SCIENCE BUZZ – A set of techniques that drivers employ to get as much as 100 mpg from their hybrid cars.Gas prices are so insane right now that every little bit helps.

The Best Links:

1. Blogger Compiles Favorite Articles and Tips
2. These Techniques Are Dangerous, If the Gas Prices Don’t Kill You First
3. “You have to be able to take a little peer pressure if you want to hypermile”
4. My First Ever Experience with Hypermiling
5. Fuel economy-maximizing behaviors on Wikipedia
6. Cops Say “Hypermiling” Often Risky, Illegal, AAA Agrees
7. The First Few Steps to Saving Gas
8. Driving Style Can Have a Big Impact on Saving Money on Gas

STYLE BUZZ – Six fashion designers uncover the latest couture car covers made exclusively for Intersection Magazine.These are just prototypes developed for some fancy magazine photo shoot, but it seems like something that should exist. Your neighbors will never know that a Corolla is sitting under that Louis Vuitton cover in your driveway.

The Best Links:

1. Couture Car Covers - A Roundup
2. Berlin Based Fashion Designers Bless Create Couture Car Cover
3. See the Car Covers, Created Exclusively for Intersection Magazine
4. “Why Splurge On a Car When You Can Splurge On a Car Cover”

BUSINESS BUZZ – An auto company in the UK plans to take £30 million to convert “tens of thousands” of luxury vehicles over to electric power.Is England the new hotbed for green automotive trends? See also the Axon car.

The Best Links:

1. Liberty’s Endeavor Will Also Create 250 Jobs
2. Who Pulled the Plug on the Electric Car? Conspiracy or Poor Performance?
3. An Electrically Powered Range Rover - Too Good to Be True?
4. Electric Range Rover unveiled, Will Cost You 125K Pounds
5. Seems Ambitious to Start with a Big Heavy 4x4….
6. More Lustworthy Green Cars!
7. The British Are Really Pioneering the Electric Car Movement

CULTURE BUZZ – Newly formed UK car company based aims to manufacture the most fuel efficient cars in Europe.It gets 80 miles per gallon, has lower carbon emissions than the Prius, and will hold four people. And you thought hatchbacks couldn’t be sexy!

The Best Links:

1. Axon Automotive - The Official Website
2. It’s NOT a Hybrid
3. Axon Makes Sexiest Fuel-Efficient Cars List
4. Who Pulled the Plug on the Electric Car? Conspiracy or Poor Performance?
5. Listen to the Marketplace Morning Report from Publicradio.org
6. Axon will Trump the Smart Car AND the Prius
7. You Can Have an Interior Designed by Emmeline 4 Re to Your Specifications: Floral, Pinstripe, Check Or Denim

SCIENCE BUZZ – Efuel 100 has developed a contraption that lets you make your own ethanol out of water, sugar, and yeast, and fill up your car at home.It’s definitely not for the typical lazy American, but given the popularity of Hybrids, DIY ethanol could become a real trend.

The Best Links:

1. It’s $10k, but You Could Potentially Get Government Subsidies to Help You Out
2. MicroFueler Home Ethanol Pump Unveiled, Ready For Pre-Orders
3. Efuel 100 Is Now Taking Pre-Orders
4. The World’s First Portable, Produce-where-you-consume, Ethanol Distiller Will Cost $10K
5. Press Release: How the Micro Fueler Works
6. The First Ever At-Home Biofuel Kit
7. “Ethanol Is the People’s Fuel”
8. NY Times Article: “Home Brew for the Car, Not the Beer Cup”

BUSINESS BUZZ – The maker of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles announced an offer that caps the price of gasoline at $2.99 a gallon for three years for people who buy or lease new vehicles from Wednesday through June 2.It doesn’t take a math expert to figure out that more fuel-efficient cars will save you more money in the long-run. However, a pair of blue plastic TruckNutz really only look good on a pick-up truck - so you’ve got a tough decision to make.

The Best Links:

1. Chrysler Delivers Poor Environmental Performance, Tries to Compensate with $2.99 Plan
2. Someone Does the Financial Analysis For You!
3. Here’s the Deal - Buy Or Lease New Vehicle, Get $2.99/gal. Gas for 3 Yrs.
4. A Way for Chrysler to Compete with Actual Fuel-Efficient Cars
5. A Plan That’s Supposed to Help “Working People”
6. “Chrysler criticized for $2.99 gas, Suzuki jumps on bandwagon “
7. “Chrysler’s desperation move: $2.99 gas for your shiny new SUV”
8. Chrysler’s Attempt at Reinvigorating SUV Sales