Even before the massive gas crisis erupted, there have always been plenty of people who have lived without a vehicle. But how do these people handle crises when it erupts? According to one article that was published by CNN, there area lot of people who are putting their lives in danger whether [...]
Let’s see; Monday through Friday, I drive to work. Living in North Carolina, where there really isn’t much in the way of mass transit (because everything is more spread out), it usually takes me around 30 minutes each way driving and dealing with traffic. After all is said and done, I easily spend at [...]
Remember the days when you were a kid and you were taught about “sharing” things with others? Well, it seems that now that concept is coming back to modern day times with the idea of bike-sharing. According to a recent article by Time, cyclists are being born everywhere:
In the mid-1990s, when public bike-sharing [...]
If there’s one positive thing that the gas crisis/craze has done to Americans, that’s been sparking our creativity. Most people have heard of electric cars and may even be driving one now since they’ve become more popular. However, another growing trend is the electric bicycle. Let’s take a look at it in [...]
It’s no secret that General Motors Corp. is planning on making biofuel out of everyday garbage that you and I throw out. According to one article, General Motors Corp (GM), has entered into a partnership with Illinois-based Coskata Inc. which has developed a way to make ethanol from almost any renewable source, including but [...]
According to J.D. Power & Associates, overall sales of vehicles are down by eight percent while the sales of SUVs and other large vehicles are down by approximately twenty-three percent. It seems that Americans are finally starting to accept the fact that gas prices may never return to what they once used to be [...]
People aren’t just hiring auto transport companies to move from all across the country to Raleigh, NC for no reason. Besides the good weather, great location, booming economy and cheaper cost of living, people are flocking to the “Triangle” area of North Carolina (which consists of the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) [...]
If you’ve ever worried about getting lost, now you don’t have to…well, as long as you have a computer with Internet access or a mobile phone! While there are many mapping programs out there, Google has raised the bar by updating its mapping service for mobile phones. Now you can get directions [...]
$73. That’s how much it cost me to fill up my gas tank (which wasn’t even totally empty). Oh, by the way, did I mention that I usually fill up my car at least once a week due to my commuting back and forth to work? If I drive anywhere but work, [...]
Are people so scared of SUVs now that they really won’t go near them? While the SUV has been diagnosed with what seems to be some sort of terminal disease, the hybrid versions of SUVs aren’t totally out of the woodworks either. Sales haven’t been exactly “taking off” with SUVs overall. [...]
