Jacques Villeneuve Quotes

The automotive X Prize, to a great degree, is focused on addressing petroleum usage and carbon emissions.

Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.

As the price of gas goes up, people will become more conscience of how much they use.

Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.

There's no such thing as low-cost fuels.

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.

Ultimately, auto designers need to overcome market challenges with innovative design solutions. The automotive industry is at a turning point with environmental and economic conditions on one side and breakthrough technology on the other, so it will be fascinating to see how these design leaders envision the future.

Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency.

The armed forces are paying a lot more attention to the use of energy. The Air Force has realized that the paint on planes is heavy, so there are going to be a lot more silver planes, or planes painted in a less heavy way, so that you are using less fuel to get from point A to point B.

Automobile efficiency is the ballgame of energy security of the country.

You save most fuel by lifting and coasting in the heavy braking zones at the end of long straights into slow corners.

There are very few things that are certain in this market - apart from one, and that is that small displacement diesels are dead.

If you have to improve your fuel efficiency every year, it leads to innovation.

Can we achieve 140 mpg fuel economy? You bet. Just get the bureaucrats out of the way, and Yankee ingenuity will do the rest.

It's really important that we have an improvement curve on fuel mileage and CO2 reduction.

Today, you get better performance from a Ford Focus than a Ferrari from the mid-70s. [The Focus] is just as fast and with better fuel economy. It's fun to see supercar technology trickle down to everyday cars.

Some cyclists are complete prats, obviously, but so are some drivers.

As SUVs are higher and heavier, they are more likely to kill the people they hit. Driving an SUV in an urban area is an antisocial act.

As long as Wanxiang exists, we will pursue our dream to make electric cars, whatever the obstacles.

The roll out of a new car is always filled with great anticipation; it's almost like going back to school for a new school year.

I'm very into my cars. I always ready the Top Gear magazines just to see what cars are out next and what sort of performance they give. It can range from the smallest cars to the biggest ones.

It's challenging to drive in a way that's human-like.

I don't see anything changing about our desire for quality and fuel efficiency and safety and smart design, no matter what the vehicle size.

Consumers want safe and really efficient automobiles.