15 February 2011: International Energy Agency (IEA) transportation expert Kazunori Kojima discusses on-board automobile fuel efficiency tools in an article titled “Fuel-saving gadgets for cars: are they worthwhile?”

Noting that 60% of the 32 billion barrels of oil produced annually are used in the transport sector, with serious consequences for the environment, namely climate change, and energy security, the article stresses that the IEA projects that global demand for energy could grow by 55% between 2005 and 2030. Kojima discusses various in-car technologies to help reduce fuel consumption in automobiles, such as shifting indicators, instant fuel consumption indicators, and “eco-indicators” that display when the driver is accelerating and cruising most efficiently. He concludes that these “gadgets” are very helpful, they improve fuel performance and they are not distracting to the driver. [Publication: Fuel-saving Gadgets for Cars: Are They Worthwhile?]