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AutoblogGreen

• Chrysler working with General Electric on hybrid and battery technology

  Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Hybrid, Chrysler, Legislation and Policy, USA

  
  General Electric has been building hybrids for many years. Its Evolution Series of locomotives are some of the most efficient currently on the market, and the giant company has plans [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• Mahindra's new truck searching for new name

  Filed under: Diesel, India, USA

  Considering how slow change tends to come in the compact truck market, perhaps the domestic automakers should feel a mild quaking in their collective boots over the impending arrival of Mahindra's new diesel-powered pickup. We can at [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• Mazda working on cellulosic biomass based plastic

  Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Mazda

  Ford has been developing lots of different materials from renewable sources including the soyfoam that they introduced in the Mustang seats for 2008. Now Ford's Japanese affiliate Mazda has kicked off a new research program with hometown school Hiroshima University to [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Sam Abuelsamid

• Non-auto related businesses giving away free gas

  Filed under: Etc., Green Daily

  
  
  By now, you are surely aware of the gas promotions being run by auto companies such as Chrysler and Suzuki. While these programs have proved unsuccessful overall, this has not stopped other industries from [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• Fake 3D speed bumps to appear in Philly

  Filed under: Etc., Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, USA

  
  Photo: Mike DeNardo
  
  In what strikes us as a bit... uh, stupid, Philadelphia is actually planning to install fake speed bumps on some city streets in an effort to slow drivers [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Autoblog

• VIDEO: Taking McDreamy up the hill at Goodwood

  Filed under: Motorsports, Supercars, Lotus, Driving, UK, Celebrities

  
  
  Last year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed we spied our first Lotus 2-Eleven hypercar in the flesh. Turned out the owner was our friend, Patrick O'Neill, who had [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Frank Filipponio

• Mahindra's diesel pickup drops 'Appalachian' name

  Filed under: Spy Photos, Trucks/Pickups, India

  While it might not be the prettiest girl at the prom, we're still extremely intrigued by Mahindra's upcoming diesel pickup for the American market. Up until today, we've been referring to the new truck as the Appalachian, though [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• Reader Spy: Bumblebee on set at Drexel University

  Filed under: Etc., Chevrolet, GM, Celebrities

  
  Click above for a photo gallery courtesy of AB reader Aleks Witko
  
  Thanks to reader Aleks Witko, who sent in the enclosed shots of the SS-ified (but certainly not sissified) 2008 edition of Bumblebee. [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Alex Nunez

• SVT fans rejoice! A new Ford super-truck is coming this fall

  Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Ford

  
  2004 SVT Lightning Concept
  
  It's been several years since Ford last offered a Lightning version of its F-150 pickup truck but it looks like it will soon strike again. In spite of plummeting sales of big trucks, a high-performance variant [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Sam Abuelsamid

• In the Books: 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans (Spoilers)

  Filed under: Motorsports

  
  
  This year's exciting 24 Hours of Le Mans ended a short time ago. In deference to those of you who might have recorded the race, we'll do the rundown after the jump. So be advised: Spoilers follow.
  
  [Source: LeMans.org]

  Continue reading [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Alex Nunez

• Ford to launch Mustang Cobra Jet factory drag racer this summer

  Filed under: Motorsports, Coupes, Ford

  
  1968 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet
  
  Ford has a long history of creating factory-built racers based on its regular production cars. Over the past four decades, most of those have have been derived from the Mustang. Since the mid-90s, [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Sam Abuelsamid

• Volkswagen Golf Mk VI not U.S.-bound?

  Filed under: Hatchbacks, Volkswagen

  
  
  Germany's Spiegel Online is reporting that currency concerns will force Volkswagen to not sell the upcoming Mk VI Golf in the United States, Brazil, and Australia. It all boils down to profitability, and it appears that the forthcoming [...]

