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You know how to put the pedal to

the metal, but how much do you

really know about cars and the

energy that fuels them?

1) How was the first self-propelled

road vehicle powered?

Peanut oil

Electricity

Steam

Alcohol

2) In what decade did the first elec-

tric vehicles hit the road?

1830s

1970s

1990s

2000s

3) How much of the fuel in your gas

tank actually is used to move your

car down the road?

About 4-6 percent

About 14-26 percent

About 36-46 percent

About 46-56 percent

4) In 1975, CAFE was enacted,.

What was the "corporate average

fuel economy" of passenger vehicles

in the United States?

10.9 miles per gallon (4.63 kilo-

meters per liter)

13.9 mpg (5.9 km/l)

15.9 mpg (6.8 km/l)

17.9 mpg (7.6 km/l)

5) How does running a car air condi-

tioner on "max" affect fuel

economy?

It has no effect.

It can reduce fuel economy 5 to

25 percent.

It can reduce fuel economy 50 to

90 percent.

It can improve fuel economy 1 to

5 percent.

6) Which of the following auto main-

tenance steps will NOT improve fuel

economy, according to the latest sci-

entific studies?

Replacing a clogged air filter

Ensuring tires are properly in-

flated

Keeping an engine properly

tuned

Using the proper grade of motor

oil

Answers on next page

3 - 1492 - Christopher

Columbus set sail from

Palos, Spain with 3

ships...you know the

rest.

14 - 1935 - President

Roosevelt signed the so-

cial security act.

16 - 1977 - Elvis

Presley died at age 42.

21 - 1959 - President

Dwight D. Eisenhower

signed a proclamation

admitting Hawaii as the

50th state.

27 - 1910 - Mother

Teresa was born.

31 - 1997

P r i n c e s s

Diana died

too young in

Paris at age

36 .

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Affordable doesn’t mean boring. Spark may have a starting price lower than a limbo stick after five rounds, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t offer all the tech and gadgets that make buying a new ride so euphoric. Of course you want alloy wheels, power windows and air conditioning. And you’ll get it, standard on any model.

Did you know…To run a 100-watt light bulb 24 hours a day for a year we need to use about 714 pounds of coal in coal powered power plant. Did you know...One liter of regular gasoline is the time-rendered result of about 23.5 tons of ancient organic material deposited on the ocean floor. Did you know...At current usage, the coal supply will last 1500 years. How-ever at a 5% growth rate the coal supply will last only 86 years.

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1) Steam

French engineer and mechanic

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769

designed the first "horseless" car-

riage, used by the French Army

artillery, which ran on a steam en-

gine. It was so heavy that it could

move no faster than 2.5 miles (4

kilometers) per hour.

2) 1830’s

In the 1830s, Robert Anderson of

Scotland, Vermont blacksmith

Thomas Davenport, and Dutch in-

ventor Sibrandus Stratingh built

carriages, carts, and motors that are

seen as forerunners to the electric

car.

3) About 14-26 percent.

Only about 14–26 percent of the

energy from the fuel you put in

your tank gets used to move your

car down the road, depending on

the drive cycle. The rest of the en-

ergy is lost to engine inefficiencies,

or is used to power accessories.

4) 15.9 mpg (6.8 km/l)

When the U.S. Congress passed

legislation requiring automakers to

achieve increasingly stringent

goals for fuel economy figured by

the average of each manufacturer's

sales-weighted fleet, the U.S. aver-

age for total passenger vehicles

was 15.9 miles per gallon.

5) 5-25 percent

Running any electrical accessory

reduces fuel economy; having the

air conditioner on the maximum

setting can cut efficiency 5 to 25

percent, according to the U.S. De-

partment of Energy.

6) Replacing a clogged air filter

Research sponsored by the U.S.

Department of Energy in 2009

showed that a clogged air filter has

no significant effect on the fuel

economy of newer vehicles, and

very little effect for older vehicles.

But acceleration performance on

all vehicles was improved with a

clean air filter.

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