Costly fuel cools Americans' love for cars
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High gasoline prices not only slowed fuel demand growth and cut sales of gas-guzzling vehicles in 2005, they also prompted Americans to drive less for the first time in 25 years, a consulting group said in a report Thursday.
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DETROIT, Jan. 14 -- Faced with the stark choice between feeding Americans' appetite for big, powerful cars and embracing new technologies that will use less fuel and emit fewer gases, the world's automakers appear intent on having it both ways.
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U.S. drivers are taking the fight  against high fuel costs into the high-tech arena, using web  sites and computer software to find the best bargains at the  pumps.
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As the price of energy resumes its upward march, ordinary Americans are getting in their pocketbooks.
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NEW YORK -- With gas prices reaching record high levels and increasing public interest in environmentally friendly technologies, you would think that any car labeled as a hybrid would sell easily.
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U.S. consumers spent an estimated $535 more on gasoline in the past year, but some consumer goods categories benefited as people shifted away from luxuries such as dining out and stayed home, according to a new study.
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By Steve Ford, Staff writer  One of the more painful things the new year brings to Indiana residents is the need to purchase license plates -- expensive ones - - for their cars.
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When I moved to this pedestrian-friendly city with plentiful public transit and pricey parking, I said goodbye to auto repair bills, insurance premiums and gas pumps. Recently divorced, without kids to ferry around, I realized my dream of living car-free.
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The cars, SUVS and pickups people will buy in the years ahead are likely to use less fuel, and many will rely on ethanol or household electricity instead of gasoline. The energy legislation pushed through the Senate this week provides a roadmap to the future, demanding higher automobile fuel economy, mandating huge increases in ethanol as a motor fuel and supporting more research into building "plug-in" hybrid-electric vehicles.
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Car companies ads are emphasizing fuel efficiency again, and not just as a way to spare the wallet this time, but also as a way to save the planet.
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Gas guzzlers could become relics of the past and farmers may rival oil companies in producing motor fuels under a new energy law. Consumers also will save electricity Â and money Â from more efficient refrigerators, furnaces and dishwashers.
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The record price of gasoline in the US has prompted a flurry of ideas about how to make a tank of gas last longer.
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High fuel prices are beginning to change consumer behavior and business fortunes now in a way that they hadnÂt at the beginning of the summer.
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She may be the land of plenty, but when it comes to purchasing certain autos, America falls short.
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By Anonymous  The soaring prices of oil and natural gas have sparked a race to make transportation fuels from plant matter instead of petroleum.
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Some automotive industry executives insist that Americans still won't pay for significantly higher fuel economy. Are they right?
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That spiffy car you're drooling over might cost more than you think.