  Fetched: June 15, 2008, 1:02pm EDT by Alex Nunez

Jalopnik

• DOTS-O-Rama Sunday: 1961 Chevrolet Corvair [Down On The Street Bonus Edition]

  Number of comments: 5
  We're going to stay in Orange County a while longer, heading from Costa Mesa to neighboring Huntington Beach. We'd mention that Huntington Beach is the official Surf City USA, only we'd probably get... [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Murilee Martin

TCC Confidential

• The Week in Reverse

  Chevrolet gave us the first peep at the 2010 Camaro Convertible. It's admittedly low-resolution, but hey--they need to have something to wake us up at the Detroit auto show after the inevitable Volt dog-and-pony show. It's Father's Day--if your dad's still around, make sure he gets into these eight cars while [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 11:06am EDT

Jalopnik

• DOTS-O-Rama Sunday: Fiat 500 Abarth [Down On The Street Bonus Edition]

  Number of comments: 8
  We're going to leave Anaheim and head a few additional miles behind the Orange Curtain... to Costa Mesa, as we continue our special Down On The California Street DOTS-O-Rama. Costa Mesa, as you may... [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 11:00am EDT by Murilee Martin

TCC Confidential

• Want Cheap Gas? Head Over to Mexico

  Drivers everywhere are looking for creative ways to save money on gas. If you live on the border with Mexico, you officially have the advantage. According to the Associated Press, drivers in the San Diego area are crossing the border into Mexico for cheap fuel. While the average price of a [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 10:49am EDT

• Ford: Still More Job Cuts Needed

  Hourly workers could be in for still more bad news at Ford Motor Co. The automaker's top executives are telling union leaders and plant managers that Ford has to quickly and aggressively cut costs still further if it hopes to salvage its turnaround plans. Among other things, that means it [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 10:27am EDT

Green Car Congress

• GEECO Developing Higher Efficiency H2 Liquefaction

  Gas Equipment Engineering Corporation (GEECO), in partnership with MIT, Avalence LLC and R&D Dynamic, is developing a new hydrogen liquefaction cycle that promises an increase in efficiency from the current 30%-35% of Carnot in state-of-the-art systems to 44% resulting in a decrease in power use from 9.7 kWh/kg to [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 10:00am EDT by Mike Millikin

Jalopnik

• DOTS-O-Rama Sunday: Holden Ute [Down On The Street Bonus Edition]

  Number of comments: 5
  We've been receiving DOTS Bonus Edition photos at a rate faster than we can post them at the current pace, so today we're going to have a special Bonus DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, with a series of vehicles... [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 10:00am EDT by Murilee Martin

Green Car Congress

• Nissan and University of Tokyo to Launch Study Group To Promote Electric Cars

  Nikkei. Nissan Motor Co. and the University of Tokyo will launch a study group with participants from different business sectors at the end of this month to consider the best ways to popularize electric cars.

  Nissan and the university hope for participation from 50-60 companies and they have sent word [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 9:30am EDT by Mike Millikin

• Antarctic Wilkins Ice Shelf Breaks Up Further Even in Winter

  The Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica has experienced further break-up with an area of about 160 km² breaking off from 30 May to 31 May 2008. ESA’s Envisat satellite captured the event—the first ever-documented episode to occur in winter.

  Wilkins Ice Shelf, a broad plate of floating ice south of [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 9:00am EDT by Mike Millikin

• Mitsubishi Motors Will Increase Lightweight Engine Production by 35%

  Nikkei. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will increase the output capacity of fuel-efficient lightweight automobile engines by 35% to 385,000 units a year by the fall of 2009 in its plants in Japan.

  Through additional investments, the automaker aims to lift annual production capacity to 435,000 units.

  The engines are to be [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 8:44am EDT by Mike Millikin

• Devil in the Details: Three “Profoundly Disturbing” Carbon Scenarios

  by Jack Rosebro

  Projected social, economic, and environmental changes associated with each scenario. Click to enlarge.

  The Stockholm Network, a London-based pan-European think tank which also functions as a networking hub for 130 other market-driven think tanks in Europe, has released the report Carbon Scenarios: Blue Sky Thinking [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 8:00am EDT by Mike Millikin

Ask Patty - Automotive Advice for Women

• Change Your Oil, Grant a Wish

  Most of us have heard of the Make-A-Wish® Foundation and how they grant wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. And if you've ever wanted to help, but just weren't sure how, we've found one small way you can make a difference.

