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Improving normal vehicles may reduce fuel consumption sooner and cheaper than hybrids
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The Hindustan Times
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June 12, 2008
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Washington, June 12 -- Scientists have suggested that improving normal vehicles could reduce the world's fuel consumption sooner and cheaper than eco-friendly hybrid cars.
"We can absolutely reduce petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years," said Anup Bandivadekar of the International Council on Clean Transportation. "But in order to do that, we must halt increases in vehicle size and horsepower," he added.
Bandivadekar and his former colleagues at MIT recently did a study on how to double the gas mileage (miles per gallon) of the average new car by 2035.
They found that advanced technologies ...