as long as you have the right instructions you can increase your car’s gas mileage, even if you’ve never worked on a car before.
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Ford’s quality reduced because of imperfect fuel-saving tech

As the only one of the “Big Three” to not declare bankruptcy during the economic crisis, and the only one to not require government investment to simply stay in existence, Ford could easily be called the winner of Detroit Wars. The company came, it saw, it… conquered probably isn’t the right word, but at least it survived when no one else did.

However, there may be something to be said for having gone through the refining fire of failure. As GM and Chrysler fight their way back to relevance, Ford is finding that surviving doesn’t mean surviving unscathed.

In the most recent set of JD Powers surveys, Ford didn’t bring up the rear, but it did take the biggest fall. Stories about the problems with Ford’s elaborate infotainment system have become commonplace, and it’s not surprising that many of the complaints that surfaced in the survey were targeted at SYNC and MyFord Touch. Some of these complaints originated from real issues with the do-it-all electronics, while some came from failure to train dealers in how to handle questions originating from these complex systems. (more…)

Challenge Bibendum presented material for fuel saving technology by Michellin

Governments have G8 summits, economists have the World Economic Forum in Davos – for those with an interest in mobility development there’s Challenge Bibendum. The 11th Michelin-sponsored forum has grown from an opportunity to present wonderfully creative ideas to the point that the technology on-show at this year’s event (held in Berlin for the second time, from 18 – 22 May) are closer than ever to the production technology of tomorrow. True, some of the wackier concepts like free-mind and thought assisted driving that could be seen may still be some way off, and there were a number of prototypes that are more illustration that innovation, but the majority of technology demonstrated at Michelin’s window on the roads of future is either 2 – 3 or 5 – 7 years from actually hitting the market.

This is particularly the case when it comes to the latest generation of tyre technology that Michelin exhibited, with vice president technical and scientific communication Pascal Couasnon explaining that mass reducing 10-inch tyres, low rolling resistance “tall and wide” products and self-healing tyres are all something a couple of years away from the market – if indeed the products win over the OEMs. There was even talk of Michelin developing fuel cell technology. (more…)