  Our cars regularly need oil changes. [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 5:01am EDT by becky

Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle

• LeMans 2008: [VIDEO] #63 Corvette Gets A Change of Brakes

  

  The telemetry in the #63 Corvette C6.R was showing the right front brakes running hotter than normal so the decision was made to pit the Corvette, do a visual check and if needed, change out the pads and rotor. Watch the crew go [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 3:34am EDT

• LeMans 2008: [VIDEO] #63 Corvette C6.R Taps LMP2's Ass

  

  Once the rain started falling, cars began making a beeline for the pits to change to their rain tires. Unfortunately for Johnny O'Connell, his #63 Corvette C6.R still had racing slicks on when he came up on the #33 LMP2 Lola [...]

  Posted: June 15, 2008, 12:32am EDT

The Garage

• What in the world is Team Polezei up to?

  Those who pay attention to the offbeat but increasingly mainstream world of cross country motoring records are well aware of the accomplishments of our friend Alex Roy and his motley crew of automotive miscreants known as Team Polizei. They may also be aware that Herr Roy swears that he has [...]

  Posted: June 14, 2008, 10:50pm EDT by Gary Grant

Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle

• Le Mans 2008: Corvette Racing Hour 12 Report

  

  The Aston Martin DBR9 vs Corvette C6.R battle is in full force at the midway point of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The #009 Aston Martin is currently leading the class with Jan Magnussen and the #63 Corvette just [...]

  Posted: June 14, 2008, 10:03pm EDT

AutoblogGreen

• ETA's Green Car of the Year is the Toyota ...

  Filed under: Etc., Green Daily, UK

  
  
  
  Saturday will kick off the 2008 Green Transport Week in the UK. To gin up a little bit of discussion at the start of the week, the organizing group (the Environmental Transport Association) has released a [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sebastian Blanco

• Chicago lawmakers trying to get taxi fleet to clean up by 2014; cabbies not happy

  Filed under: Hybrid, Green Daily

  
  Photo by Mister-E. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.
  
  What's worse, suffering under $4 gallons of gas or having to buy a new, more efficient (but also very expensive) vehicle? For the drivers of the 6,700 taxis [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sebastian Blanco

• Mercedes Benz's modular green car technologies

  Filed under: Diesel, Emerging Technologies, Hybrid, Hydrogen, Mercedes Benz, Green Daily

  There is no silver bullet to kill the oil werewolf. How many times have we heard that line (well, without the werewolf part)? A lot, and Mercedes issued a press [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sebastian Blanco

• Are high gas prices "forcing" Americans toward ethanol?

  Filed under: Ethanol, Green Daily

  Here's an interesting way to phrase things. The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) is trying to reframe America's current high pump costs with this headline: "Gas Prices Force Americans to Push for Ethanol Fuel." O rly?
  
  See, [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sebastian Blanco

• Creating reverse-graffiti by selectively cleaning

  Filed under: Green Culture, Green Daily

  
  
  Grafitti has long been the scourge of building owners and municipal officials everywhere. Sometimes graffiti is actually really great urban art. But often it is just vandalism. Now there is a third category. English artist Paul "Moose" Curtis [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sam Abuelsamid

• T. Boone Pickens continues his bad energy news tour, wants to be a player in the fall election

  Filed under: Etc., Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, USA

  
  Andrew Littlefair (left) and T. Boone Pickens in Las Vegas in May
  
  There was a lot of interest in my post about oil (and wind and natural gas) man T. Boone Pickens' [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sebastian Blanco

• Volkswagen shows off fuel cell Tiguan at new San Jose dealership

  Filed under: Hydrogen, Volkswagen

  
  
  At the opening of a new Volkswagen dealership in San Jose, CA on Thursday the company celebrated by showing off its Tiguan HyMotion concept in the U.S. for the first time. The Tiguan was joined by the regular 2.0L TFSI [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sam Abuelsamid

• Piaggio MP3 on the Lincoln Highway: A "No Age Limit" adventure

  Filed under: Green Culture, On Two Wheels, Green Daily, USA

  
  Click above for more images of the Piaggio MP3 400 and 500
  
  Two seventy-something year old men will soon be embarking on a 3,400 mile trip across the U.S. on the [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• Who Killed The Electric Car - with stars - in Cali next weekend

  Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Daily

  A screening of Who Killed the Electric Car? doesn't usually merit a post. I mean, this is a 2006 movie that is available pretty much everywhere these days. But at the Torrance Public Library in Torrance, California next weekend, you'll [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sebastian Blanco

• Got an extra $90 grand? Consider a self-driving Escape hybrid

  Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Hybrid, Ford

  
  
  We've been taking a close look at many of the vehicles created for various DARPA challenges, and it finally appears as if some of the new technology gained by these trials is trickling down into [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• Ratan Tata, Michael Boustridge join X Prize Foundation Board

  Filed under: Automotive X-Prize

  
  
  
  A month ago, Tata Motors announced they would be entering two vehicles in the [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sebastian Blanco

• Trucks, tonneaus and mpg - what's the scoop?

  Filed under: Etc., MPG, Green Daily

  
  Photo by Mountain/\Ash. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.
  
  There are many articles and forum discussions about the mileage benefits (or lack thereof) of a tonneau over a truck bed. We wrote about the [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sebastian Blanco

• Volt battery decision soon, and 20 mile EV option possible

  Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM

  
  
  Much has been said recently about both the potential cost of the Chevy Volt and who will supply the batteries for the production car. During our recent chat, Bob Lutz he told us that [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sam Abuelsamid

• Ungreen your Smart of the day: Smart Fortwo Königseder

  Filed under: SMART, Green Daily

  
  
  Smart already offers a tuned up version of the Fortwo in Europe, named Bravus, for those who think that its original power is not enough. But wait, there's even more now: Austrian tuner Königseder decided that the two [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Xavier Navarro

• Sigh. Hybrid lies continue to spread

  Filed under: Green Culture, Hybrid, HUMMER, Toyota, Green Daily

  
  
  At this point, it seems certain that the old Prius versus Hummer "debate" is never going to die. Despite being proven false, the study continues to pop up every [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• While Elon takes credit, Tesla Roadster heads to Le Mans

  Filed under: Tesla Motors

  
  
  While Tesla Chairman Elon Musk is taking credit for other people's work, the sales team is off continuing its European tour with a visit to Le Mans. While the diesel Audis and Peugeots were out tearing up the track [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sam Abuelsamid

• Sumitomo superconducting motor powers prototype

  Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Japan

  
  
  Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) will soon be showing off a new superconducting motor that increases torque and takes your electric vehicle 13 per cent farther. If you happen to be in Sapporo, Hokkaido in Northern Japan [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Domenick Yoney

• Fiat CEO: Our most realistic way to go green to reduce size

  Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Green Culture, Hybrid, Hydrogen, Fiat

  If you didn't know, Sergio Marchionne is Fiat's CEO. In a recent interview in the French-speaking Swiss media outlet L'Hebdo, he spoke about the bank crisis, Switzerland's politics and his life in Switzerland. [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Xavier Navarro

Autoblog

• eBay Find of the Day: Original KITT... with flaps!

  Filed under: Time Warp, Auction Action, Supercars, Pontiac, Celebrities

  
  Click above for gallery of KITT from his eBay listing
  
  If news of Knight Rider's return has you feeling giddy as a schoolgirl (along with dozens of other viewers), maybe [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Frank Filipponio

AutoblogGreen

• Audi launches new 46mpg A4 TDI in British market

  Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Audi

  
  
  Our British friends now have a couple of new engine options to choose from in the Audi A4, including a lower-powered version of the 2.0L TDI diesel. The new diesel is rated at 119hp and 214hp and [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sam Abuelsamid

• Another way to scoot: Pulse Kick 'N Go Xcelerator

  Filed under: Etc., On Two Wheels, Green Daily

  
  Click above for more high-res shots of the Pulse scooter
  
  According to the advertisements, "The more you kick it, the more it screams." Perhaps they aren't talking about what you think they are talking [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Autoblog

• 2008 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance

  Filed under: Time Warp, Misc. Auto Shows

  
  Click any image to enlarge
  
  The sights confirmed that it was was Car Guy Heaven, even if the weather was more reminiscent of Hell on Earth. That, in a nutshell, sums up the 2008 edition of [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Alex Nunez

• First Drive: 2008 Porsche RS 60 Spyder

  Filed under: Garage, Convertibles, Porsche, Driving

  
  Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Porsche Boxster RS 60 Spyder
  
  On paper, the Boxster RS 60 Spyder might seem nothing more than a limited-edition Boxster with some interior upgrades, a slight [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Chris Tutor

• Volkswagen debuts zero-emission Tiguan HyMotion in the U.S.

  Filed under: Concept Cars, SUVs, Green, Volkswagen

  
  Click above for a high-res gallery of the Tiguan HyMotion

  Volkswagen has shown off its Tiguan HyMotion Fuel Cell Concept for the first time in California. The five-passenger SUV, based on the Volkswagen Tiguan, [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Michael Harley

• GM provides sneak peek of production Camaro Convertible

  Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertibles, Chevrolet

  
  Click either image to view in our photo gallery
  
  Just like it first did with "official" spy shots of the production Camaro coupe, General Motors has released a pair of small [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by John Neff

• Pics Aplenty: 2009 Corvette Z06 gets new color and wheels

  Filed under: Car Buying, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Chevrolet

  
  Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Corvette Z06
  
  Yes, it's a slow news day, as many Fridays are. But who's going to complain about looking at new high-res [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by John Neff

• Exxon Mobil exiting gas station business

  Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Earnings/Financials

  
  
  With gas prices as high as they are, it might seem hard to believe that some gas companies aren't profitable, but apparently Exxon Mobil isn't doing as well as they might wish. The company just announced that it will [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Frank Filipponio

• Fisker's request for arbitration granted in Tesla lawsuit

  Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Government/Legal, Green

  
  Click above for high-res gallery of the Fisker Karma
  
  A few months back, Tesla Motors sued Fisker Automotive for allegedly stealing information related to the production of its upcoming plug-in electric sedan named Whitestar and using [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• VIDEO: Kia dealership uses Obama impersonator to sell Sorentos

  Filed under: Videos, Crossovers/CUVs, Kia

  
  Click above to view video after the jump
  
  We've seen a lot of stupid car dealer commercials in our time, but this one may well take the cake. The genius comics at The Daily Show found [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Chris Shunk

• Lexus, Chrysler to join GM in adding CPO fleet to eBay

  Filed under: Car Buying, Auction Action, Marketing/Advertising, Chrysler, GM, Lexus

  Way back in February, General Motors announced it would be listing all of it Certified Pre-Owned vehicles on eBay Motors, and it took until now to actually make that happen. To [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• Officially Licensed NASCAR chopper seems a bit pricey

  Filed under: Motorsports, Auction Action, Motorcycles

  
  
  For those who just can't get enough NASCAR in their lives comes the Officially Licensed NASCAR 60th Year Motorcycle Series. The bikes were commissioned by Destination Daytona and built by Thunder Mountain Custom Cycles. Specifications [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• How about a smaller nav screen? Magna develops in-mirror display

  Filed under: Aftermarket, Gadgets, I.C.E.

  
  
  While Ford's giving the Fusion an LCD large enough to watch feature films, Magna has joined up with Swiss firm u-blox and Germany's Paragon to develop a navigation system that puts the map display in your [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Dan Roth

• Ford Racing Invitational '08: Waiting on the rain

  Filed under: Motorsports, Coupes, Ford

  
  
  We're here at Milan Dragway for the 2nd annual Ford Racing invitational and just like the guys at Indy, drag racers don't run in the rain. Ford invites the a bunch of Michigan-based media out [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sam Abuelsamid

• Spotted in Illinois: Dodge Caravan "hybrid"

  Filed under: Minivans/MPVs, Etc., Chrysler, Dodge

  
  Click the image above for a high-res view.
  
  An eagle-eyed reader has spotted a hybrid Dodge Caravan in the Chicago, Illinois area. Don't get your panties in a bunch, though, as this hybrid is not [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Merritt Johnson

• First-person R/C car puts you in the driver's seat

  Filed under: Gadgets, Toys

  
  
  A company called Fat Shark offers one of the coolest R/C cars we've ever seen. How so? Its system has a camera mounted in the car's driver's seat. It transmits its signal wirelessly to VR-style goggles that give the [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Alex Nunez

• 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans is underway

  Filed under: Motorsports

  
  
  As many of you are well aware, the 24 Hours of Le Mans kicked off during the last hour. American viewers can catch the action on SPEED TV. Unfortunately, unlike the old Speedvision days, there isn't full 24-hour coverage.
  
  Here [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Alex Nunez

• Ford Racing Invitational: We finally hit the track!

  Filed under: Motorsports, Coupes, Ford

  
  Click my Mustang for a high res gallery
  
  As the skies finally cleared this morning, us hacks finally managed to get in a single practice run here at Milan Dragway for the Ford Racing Invitational. Ford invited [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Sam Abuelsamid

• Honda testing ABS brakes on CBR600RR

  Filed under: Safety, Tech, Honda, Motorcycles

  
  
  Many motorcycles in today's market feature anti-lock brakes, including models from Honda like the Interceptor and Silverwing scooters. Now, though, the red-winged manufacturer of motorcycles has announced a new system which completely removes the rider's direct [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Jeremy Korzeniewski

• Is this heaven? No, it's a storage lot in Florida

  Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Etc., Supercars, Nissan

  
  
  Something wicked, and white, and silver, and grey, and covered in protective tape, this way comes. In fact, it is already here: a lot full of Nissan GT-Rs in Jacksonville, Florida. Amassed [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Jonathon Ramsey

• Chrysler 'Cuda Convertible Concept at Cars & Coffee

  Filed under: Concept Cars, Time Warp, Convertibles, Sports/GTs, Chrysler, Dodge

  
  Click image above for high-res gallery of pics of this new 'Cuda Convertible Concept
  
  var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Chrysler_Cuda_Convertible_Concept_shows_up_at_Cars_Coffee'; Maybe the 'Cuda is alive after all. While we have [...]

  Fetched: June 14, 2008, 5:37pm EDT by Frank Filipponio

Ask Patty - Automotive Advice for Women

• Women Car Buyers - Declare Your Independence

  Women spend $300 billion annually on used car sales, maintenance, repairs and service. 51 % of women over 18 are single and are shopping for a car with out a man in tow.
  
  Long gone are the days when the only decision women were expected to make [...]

  Posted: June 14, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by askpatty

Jalopnik

• Bumblebee, Shia LaBeouf Spotted Cheating on Megan Fox on Transformers 2 Set [Transformers 2]

  Number of comments: 39
  Flickr photographer Zacklur got a shock a couple of days ago when he woke up to find Michael Bay filming a scene from Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen outside his bedroom window. An even bigger... [...]

  Posted: June 14, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Wes Siler

TCC Confidential

• Chrysler Ups Prices 2%

  Despite plunging sales, Chrysler LLC said it's being forced to raise prices by 2008, starting Monday.  The increase affects all new cars, trucks and crossovers, except those already on dealer lots. The timing may come as a surprise to some, considering the automaker's declining fortunes. Chrysler sales plunged 25.4 percent in [...]

  Posted: June 14, 2008, 2:18pm EDT

Straightline

• Vibration-generating power from bridges

  
  
  Here's another excellent example of out-of-the-box-thinking, and again, from the Japanese. They are now generating electrical power from the vibrations caused by vehicle traffic on bridges. A bridge that crosses the Arakawa River is already producing power, and four more bridges on the Tokyo Shuto Expressway will also use [...]

  Posted: June 14, 2008, 11:06am EDT

Green Car Congress

• Bills In US Congress Propose Lowering of Federal Diesel Fuel Tax

  In the context of rapidly increasing diesel fuel prices, two bills currently in the US Congress propose reducing the $0.24/gallon federal tax on diesel fuel by $0.061 per gallon, thereby dropping it down to $0.183 per gallon, just slightly below the federal gasoline tax rate of $0.184 per gallon.

  [...] Posted: June 14, 2008, 11:05am EDT by Mike Millikin DrivingEnthusiast.net NASA TV runs on Windows Splitting my time this morning between watcing the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the landing of the Space Shuttle on NASA TV. Interesting to note that their interface for tracking the overall status of the shuttle runs on Windows. Sure, some naysayers will say it's only Windows XP, but fact [...] Posted: June 14, 2008, 10:41am EDT Green Car Congress CAS Researchers Improve Photocatalyst Performance for H2 Production Researchers at China’s Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) have developed a catalyst for solar photocatalytic hydrogen production that shows enhanced performance. A report on the work led by Prof. Li Can is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. [...] Posted: June 14, 2008, 9:32am EDT by Mike Millikin G8 Finance Ministers Call for Energy Efficiency and Diversification, Priority for 2nd-Gen Biofuels In a statement issued at the conclusion of their meeting in Osaka, Japan (13-14 June), the G8 finance ministers expressed strong concern about the sharp rise in oil prices, and called for the energy efficiency of all economies to be further improved along with the diversification of energy sources. [...] Posted: June 14, 2008, 9:06am EDT by Mike Millikin The Garage Gull Wing fanatics gather today in Gettysburg Famed civil war town Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is playing host to a different type of battle this weekend. Devotees of gull wing sports cars will descend on the town to show off and ogle Delorean DMC 12’s and Bricklin SV-1’s. Malcolm Bricklin will be on hand to judge [...] Posted: June 14, 2008, 8:53am EDT by Gary Grant Green Car Congress DOE Best-Practices Document on Characterization of Hydrogen Storage Materials Available for Comment The US Department of Energy has published a new reference document detailing best practices and limitations in measuring hydrogen storage properties of materials, and is seeking comment on it. The document is intended to reduce errors in measurements and improve reporting and publication or results; to improve efficiency in measurements [...] Posted: June 14, 2008, 8:14am EDT by Mike Millikin Shenhua and Sasol in Joint CTL Project Xinhua. The Shenhua Group, China’s largest coal company, will establish two joint projects with South Africa’s Sasol to produce fuels from coal beginning in 2016. Feasibility studies of two Coal to Liquids (CTL) projects in northwest China, jointly invested by Sasol and Shenhua, are going smoothly and expected to [...] Posted: June 14, 2008, 7:18am EDT by Mike Millikin Ask Patty - Automotive Advice for Women Women Calling More of the Shots on Repairs Enclosure: [download] Not only are women becoming more influential in choosing which type of car to buy, they are now taking making more of the maintenance and repair decisions - traditionally made by the male population. A recent study by the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association showed that nearly 9 out [...] Posted: June 14, 2008, 5:03am EDT by askpatty TCC Confidential Big Three To Get Federal Aid For Plug-ins Detroit's Big Three could get a $30 million helping hand from the federal government in their bid to develop a new generation of plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles. In recent months, plug-ins have become one of the hottest new technologies in the auto industry, automakers around the world racing to bring the hardware [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 11:34pm EDT Gas Saving Tips The folks at the NPR daily, Hear and Now, invited me to join them on the air, this week, to talk about ways to cut fast-rising gasoline bills. I thought I'd share a few of the most effective ideas we discussed - and to debunk some others. The fact is, [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 10:45pm EDT Full Throttle NASCAR: Faster than a Speeding Lawsuit! Number of comments: 6 Well, that didn’t take long. No sooner than a NASCAR led Flying Squad (A Navy term, sorry.) arrive on scene at Kentucky Speedway two NNS officials have been yanked from the jobs and placed on administrative leave. It’s not known the identities of the two but Joe Balash and Mike Dolan [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 9:35pm EDT by Marc Inside Line Automotive News Tech Watch: Mazda Readies Politically Correct Bioplastic for Vehicle Use by 2013 The Japanese automaker hastens to point out that its eco-friendly bioplastic will "not consume food resources." Presumably, it will not suffer from the criticism leveled at ethanol. [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 9:28pm EDT GM Beefs Up Military Discount Program Under the new program, active and reserve members of the U.S. military can save extra money on most 2008 GM vehicles — except for the 2008 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 9:27pm EDT GM Could Sell Hummer to Chinese Company Top executive says the U.S. automaker is "open to all ideas." [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 9:27pm EDT For Europe Only: Ford Focus RS Ford of Europe tests new performance edition of its popular compact, prior to an early 2009 production launch [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 9:26pm EDT Expect More Magic-Handling Cars if German Supplier Has Its Say One of the year's most unlikely handling champions is the bank-vault-heavy BMW X6. Here's a look at the secrets behind the X6's otherwordly cornering abilities. [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 9:26pm EDT Spy Photos: 2010 Audi A7 http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//media/il/news/2008/0613/audi.a7.c1.kgp.160.jpg [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 9:25pm EDT chrysler weblog Auto Extremist calls out Nardelli on new leadership program Number of comments: 8 From the rant: “In the worst economy seen in this country in decades and with the highest gasoline prices in history bringing the Detroit automakers literally to their knees, “Minimum Bob” Nardelli - the ex-Jack Welch/GE acolyte appointed by Cerberus to resurrect Chrysler - has officially pirouetted off the gang [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 8:41pm EDT by site admin Leftlane News Early look: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro previewed with official teaser Number of comments: 29 GM today released some official teaser photos showing a pre-production 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible. The images follow the leak of two similar photos in late March, which also showed the nearly completed Camaro drop-top. The news also follows our recent publication of some stunning Camaro Coupe images. The [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 8:38pm EDT by Leftlane Staff Full Throttle Formula One Shakin’ Their Money Maker! Number of comments: 1 Formula One Grands Prix generate more revenue per event than any sport in the world? That’s the claim made by Formula Money and Deloitte Sport Business Group. (The who group?) Reportedly F1 generates more revenue per event than any other sport in the world. Each of the motor sport’s 17 [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 7:06pm EDT by Marc Jalopnik Death Race Trailer, Revealed! [Death Race] Number of comments: 110 newVideoPlayer("DeathRaceJalopnik_gawker.flv", 506, 300,""); A week after we showed you our exclusive first look at the cars of Death Race, the new movie starring Jason Statham to be released by... [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 6:11pm EDT by Ray Wert Will It Float? [Moment Of Zen] Number of comments: 46 Over rough roads? Yeah. Over rough seas? Not so much. [via autoblog.nl] [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 6:10pm EDT by Mark Arnold Long-Term Road Tests 2007 Saturn Aura: Bu! Look at that interior   The Malibu LTZ's interior looks much better than the Aura XR. I'll take two tone over faux wood trim anyday. Even  the 4-cyl Malibu 2LT's interior looks nicer than the Aura's. I'd rather have the suede seats from the Malibu 2LT than the extra cost leather that you can get w/ the Aura XR. [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 6:06pm EDT Jalopnik What Do European Automakers Think About California? [New Cars] Number of comments: 60 Naming cars after exotic places isn't anything new (remember the Alfa Romeo Montreal?), but it's always interesting to see what certain cultures think of other cultures. We have two newer European... [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Matt Hardigree Commenter Of The Day: WIlford Brimley Edition [Commenter Of The Day] Number of comments: 30 There is so much about Wilford Brimley that you didn't know. For instance, he was at one time a bodyguard for the one and only Howard Hughes. How did he get his break in Hollywood? He used to shoe... [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 5:40pm EDT by Matt Hardigree DrivingEnthusiast.net GM releases official Camaro convertible pictures By Ed Peper North America Vice President, Chevrolet A few months ago, we showed you some official “spy shots” of the pre-production version of the new Camaro coupe. To say the least, response to that post was overwhelmingly enthusiastic – something that was extremely gratifying to all of us here at Chevrolet, who [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 5:29pm EDT TCC Confidential 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible: First Peep   GM's hip with the Friday news--while the rest of the car world is putting down the mouse for the weekend, GM's gone and posted the first rough shots of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible. In a short missive on the GM Fastlane Blog, Chevy GM Ed Peper says the "overwhelmingly enthusiastic" [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 5:14pm EDT Long-Term Road Tests Our 2008 Cadillac CTS Has No Blue Teeth With the July 1st hands-free mobile-phoning law just around the corner here in California, I thought I'd get acquainted with our 2008 Cadillac CTS Bluetooth pairing procedure. I exhausted all the intuitive hands-on paths within minutes and called (with a headset) back to the Mothership to ask if our [...] Posted: June 13, 2008, 5:06pm EDT TOP RSS OPML Design by BrassTacksDesign.com Last update: Sun Jun 15 13:03:47 2008